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Archive of stories pre April 2007 | News submitted by: MIB
By Katia Hetter -
Ground Zero tourists can get a better view of the site without having to wait in line for tickets, now that the city has quietly reopened Liberty Street west of Greenwich Street to pedestrians.
Separated only by concrete barriers and a chain-link fence, pedestrians could see workers constructing scaffolding along the east side of the site's so-called "bathtub" yesterday, while others worked atop the new tunnel for the Nos. 1 and 9 subway lines.
"With this new walk, you can see down where the towers were, and there's nothing there," said suburban Detroit resident Georgine Grabe, a retiree who visited New York in late September. "I still can't imagine those two buildings coming down."
Until August, when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey begins to construct a more durable "Viewing Wall" to enclose the 16-acre site during construction, a growing number of visitors will view the site through the chain-link fence.
A city Department of Transportation notice says that all mementos left at the fence will be removed daily.
The Liberty Street viewing area is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Police Department community affairs officers staff the street, answering questions and taking pictures for tourists.
"It started as a trial run, and it seems to be going very well," said city Department of Transportation spokesman Tom Cocola, whose department worked with other city agencies to open the street.
Other tourists are still getting tickets for the World Trade Center viewing platform at the South Street Seaport, but a police officer there said people can enter without tickets when traffic is slow.
Standing in front of the still-shuttered Deutsche Bank building on Liberty Street, Wooster, Mass., resident Jeanne Charbonneau said she was surprised at the size of the site. "I just can't imagine people running down these streets," Charbonneau said.
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/ny-nyzero272764963jun27.story?coll=ny%2Dnews%2Dprint
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