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The lower Manhattan plan : the 1966 vision for downtown New York

Title
The lower Manhattan plan : the 1966 vision for downtown New York / essays by Ann Buttenwieser, Paul Willen, and James Rossant ; Carol Willis, editor.
Author
Buttenwieser, Ann L., 1935-
Publication
New York : Princeton Architectural Press : The Skyscraper Museum, ©2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Willen, Paul.
  • Rossant, James S., 1928-2009.
  • Willis, Carol.
Description
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
Summary
"In the 1960s, planners and politicians envisioned Lower Manhattan transformed by an aggressive policy of urban renewal that would reinforce its evolution from port to paperwork and open it up to the water. The City Planning Commission, under Mayor Robert F. Wagner, hired a team of urban designers and architects to analyze and conceptualize a new downtown. After nearly a year of drawing and discussion, they produced The Lower Manhattan Plan, a masterful report that was hand-typed, spiral bound, and printed in an edition of only one hundred. But in spite of its limited number, the Plan had great influence as it became policy in the Lindsay administration." "Now, as the future of downtown Manhattan is being reconsidered, The Lower Manhattan Plan takes on new relevance, offers new parallels for transforming Manhattan, and provides a thoughtful and careful consideration of many issues that are as pressing today as they were when the World Trade Center was commissioned." "This complete reprint of the original document has a new preface by Skyscraper Museum Director Carol Willis and an essay by urban historian Ann Buttenwieser."--Jacket.
Uniform Title
Lower Manhattan plan.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • City planning > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
  • City planning
  • Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
  • New York (State) > New York
  • New York (State) > New York > Manhattan
Genre/Form
  • v – Reports.
  • History.
Note
  • "A reprint of the 1966 report by the New York City Planning Commission."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Introduction / by Carol Willis -- 'Fore and aft: The waterfront and downtown's future / by Ann Buttenwieser -- In retrospect / by Paul Willen and James Rossant -- The lower Manhattan plan.
ISBN
  • 1568983808
  • 9781568983806
LCCN
2002010899
OCLC
  • ocm50164633
  • 50164633
  • SCSB-1277892
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library