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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 ;op 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) W GROUND ZE;RC> W VI MEDIAL SitE r ' ■ •

and center (Fulton Transit Center and Broadway).

The site plan by Studio Daniel Libeskind angles Fulton Street to be on axis with the Winter Garden, creating a .___ ___ U^TYST. PAW

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 between 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, T I between the time the first K * plane struck the first tower, and the time the second tower fell, no shadows will fall in the Wedge of Light. The piazza is enlivened by two hotels, a conference cen­ F- ter, shops, restaurants and the IH .> new WTC PATH Terminal. The Wedge of Light piazza funnels pedestrians to the intersection of Fulton and Greenwich streets, where Sil September 11 Place forms a new destination for visitors to 1 the Memorial Garden, the I 9/11 Interpretative Museum, View looking east down the new continuous Fulton Street. Rendering by Studio Daniel Libeskind.

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