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Columbia University Libraries
Specific online resources for WTC
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The
Official Site for Lower Manhattan Development Corporation |
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Lower
Manhattan Public Information Campaign
The web site is designed, developed and hosted by Company39,
Inc. and content for the site is provided by Edelman Worldwide
in conjunction with partner agencies at the local, state and
federal level. |
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New
York New Visions
It is a coalition of 21 architecture, planning, and design organizations
that came together immediately following the September 11 terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center. Click
here to download the pdf document of Principles for the Rebuilding
of Lower Manhattan [2.6MB] |
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Imagine
New York: A Project of the Municipal Art Society
the Municipal Art Society of New York and a large network of
project partners sponsored Imagine New York, a process that
brought together members of the public to share their ideas
and visions for rebuilding downtown, memorializing the World
Trade Center tragedy and responding to the impact of September
11 on the metropolitan region. |
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Citizen
Union: Rebuilding NYC |
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Not-Ground-Zero
An exhibition online and in physical space of ideas, designs,
concepts and statements envisioning WTC as not "ground
zero." Contributions of essays, critiques, drawings and
speculations are invited from anyone in the world without restriction. |
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Other useful online general resources
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NYC
Department of City Planning
The Department of City Planning is responsible for the City's
physical and socioeconomic planning, including land use and
environmental review; preparation of plans and policies; and
provision of technical assistance and planning information to
government agencies, public officials, and community boards. |
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NYC
Zoning Handbook
The Web version of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New
York includes all text amendments approved by the City Council
up to May 21, 2002. |
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Municipal
Art Society
The Municipal Art Society is a private, non-profit membership
organization whose mission is to promote a more livable city.
Since 1893, the Society has worked to enrich the culture, neighborhoods
and physical design of New York City. It advocates excellence
in urban design and planning, contemporary architecture, historic
preservation and public art. |
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New
York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
A landmark is a building, property, or object that has been
designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission because
it has a special character or special historical or aesthetic
interest or value as part of the development, heritage, or cultural
characteristics of the city, state, or nation. Landmarks are
not always buildings. A landmark may be a bridge, a park, a
water tower, a pier, a cemetery, a building lobby, a sidewalk
clock, a fence, or even a tree. A property or object is eligible
for landmark status when at least part of it is thirty years
old or older. |
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Open
Accessible Space Information System for New York City
It allows users to create customized maps of existing and potential
open space in New York City |
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The
Virtual Tour of the Lower Eastside Tenement Museum |
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E-Book:
How the Other Half Lives |
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