NYT event listing for Children's Museum, Nov 2003

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Surface Transportation Improvements Lower Manhattan is the historic core of New York City, characterized by narrow, winding lanes laid down by Dutch settlers in the seventeenth century. Today those lanes are lined by buildings of every era and style, forming canyons amidst towering skyscrapers. The network of streets in Lower Manhattan results in significant congestion, compromises in safety, and inefficient surface transportation.

Although Lower Manhattan enjoys many distinctive features, including historic monuments, great architecture, water on three sides, and a strong commercial and residential base, it lacks several critical elements that could transform it into a cohesive downtown. With narrow and crowded streets, limited open space, and old transportation stations. Lower Manhattan's public realm is in need of improvement. LMDC is focusing on significant public realm changes that can be made throughout Lower Manhattan that will make this historic part of New York a more attractive place to live, work, and visit. Whether the problem is the narrow' streets of Chinatown or the width of West Street, planning for Lower Manhattan needs to address problems related to surface transportation.

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