LMDC works out plan for downtown's lean streets.With its latest study, the LMDC LMDC Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (New York City, NY, USA) LMDC Lake Merritt Dance Center (Oakland, California) LMDC Logistics Management Development Course LMDC Laser Motion & Development Company plans to turn 50 acres south of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Plaza into a residential and cultural haven, uniting neighborhoods by opening streetscapes and adding pedestrian walkways. The Greenwich Street South Redevelopment Plan represents the single-largest development opportunity downtown after the World Trade Center site. Although there are no funding mechanisms in place or a start date, the Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North Development Corporation is gathering further input to implement the plan in the near future. "The study is conceptual and we are currently engaging feedback from the community, as well as city and state agencies, in order to enhance the proposal before we move forward on a firm timeline," said Sara Banda, LMDC spokesperson. The architectural firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. H3 is currently working with the LMDC and the city to develop the plan. "We see Greenwich Street South as an opportunity to renew a devalued de·val·ue also de·val·u·ate v. de·val·ued also de·valu·at·ed, de·val·u·ing also de·val·u·at·ing, de·val·ues also de·val·u·ates v.tr. 1. To lessen or cancel the value of. neighborhood in the heart of Lower Manhattan." said Hugh Hardy, FAIA FAIA Florida Association of Insurance Agents FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) , of H3. The plan is intended to expand revitalization of Lower Manhattan beyond the WTC WTC World Trade Center, see there site. It incorporates goals in Mayor Bloomberg's 2002 "Vision for Lower Manhattan." The goals for the plan are to clean up the environment, create more parks, connect destinations, clear bus and truck traffic, catalyze a critical mass and cultivate culture. Prior to Sept. 11, the Greenwich Street South area, between Liberty St. and Battery Place, from Broadway to West St., was experiencing a steady rebirth, as pockets of outdated office buildings were being converted to residences. The collapse of the WTC cut off access to the rest of the city followed by the yearlong recovery effort, nearly stopping the area's redevelopment. The plan explores opportunities for additional housing through new development or conversions of existing commercial space, proposals for a new park to be built over the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is a toll road in New York City which crosses under the East River at its mouth and connects the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, nearly passing under, but providing no access to Governors Island. , and improvements to ease pedestrian connections with Battery Park City, the Financial District, Battery Park, and the WTC site. Greenwich Street, has the potential to be brought back as a thriving residential neighborhood that links Tribeca, one of New York's most desirable residential neighborhoods, to Battery Park. |
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