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Michael Santa Croce, ECS (June 2010)
Michael Santa Croce is the ECS project manager dedicated to Lower Manhattan. A Staten Island native, Mr. Santa Croce is celebrating 30 years with the company this month - making him especially knowledgeable about the technical elements of the ECS network. > Read More

Stacey Oxendine, Owen Steel (May 2010)
Work begins early for Mr. Oxendine, Plant Manager for Owen Steel. Today he manages the daily schedule for workers and the company's production. These days their work involves work on large pieces of the WTC Transportation Hub. > Read More

Stephen Pinkus, CDOT Bicycle Dept. (May 2010)
Stephen Pinkus is a project manager with DOT's Bicycle Program, and has been part of the agency's efforts to make biking safer and more accessible for New Yorkers. > Read More

Uday Durg, Fulton Transit Center (April 2010)
Unlike other major mass-transit projects like World Trade Center Transportation Hub or South Ferry Transit Center occurs around four active subway platforms while nine train lines run 24 hours a day. > Read More

Scott Thompson, 4 WTC (March 2010)
The complexity of erecting a tower at the World Trade Center site is unparalleled in New York City. For Scott Thompson, Silverstein Properies' project executive for Tower 4, no detail of building the 2.5 million-square-foot skyscrraper goes unnoticed. > Read More

Connie Fishman, Hudson River Park (February 2010)
The Hudson River Park Trust is New York State and City partnership established in 1998 to restore and rebuild five miles of Manhattan's western shoreline - the borough's largest open-space project since the completion of Central Park. > Read More

Luis Sanchez, City DOT (February 2010)
The Lower Manhattan Borough Commissioner's Office is the first agency office dedicated to only a segment of a borugh. > Read More

Joe Trainor, MTA Capital (January 2010)
The vastness of the New York City Transit (NYCT) system is undoubtedly daunting even to the most seasoned engineer. > Read More

Quentin Brathwaite, Port Authority (December 2009)
It has been a year of tremendous progress at the World Trade Center, where for the first time in eight years one can plainly see structures filling out the site, with an early glimpse of the future. > Read More

Tom Foley, City DDC (December 2009)
With New York's most historic area comes historic infrastructure, which is why the city Department of Design and Construction (DDC) is actively replacing water mains that have served Lower Manhattan for as long as 150 years. > Read More

Lou Mendes, WTC Memorial (December 2009)
It occupies the majority of the World Trade Center (WTC) site, and after years of coordination, planning and fundraising, the National September 11 Memorial & Musem is finally taking shape. > Read More

Rich Dalessio, Fiterman Hall (November 2009)
From 2002 to mid-2009, Fiterman Hall stood just north of the World Trade Center, wrapped safely in scaffolding and netting. Now the 15-story building has virtually disappeared after just four months . > Read More

Liz Berger, Downtown Alliance (November 2009)
The neighborhood known as "Greenwich South" comprise a large segment of the Lower Manhattan street grid -- and now there is a new vision to hekp enhance the neighborhood as a rich destination for business, families, and innovative public spaces. > Read More

Catherine McVay Hughes, CB1 (November 2009)
There are many stakeholders who work diligently to ensure Lower Manhattan's place as one of the most vibrant and viable locales in the country. > Read More