Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ New Yorkers trying to save lower Manhattan's history as Little Syria http://www.pri.org/stories/politics-society/new-yorkers-trying-to-save-lower-manhattan-s-history-as-little-syria-8063.html Politics and Society Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0600 Beneath what is now the Battery Tunnel and the site of the World Trade Center is the remains of Little Syria, the first stop for Arab American immigrants who came to the United State near the turn of the 20th Century. Now, a small group is trying to save a six-story building that marks the history. PRI: Public Radio International