New York Institute of Technologys (NYIT) School of Architecture and Design students will display their award-winning models for lower Manhattan and the World Trade Center site. The models first went on display Monday, Dec. 16 the 12th floor of NYIT's Manhattan campus, located 1855 Broadway and 61st St.

Students and dean from NYIT's School of Architecture and Design will be available to discuss exhibits on display at the Manhattan campus.

Two days before the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. unveils the designs of seven teams of architects, the students will display models of what they want to see on the World Trade Center site. Three exemplary teams received scholarship awards, with financial sponsorship provided by Michael Harris Spector of the Spector Group.

The fourth-year students have been working on their projects since early September 2002 as part of their Architectural Design V course. The Alliance for Downtown New York, which is the Business Improvement District serving the area south of Chambers Street, had previously met with the students to review goals and objectives for lower Manhattan's revitalization.

NYIT currently educates more than 11,000 students on three physical campuses in Old Westbury and Central Islip, Long Island, and Manhattan, near Lincoln Center.