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NEW YORK CITY-Not all of New York City's troubles started with Sept. 11. At a formal presentation yesterday, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. unveiled the next puzzle piece in its ongoing rollout of Downtown redevelopment studies. This latest proposal focuses on the stretch of acreage bordered by Ground Zero, Battery Park, Broadway and West Street.
And while most of the talk of Downtown revitalization focuses on issues created by Sept. 11, this newest study, conducted by a team lead by the architectural firm of H3 Hardy Collaboration, tackles such decades-old problems as re-use of land around the Battery Tunnel access routes and increasing vehicle and pedestrian traffic on long-closed street grids.
According to H3 founder Hugh Hardy, the study's prime goal is to foster the 24-hour environment long sought for Downtown. But the biggest challenge to that goal is the creation of retail spaces.
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John Salustri
John Salustri has covered the commercial real estate industry for nearly 25 years. He was the founding editor of GlobeSt.com, and is a four-time recipient of the Excellence in Journalism award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
