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People stream out of the first responders day ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial - New York, NY - Dec 22, 2011 (credit: Sophia Hall / WCBS 880)

Nassau County Remembers First Responders Lost On 9/11

First responders from Long Island were remembered where they died today.

2011/12/22

Fulton Street - New York, NY (file / credit: Wikipedia)

Utility Upgrades Reveal Secrets Of Fulton Street

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2011/12/06

Plan: Extend Manhattan To Governors Island, With Help From Army Corps Of Engineers

We have SoHo and NoHo. Now there’s talk of “LoLo.” It’s the new neighborhood that would be developed along the southern tip of Manhattan.

2011/11/23

New Waterfront Park Set For Lower Manhattan

Community leaders have begun to plan a park in lower Manhattan at the base of Montgomery Street that would offer incredible views from the Statue of Liberty all the way up to Queens.

2011/11/20

Trash piles up in the city (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Lower Manhattan Residents Voice Displeasure With Wall Street Protesters At Meeting

It was standing room only as several hundred people for and against the movement exchanged barbs for over two hours at the Community Board 1 meeting.

2011/10/20

Protesters Occupy Wall Street (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)

‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protest Spreads To Jersey City, Trenton

You don’t have to live in New York to be fed up with Wall Street. Now, the movement has found its way across the Hudson River.

2011/10/06

Rescue Workers At Ground Zero (credit: Beth A. Keiser/AFP/Getty Images)

Ground Zero Claimants Can Register With $2.8B Fund Created By Congress

The fund is designed to help people suffering from lung disease and other respiratory ailments connected to the tons of caustic dust that blanketed Lower Manhattan after the collapse of the twin towers.

2011/10/03

The 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site - New York, NY - Sep 15, 2011 (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Some Ferry Tickets Include Pass To 9/11 Memorial; Foundation Cracks Down On Markups

Are people paying to cut the line for visiting the 9/11 Memorial?

2011/10/03

Mayor Michael Bloomberg cuts the ribbon at the Century 21 store near Lincoln Center - New York, NY - Sep 21, 2011 (credit: Edward Reed / Mayor's Office)

Mayor Bloomberg Cuts Ribbon On New Uptown Century 21 Store

The Upper West Side store brings with it 376 new jobs and Century 21 is also expanding its original Lower Manhattan site, adding another 300 jobs there.

2011/09/21

Mayor Michael Bloomberg greets the first public visitors to the 9/11 Memorial plaza - New York, NY - Sep 12, 2011 (credit: Mike Xirinachs / WCBS 880)

9/11 Memorial Plaza Opens To The Public

The plot of land known for a decade as “the pile,” “the pit” and “Ground Zero” is opening to the public for the first time since that terrible morning in 2001

2011/09/12

Family and friends of victims look over the name on the 9/11 Memorial (credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

9/11 Memorial Officially Open To Victims’ Families

During the 10th anniversary ceremony of the September 11 terror attacks Sunday, families of the innocents entered the memorial for the first time.

2011/09/11

Firemen gather on a debris-covered street after the collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. (credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew)

CBS 2′s Don Dahler Recounts September 11 Experience

Dahler was on his fire escape, only a few blocks north of the World Trade Center, with a clear view of the Twin Towers, talking live on national television when the second plane hit.

2011/09/11

Reflecting Pool at 9/11 Memorial (credit: Pool/Getty Images)

9/11 Memorial Architect Discusses Vision For Landmark

The National September 11 Memorial is just a few short steps from the frenzy of the streets of Lower Manhattan. It has two, one-acre reflecting pools in the exact footprints of the Twin Towers, where water seemingly disappears into a void in the center.

2011/09/09