Filling a Void

As Lower Manhattan continues to recover from the September 11 attacks, public and private groups see an enormous opportunity to renew and rebuild.  What might these 16 acres look like someday?  The will is there to do something fantastic.  That's the easy part.  The hard part is figuring out what that would be and how to go about it.

For some 31 years Lower Manhattan has maintained a low-key artistic profile.  Artists who live and work in TriBeCa's historic mercantile buildings outnumber a handful of galleries, ranging from the start-up Latin Collector Art Center, which handles Latin American art, and Ethan Cohen Fine Art Center, which specializes in Asian art, particularly works by the Chinese avant-garde.  Other cutting-edge galleries inhabit the outskirts.

Most of Lower Manhattan's galleries, artists, and arts organizations have stayed since September 11, relying on the innovative spirit that first brought them to the semi-desolate region of the city in the late 1960 and early '70s. 

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