Power at ground zero: politics, money, and the remaking of lower Manhattan

Prologue

Part I. Predicate to Action: Chapter 1. Compelling Civic Mandates; Chapter 2. Clashing Private Ambitions; Chapter 3. Commanding Political Opportunities; Chapter 4. Purse Power

Part II. Tangled Start (2001-2004): Chapter 5. "It's Our City"; Chapter 6. "It's Our Site"; Chapter 7. Who's In Charge?; Chapter 8. A Master Plan Emerges

Part III. Challenges to the Plan (2005-2006): Chapter 9. Open to Revision; Chapter 10. Imbroglio over Culture; Chapter 11. Memory Politics

Part IV. Political Pivot (2006-2007): Chapter 12. Larry's Quest; Chapter 13. Political Pivot; Chapter 14. The Squeeze

Part V. Troubled Execution (2008-2010): Chapter 15. Transportation Phoenix; Chapter 16. Institutional Failure; Chapter 17. "It's a Construction Project Now"; Chapter 18. Coming to Blows Over Subsidy; Chapter 19. The Public Pays the Price

Part VI. Deliverance (2011-2016): Chapter 20. Reckoning Anew

Chapter 21. Ambition and Legacy

Epilogue..