NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Fulton Street
The new Fulton Street will become the major east-west
artery through Lower Manhattan, from river to river, with
a lively mix of residential, retail, commercial and institu
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tional uses, along with a series of new public spaces. Every
transit line passing through Lower Manhattan has a stop
on Fulton Street, and it has major anchors at its east end
(South Street Seaport), west end (World Financial Center) A OROUNOZCRC
and center (Fulton Transit Center and Broadway).
The site plan by Studio Daniel Libeskind angles Fulton
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Street to be on axis with the Winter Garden, creating a
significant view corridor. Fulton Street connects two Restoring Fulton and Greenwich Streets are vital to
restoring Lower Manhattan neighborhood connectivity.
major new public spaces on the WTC site: the Wedge of
Light piazza betw'een Church and Greenwich streets, and the Park of Heroes between
Greenwich and West streets. Traveling west from Broadway, pedestrians have an entirely new
experience of public space unlike any other in Lower Manhattan. First, they pass through the
new Wedge of Light piazza. The Wedge of Light is one of the center pieces of Daniel
Libeskind's plan. Once a
year, on September 11th,
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tower fell, no shadows will
fall in the Wedge of Light.
The piazza is enlivened by
two hotels, a conference cen
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The Wedge of Light piazza
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intersection of Fulton and
Greenwich streets, where
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new destination for visitors to
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View looking east down the new continuous Fulton Street. Rendering by Studio Daniel Libeskind.
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