Editing Manhattan (section)

===Manhattan Island===
The Island is about {{convert|13.4|mi|km}} from north to south, and at its widest, {{convert|2.3|mi|km}}.<ref name=Passikoff/> Manhattan Island is loosely divided into Downtown ([[Lower Manhattan]]), Midtown ([[Midtown Manhattan]]), and Uptown ([[Upper Manhattan]]), with [[Fifth Avenue]] dividing Manhattan lengthwise into its [[East Side (Manhattan)|East Side]] and [[West Side (Manhattan)|West Side]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Rough Guide to New York City|page=v|author1=Martin Dunford|author2=Jack Holland |year=2002|publisher=Rough Guides}}</ref> Manhattan Island is bounded by the [[Hudson River]] to the west and the [[East River]] to the east. To the north, the [[Harlem River]] divides Manhattan Island from [[the Bronx]] and the mainland United States.
Early in the 19th century, [[land reclamation]] was used to expand Lower Manhattan from the natural Hudson shoreline at [[Greenwich Street]] to [[West Street (Manhattan)|West Street]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor|author=Brian J. Cudahy |publisher=Fordham University Press|year=1990|page=25|isbn=978-0-8232-1245-3}}</ref> When [[construction of the World Trade Center|building the World Trade Center]] in 1968, {{convert|1.2|e6cuyd|m3}} of material excavated from the site<ref>{{cite book|author=Gillespie, Angus K. |year=1999 |title=Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/twintowerslifeof00gill/page/71 71] |url=https://archive.org/details/twintowerslifeof00gill|url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-7838-9785-1}}</ref> was used to expand the Manhattan [[shoreline]] across West Street, creating [[Battery Park City]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/realestate/battery-park-city-a-resort-like-community-built-on-landfill.html|work=The New York Times |title=Battery Park City: A Resort-Like Community Built on Landfill |author=Aileen Jacobson|date=August 15, 2018}}</ref> Constructed on piers at a cost of $260&nbsp;million, [[Little Island at Pier 55|Little Island]] opened on the Hudson River in May 2021, connected to the western termini of [[13th Street (Manhattan)|13th]] and [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Streets]] by [[footbridge]]s.<ref>{{cite news |author=Michael Kimmelman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts/little-island-barry-diller.html |url-access=limited |access-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts/little-island-barry-diller.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |title=A New $260 Million Park Floats on the Hudson. It's a Charmer.|quote=Little Island, developed by Barry Diller, with an amphitheater and dramatic views, opens on Hudson River Park. Opponents battled it for years. |newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 20, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>