Lower Manhattan Rebuilding Plans Expanded

Official say plans to rebuild the site of the World Trade Center have been expanded to all of downtown.

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August 19, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Together, the city and the development corporation will undertake studies of specific geographic areas downtown and examinations of Lower Manhattan's needs for housing, commercial and retail space, parks and other open areas and improvements in pedestrian and automobile traffic.In addition, city and state officials said last week that they were working on a plan to create an Empire Zone economic development district that would encompass much of Chinatown and portions of the Lower East Side."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Wider Scope in New Plans for Rebuilding

Sunday, August 18, 2002 in The New York Times

Community / Economic Development New York

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