Zuccotti Park

The Zuccotti Park (formerly Liberty Plaza Park ) is a place in the financial district of Manhattan, New York City. It is an approximately 3,100 m² large, publicly accessible system owned by Brookfield Office Properties Inc. It is located between Broadway, Trinity Place, Liberty Street and Cedar Street. The northwestern corner is located across from the World Trade Center site. The Equitable Building as well as the Trinity and U.S. Realty Buildings are located in the immediate vicinity.

History

The park was created from a revision of the New York spatial plans in the 1960s, according to the company in return for the creation of public open spaces can obtain permits for the construction of higher buildings. The United States Steel Corporation built in 1968 the park to obtain relief in the height restriction and distance regulations for the park associated 54 -storey office building One Liberty Plaza. After the terrorist attacks initially covered with rubble and debris, and then used for cleanup of September 11, 2001, which was renovated by the owner company Brookfield Office Properties for 8 million dollars Square was renamed in 2006 after its CEO John E. Zuccotti and again to the public.

Occupy New York

Since mid-September 2011, the space to the center of the Occupy Wall Street protest was. Protesters occupied the square and called him in reference to the original name Liberty Park or Liberty Plaza. The choice of this place seems to have been favorable for the protest movement, since it is neither a public park ( would be applicable to the approximately an urban park Regulation determinable opening times ), nor to a closed private land (on which the owner one according to his will could exercise domestic authority ). Until 15 November 2011, there were no attempts to evict the protesters as long as it is kept at the orders of the police, who forbade the erection of tents for example. However, the owner described the sanitary conditions to be untenable, since repeated tents were pitched.

In the night of 15 November 2011, the park was cleared without much resistance, after the police had initially distributed leaflets with the request to leave the park. Reason for the eviction was the cleaning of the park, as his occupation " an increasing threat to health and fire safety " performing. Both Brookfield Office Properties and New York City Mayor Bloomberg indicated that a return of the protestors - without tents and sleeping bags - is possible. Two days later, the Occupy movement called during her two-month anniversary at a " day of action " on, in which over 2000 people gathered again on Zuccotti Park. In clashes with the police, it should seriously injured protesters and police and 250 arrests have given.