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Kuntsler Critiques New WTC Reconstruction Proposals

Posted by: C. Scott Smith
Thanks to: C. Scott Smith
23 December 2002 - 2:00pm

The latest round of World Trade Center reconstruction designs heighten fear and anxiety.

"The new round of World Trade Center reconstruction proposals are in and they are as ridiculous as the first bunch last summer. What stands out (no pun intended) is the neurotic insistence on putting back buildings as tall or taller than the twin towers that were destroyed on 9/11/01; a schoolyard mentality gesture to defy the bully terrorists by patriotically restoring what they took away."

Full Story: Saintly or Sanctimonious? A Candid Critique Of WTC Reconstruction Proposals
Source: Planetizen, December 23, 2002
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