September 12: Community and Neighborhood Recovery at Ground Zero

by Gregory Smithsimon

Book Overview

The collapse of the World Trade Center shattered windows across the street in Battery Park City, throwing the neighborhood into darkness and smothering homes in debris. Residents fled. In the months and years after they returned, they worked to restore their community. Until September 11, Battery Park City had been a secluded, wealthy enclave just west Wall Street, one with all the opulence of the surrounding corporate headquarters yet with a gated,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814740855
• ISBN13: 9780814740859
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"