New York Transformed Over 25 Years After 9/11 Attacks
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 11
New York Transformed Over 25 Years After 9/11 Attacks
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 11
Summary
Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, New York is portrayed as a city reshaped in dramatic and sometimes unexpected ways rather than simply diminished by trauma.
9/11 — the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil — left New Yorkers in the immediate aftermath convinced the city had changed permanently, with many fearing that change would be for the worse.
Lisa Keller, a history professor at SUNY Purchase, recalled historians huddling in those panicked days to debate what the attack would mean for the city’s future.
That long view frames the latest assessment of New York as a place whose identity was altered over a quarter-century by the shock and legacy of 9/11.
With Lower Manhattan's population tripling over 25 years, did the rush to build a 24-hour residential hub accidentally overshadow Ground Zero's solemn history?
A quarter-century after the attacks, the World Trade Center site remains unfinished. What hidden hurdles are still delaying the final towers' completion today?