14 Facts About Lower Manhattan

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Lower Manhattan, known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York, is the southernmost part of Manhattan, the central borough for business, culture, and government in New York City, which is the most populated city in the United States with over 8.

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Lower Manhattan is defined most commonly as the area delineated on the north by 14th Street, on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by the East River, and on the south by New York Harbor.

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Lower Manhattan is defined most commonly as the area delineated on the north by 14th Street, on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by the East River, and on the south by New York Harbor .

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Lower Manhattan'storians believe their alarm was mostly fabrication and fear, but officials rounded up 31 blacks and 4 whites, all of whom were convicted of arson and executed.

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Lower Manhattan retains the most irregular street grid plans in the borough.

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David Rockefeller spearheaded widespread urban renewal efforts in Lower Manhattan, beginning with constructing One Chase Manhattan Plaza, the new headquarters for his bank.

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Around this time, Lower Manhattan reached its highest population of business tenants and full-time residents.

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In 1993, the Downtown Lower Manhattan Association, led by Robert Douglass, contributed to a city Planning Department plan calling for the revitalization of Lower Manhattan.

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Since the early twentieth century, Lower Manhattan has been an important center for the arts and leisure activities.

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Lower Manhattan is home to more young professionals than Greenpoint, the East Village, and Downtown Brooklyn and on par with Downtown Jersey City and Williamsburg.

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Lower Manhattan is the third largest business district in the United States, after Midtown Manhattan and the Chicago Loop.

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Lower Manhattan is home to the New York Stock Exchange, at 11 Wall Street, and the corporate headquarters of NASDAQ, at 165 Broadway, representing the world's largest and second largest stock exchanges, respectively, when measured both by overall average daily trading volume and by total market capitalization of their listed companies in 2013.

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Lower Manhattan is accessible by vehicle through several major thoroughfares.

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From New Jersey, Lower Manhattan is accessible through the Holland Tunnel from Interstate 78.

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