Image © WXY Architecture + Urban Design Copyright © 1976-2017 BuroHappold Engineering. All Rights Reserved The Lower Manhattan area has changed significantly over the last few decades, evolving from a mainly commercial area to a mixed-use district featuring shops, restaurants, hotels and apartments. The changing needs of the local community and a significant increase in tourism has meant that the streetscape and public areas have become disjoined and badly planned, with issues including traffic safety, trash collection and high air pollution levels. Using our familiarity with the Lower Manhattan area, BuroHappold Engineering’s New York office secured funding from the J.M Kaplan Fund and recruited a multidisciplinary team to address the numerous planning issues. Manhattan’s

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