Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Creating Battery Park City: Building a Landmark on Landfill

2 Real Privilege and False Charity

3 Residents, Space, and Exclusivity

4 Oasis to Epicenter: Battery Park City in the Year after September 11

5 Every Day Is September 11: Memorial Plans for Community Spaces

6 Class and Community Organizations

7 Definitely in My Backyard: Welcome Nuisances

8 Conclusion: The Suburban Strategy

Appendix A: “September 11, 2001”: Reprinted from the Battery Park City Broadsheet

Appendix B: Methods

Notes

Index

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