Report of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council on Housing Development in Downtown Manhattan September 19, 2002
CHPC/Downtown Housing
The Ad Hoc Committee on Downtown Housing Frank Anelante Robert Berne Shirley Bresler Howard Chin Bob Cook Sylvia Deutsch Mark Ginsberg Gale Kaufman Henry Lanier Sander Lehrer James Lipscomb Kenneth Lowenstein Marvin Markus John McCarthy Gerry Vasisko Mark Willis Barry Zelikson
CHPC Staff Frank Braconi Martha Galvez Kimberly Miller Elaine Toribio
Maps and Technical Assistance Terrace GIS Associates
1 CHPC/Downtown Housing
Executive Summary
The Citizens Housing and Planning Council of New York believes that the policy goal of encouraging a mixed-use, commercial/residential/cultural district in Lower Manhattan is even more imperative as the area seeks to recover and rebuild from the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. This report explores the role of residential development in that recovery process and offers our recommendations regarding residential development in downtown’s mixed-use environment. Our principal findings and recommendations are: