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Big ideas abound in Lower Manhattan

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Ground Zero
The WTC Memorial and One World Trade Center are underway, but the fate of other Ground Zero projects remains unclear.
From the January issue: Development in Lower Manhattan, perhaps more than anywhere else in the city, is characterized by big ideas. The biggest and most obvious developments are related to Ground Zero, a site that at present is more notable for its building delays than its progress. Still, prominent World Trade Center-related projects, including the September 11th Memorial, are expected to be finished within the next few years. Beyond the World Trade Center, big Lower Manhattan projects underway include the construction of the tallest residential tower in the city and work on the East River Waterfront. Other developments, such as towers near the Battery Tunnel and the redevelopment of the South Street Seaport, have fallen victim to the down market. Here are some of the plans floating around that, if brought to fruition, would fundamentally alter Lower Manhattan.