Audacity, Democracy, Grief: Memorializing Ground Zero
As proposals stream in, nuance and need are delicately weighed.
"The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC) opened the competition [to design a WTC memorial] to the world. For $25 each, more than 13,000 people from 94 countries and all 50 states have signed up to submit a design. They're due by next Monday. Then a jury of 13 architects, artists, and family and community members will wade through the submissions and hold public hearings to come up with a final design. The process is as big and audacious as New York itself, while its democratic character is as American as the town meeting."
Thanks to Chris Steins
Published on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 in
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