[font=Verdana]Environmental concerns have delayed the demolition of three buildings near the [/font][font=Verdana]World[/font][font=Verdana] [/font][font=Verdana]Trade[/font][font=Verdana] [/font][font=Verdana]Center[/font][font=Verdana] site, evoking fears among local residents that their neighborhood is still contaminated. [/font]

[font=Verdana]This week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority halted the demolition of 189 Broadway, a two-story building that is being dismantled to make way for the new Fulton Street Transit Hub, after local residents and political leaders voiced doubts about the demolition process. Two weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency failed to approve a demolition plan for Fiterman Hall, a 9/11 contaminated building at 30 West Broadway. And the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. is in the midst of regulatory and public relations snafus about the Deutsche Bank building, a 40-story tower overlooking the [/font][font=Verdana]Trade[/font][font=Verdana] [/font][font=Verdana]Center[/font][font=Verdana] site at [/font][font=Verdana]130 Liberty St[/font][font=Verdana].[/font]

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