Topic: Urban Renewal

The Downtown Lower Manhattan Association records include rarely-viewed photographs, drawings, maps, brochures, and other papers that document the design and construction of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, built between 1966 and 1975.

A story recounting many accusations, from rigged elections to the meddling of big private money in grassroots organizing.

An early twentieth-century foundation tried using its endowment to support for-profit projects that also would achieve a social goal.

One small grant gave enduring voice to one of the most famous critiques of postwar urban renewal, while another huge grant went to an opposing cause.