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The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) was formed after the September 11 attacks to plan the reconstruction of Lower Manhattan and distribute nearly $10 billion in federal funds aimed at rebuilding downtown Manhattan. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...
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It was founded by Governor George Pataki and then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. The LMDC is a joint State-City corporation governed by a 16-member Board of Directors, half appointed by the Governor of New York and half by the Mayor of New York. Its original chairman was John C. Whitehead, a former Deputy Secretary of State and head of Goldman Sachs. George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is the current Governor of New York State, USA serving since January 1995, and as of late 2006 is the longest-serving of all current U.S. governors. ...
Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III, KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ...
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John Cunningham Whitehead (born 1922 in Evanston, Illinois) is a former chairman of Goldman Sachs and is currently chairman of the LMDC and World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. ...
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LMDC does not own the World Trade Center site and this has created problems in its dealings with the owner -- the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Larry Silverstein who has a lease to the site. It is a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corporation, which is a state authority which is used to implement various projects in the state that are not subject to Legislature or voter oversight. Tolls collected at the Holland Tunnel and other crossings help fund the Port Authority. ...
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The L.M.D.C. was funded through the disbursement of Community Development Block Grants-amounting to $2.783 billion-approved by the federal government in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and resultant destruction of much of lower Manhattan's economic and structural base.
In February 2003, the LMDC chose Daniel Libeskind's master plan for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center complex. The organization also sponsored the international design competition for the World Trade Center Memorial, which resulted in Michael Arad and Peter Walker's Reflecting Absence being chosen as the winning design in January 2004. 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for February, 2003. ...
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The World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition was an open, international memorial contest, initiated by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), as per the specifications of architect Daniel Libeskind, to design a World Trade Center Site Memorial (later renamed the World Trade Center Memorial) on a portion of the reconstructed...
In August 2006, the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began construction on the Memorial and Museum. ...
Michael Arad is an Israeli citizen and architect who was selected to design the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City. ...
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Having distributed its funds, the LMDC in July 2006 announced plans to dissolve.
It will be transferring its current responsibilities to other existing agencies and foundations, including the W.T.C. Memorial Foundation, and the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center.
Stefan Pryor, corporation president, has recently announced that he will be leaving the LMDC this September to become Deputy Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Nickname: The Brick City Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1] - City 67. ...
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At times, the LMDC has been the subject of intense public criticism. Reasons for criticism include:
- 1. Questions surrounding the proposed and long delayed September 11th memorial.
- 2. A perception of its questionable handling of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds.
- 3. The holding of a seemingly official design competition for the new WTC site without the authority to do so or the power to actually implement the winning design (Liebeskind) as the new design for the project.
Two members of the LMDC's board have asserted that up to $45 million allocated to the LMDC from a "community enhancement" fund in May of 2005 has not been directly accounted for, and that up to $15 million from that stipend might have been spent in areas other than those it had been explicitly stipulated for. [1]
In May of 2006, New York's Attorney General, Elliot Spitzer unequivocally condemned the LMDC as an "abject failure" in its capacity as an agent for rebuilding lower Manhattan. He also attributed the departure of Gretchen Dykstra from a group raising money for the World Trade Center memorial to a process where "there was nobody willing to make decisions." Eliot Spitzer Eliot Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is the Attorney General for the State of New York. ...
Gretchen Dykstra is the previous President and CEO of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. ...
Spitzer has had a longstanding feud with LMDC chairman John Whitehead. Another John Whitehead is a former British ambassador to Japan. ...
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