Herbert Muschamp writes about the symbolism of architecture, "progressive architecture," and the rush to fill the void left by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
"As it turned out, unsurprisingly in this city of creative souls, dozens of artists, architects, pundits and other citizens...paused hardly a moment before projecting their fantasies onto the future of the two voids. This rush to design is worth thinking about. It will be months and years before the cultural meaning of the World Trade Center catastrophe comes into approximate focus. But the collective projection of architectural fantasies bears scrutiny as it is happening."
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