"It would be an understatement to say that Lower Manhattan has undergone radical change over the last hundred years. But the construction of the World Trade Center, September 11th, and the subsequent revitalization of the area is only one piece of the story. Once upon a time, Lower Manhattan was home to more than 300 vibrant electronics businesses, known as Radio Row. And Washington Street was once the home to Little Syria, the biggest Arab-American community in the country at the time. Matt Kapp looks at the rich and ever-shifting history of that part of Manhattan, picking out pivotal moments and tracing a line from 1919 to today in his new book, A Century Downtown: A Visual History Of Lower Manhattan. He looks at the rise of Wall Street and Newspaper Row, the battle between FDR and Robert Moses, the construction of the Twin Towers and the communities it offset, 9/11 and the battle to control its legacy, and the current economic boom. ..."
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