With the blank slate offered by a catastrophic attack, planners, soon joined by the mayor himself, saw a chance to re-establish a great crossroads: Fulton and Greenwich Streets, tying the second World Trade Center into New York — north, south, east and west.
Now, however, they see that vision slipping away, as security concerns trump urban planning.
— cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
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too be fair, the real issue seems to be a tussle between whether or not vehicular access/connections to the site should be as free/open as pedestrian and bicycle traffic will still be...
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“The argument that these measures will disconnect the site from the rest of Lower Manhattan ignores the fact that people largely experience the city on foot and on bikes,” Mr. Daddario said. “The measure of connectiveness should not be the volume of vehicle traffic passing through the site.”
There is a school of thought that pedestrian-only zones can seem lifeless, but some planners believe that the traffic restrictions will have a positive effect on the public’s experience.
Who would have though that terrorism would result in pedestrian thoroughfares?
Although the level of security severely diminishes the value of that experience. Try going to the WTC memorial, it's like getting on an airplane.
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