In an ambitious move to expand the downtown economic powerhouse, adding more land to Manhattan is proposed by the Center for Urban Real Estate also known as CURE. Manhattan is a highly populated area housing the Financial District and Midtown. The plan is to connect Lower Manhattan to Governor's Island with a land bridge made from landfill. This would make add 88 million square feet to Manhattan and would also house office buildings, stores and restaurants. "Lower Lower Manhattan" could possibly generate $16.7 billion in revenue over the next 20-30 years! As crazy as it may seem, adding artificial land is nothing new to NYC being that 10% of the borough is already made up of landfill located at Manhattans southern tip.
Lo Lo has already been dubbed the new name for the new land of Lower Lower Manhattan. Catchy much? Soho, Noho..
However, do not get too excited. This plan is only an idea and for now, is not going to happen. It is being argued that the money put towards this creation could be used for other much needed projects.
photo credit; NY Times
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