Editing Battery Park City (section)

=== Early 21st century ===

The [[September 11 terrorist attacks]] in 2001 had a major impact on Battery Park City.<ref name="hidden" /> The residents of Lower Manhattan and particularly of Battery Park City were displaced for an extended period of time. Parts of the community were an official crime scene and therefore residents were unable to return to live or even collect property. Many of the displaced residents were not allowed to return to the area for months and none were given government guidance of where to live temporarily on the already-crowded island of Manhattan. With most hotel rooms booked, residents, including young children and the elderly, were forced to fend for themselves. When they were finally allowed to return to Battery Park City, some found that their homes had been looted.<ref>Gross, Jane. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/17/us/after-the-attacks-the-dispossessed-battery-park-city-residents-only-visit.html "After The Attacks: The Dispossessed; Battery Park City Residents Only Visit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818051119/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/17/us/after-the-attacks-the-dispossessed-battery-park-city-residents-only-visit.html |date=August 18, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 17, 2001. Accessed June 23, 2017. "But at the Gateway section of the complex, there were scattered reports of looting, on two Web sites about Battery Park City and from residents who returned home for the first time."</ref>

Upon residents' return, the air in the area was still filled with toxic smoke from the World Trade Center fires that persisted until December 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/20/september11.usa|title=Ground Zero stops burning, after 100 days|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 20, 2001|access-date=June 23, 2017|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713032752/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/20/september11.usa|url-status=live}}</ref> More than half of the area's residents moved away permanently from the community after the adjacent World Trade Center towers collapsed and spread toxic dust, debris, and smoke. Gateway Plaza's 600 building, Hudson View East, and Parc Place (now Rector Square) were punctured by airplane parts. The Winter Garden and other portions of the World Financial Center were severely damaged. Environmental concerns regarding dust from the Trade Center are a continuing source of concern for many residents, scientists, and elected officials. Since the attacks, the damage has been repaired. Temporarily reduced rents and government subsidies helped restore residential occupancy in the years following the attacks.

After September 11, 2001, residents of Battery Park City and [[Tribeca]] formed [[the TriBattery Pops Tom Goodkind Conductor]] in response to the events of the attacks. The "Pops" have been [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-nominated and are the first lower Manhattan all-volunteer community band in a century.

Since then, real estate development in the area has continued robustly. Commercial development includes the {{convert|2100000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[200 West Street]], the [[Goldman Sachs]] global headquarters, which began construction in 2005 and opened for occupancy in October 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newyork.construction.com/projects/TopPrj_05-06/TPstrt1-5.pdf |title=Goldman Sachs Group World Headquarters |date=June 2006 |access-date=June 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712134722/http://www.newyork.construction.com/projects/TopPrj_05-06/TPstrt1-5.pdf |archive-date=July 12, 2007}}</ref> 200 West Street received in 2010 gold-level certification under the [[United States Green Building Council]]'s [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design]] (LEED) program by incorporating various water and energy conservation features.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://paulpiazzaarchitect.com/home/2018/01/28/200-west-street-nyc-goldman-sachs-world-headquarters/ |title=200 West Street NYC - Goldman Sachs World Headquarters |date=January 28, 2018 |website=Paul Piazza Architect |access-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117021347/https://paulpiazzaarchitect.com/home/2018/01/28/200-west-street-nyc-goldman-sachs-world-headquarters/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://culturenow.org/entry&permalink=04220&seo=200-West-Street-Goldman-Sachs-Headquarters_Adamson-Associates-and-Pei-Cobb-Freed--Partners-Architects-LLP |title=200 West Street |website=Museum without Walls |access-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117013103/https://culturenow.org/entry&permalink=04220&seo=200-West-Street-Goldman-Sachs-Headquarters_Adamson-Associates-and-Pei-Cobb-Freed--Partners-Architects-LLP |archive-date=January 17, 2023}}</ref> As of 2018, there is no new construction planned.<ref name="landfill" />