Ground Zero and the Mosque

I grew up in Queens, NYC, and I know Manhattan pretty well.  The recent headline news about building a Mosque "at" Ground Zero caught my attention and I've followed along.

I'm not here to argue for it or against it – my question is different.

Only recently did I find a map of the potential site (Shown below).

It turns out the mosque would be two blocks away from the northern edge of ground zero. And if if you know NYC at all, one city block can represent an entire planet of different stores...