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Lessons for Boston in New York City's Recovery From 9/11?

By Colin Croughan and Graham Wood Realtor Vickie Cox can't help but think about her native New York as Boston struggles to cope with the tragic bombings at Monday's Boston Marathon. She's an agent at the Rye, N.Y., office of Sotheby's International Realty -- a suburb just 20 minutes outside of New York City -- and she... Continue Reading »

World Trade Center Prominent in New York City Skyline Once Again

By Aaron Smith Eleven years after terrorist attacks destroyed New York's World Trade Center, the replacement towers are finally taking shape and attracting new tenants -- even though most of the site's buildings are still under construction. The most prominent -- the tower known as 1 WTC -- is scheduled for... Continue Reading »

After 9/11: An Overdue Homecoming

Of the myriad images to emerge from the rubble of September 11, one that didn't get much notice was the moving trucks. More than 20,000 people were displaced from their homes in the days and weeks after 9/11. A great many would load those trucks, drive off, and never again call Lower Manhattan home. Bernadette Grey was... Continue Reading »

To locals, Lower Manhattan is the buzz of Wall Street, the sights of Battery Park City and the heart of New York counter-culture. To the rest of the world, it's the area most directly affected by the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Over the past decade, the Downtown Alliance has tracked the area's dramatic... Continue Reading »

After 9/11, Seeking Out New Homes

NEW YORK -- As vivid as the confusion and fear of Sept. 11 remain for Karen Cooney, she knows it would be worse if she still lived in New York City. The only way to move forward, she continues to believe, was to move away. "Every time you would leave the house, there were reminders," said Cooney (pictured above), who... Continue Reading »

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