A Weekend of Remembrance, Stories and Healing

Written by Marissa Maier on September 14, 2011. Posted in Arts & Film, Breaking News

At 8:46 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, over 5,000 people lined the western waterfront of Downtown Manhattan, starting at Battery Park. For a brief moment, the group held hands in a long moment of silence to remember 9/11 as part of the Hand in Hand event organized by Community Board 1. Some held hands with
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A Decade After 9/11, Lower Manhattan Survives and Thrives

Written by admin on September 7, 2011. Posted in On Topic OTDT

Ten years ago, there were 30,000 people living in Lower Manhattan and the neighborhood was a 24/7 destination. Then on one fateful day, 3,000 lives were tragically lost and a 16-acre hole blasted through our community, taking 50,000 jobs and 60 percent of all Class A Downtown office space. The total economic damage in Lower
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Finding Unity on Anniversary of 9/11

Written by Marissa Maier on September 7, 2011. Posted in Breaking News

In most cases, noted Julie Menin, chair of Community Board 1, coordinating an event that involves hundreds of volunteers and thousands of participants in Downtown Manhattan would take roughly a year to plan. Menin and CB1, however, have managed to organize such an event, “Hand in Hand: Remembering 9/11,” in the span of six weeks,
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