@article{1398327,
      recid = {1398327},
      author = {Smithsimon, Gregory.},
      title = {September 12 community and neighborhood recovery at ground  zero / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {New York University Press,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 285 p.) :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {"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, suburban feel. After the towers fell it became the  most visible neighborhood in New York. This ethnography of  an elite planned community near the heart of New York  City's financial district examines both the struggles and  shortcomings of one of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods.  In doing so, September 12 discovers the vibrant exclusivity  that makes Battery Park City an unmatched place to live for  the few who can gain entry. Focusing on both the global  forces that shape local landscapes and the exclusion that  segregates American urban development, Smithsimon shows the  tensions at work as the neighborhood's residents mobilized  to influence reconstruction plans. September 12 reveals  previously unseen conflicts over the redevelopment of Lower  Manhattan, providing a new understanding of the ongoing,  reciprocal relationship between social conflicts and the  spaces they both inhabit and create"--Provided by  publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1398327},
}