New Yorkers meet to discuss planning for WTC site and memorial

(8 Feb 2002) 1. Wide shot meeting of 600 people meeting at South Street Seaport in Manhattan to consider and discuss and advise on rebuilding options for the WTC, pan across meeting 2. Meeting shot table of participants 3. Pan across table 4. Close up laptop computer linked wirelessly to central data collection point 5. Close up hand-held wireless voting device the participants used to vote on various issues 6. Close up screen displaying options to vote on, zoom out to wide 7. Medium shot woman at table discussing 8. Medium shot woman 9. Wide shot tables and podium 10. SOUNDBITE: (English): Dan Doctoroff, NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic Development: "We have to take this opportunity arising out of this horrible tragedy and turn it into something that we otherwise wouldn't be able to do. We have a once-in-a-century opportunity and it is up to us, up to all of us, to accomplish it." 11. Various cuts forum and participants 12. SOUNDBITE: (English): Fay Chew Matsuda, Director, Museum of Chinese in the Americas, forum participant: "In terms of redesigning and rebuilding lower Manhattan, it has to be done with as much inclusiveness as possible, and that there's a great deal of mix when you talk about housing, business needs, both corporate as well as small owners, the environmental and infrastructure has to be really supporting all of these dreams that we all have - currently, that doesn't happen." 13. Various cuts forum and participants to end STORYLINE: More than 600 citizens, civic leaders and public officials in New York on Thursday gathered to chart a collective vision for the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan. Over the course of the day, participants in a forum called "Listening to the City" shared with one another how the events of September 11 impacted their lives, tried to develop a common vision for downtown, and collected their thoughts on what a World Trade Center memorial should represent. The public conversation was attended by many of the decision makers and officials who will ultimately decide the future of lower Manhattan. These included officials from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State, and the New York City Mayor's office and city council. The results of today's canvassing will be presented to these decision makers to help guide their work. "Listening to the City" is a project of the Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York, a coalition of nearly 100 civic, business, environmental, community, university and labor groups. Participants came from diverse backgrounds throughout the city. More than half of them represented institutions involved in the reconstruction process, whether from government, architectural firms, the city planning community and other groups. Discussions touched on the balancing of tensions between residential and office uses of the space - between financial jobs and a broader economic base - on the opportunity to improve transportation and infrastructure in the area - and on the nature of the memorial. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...