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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 »