Rebuilding New York: The Choices And Challenges

Rebuilding presents New York City with a "bittersweet opportunity" to redefine the city. Here are the choices and challenges.

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October 8, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Architecture critics in the 1970s deplored the World Trade Center as ugly and sterile...Over time, the critics grudgingly came to acknowledge the twin towers...as a powerful symbol of the modern city. But they are gone now...The battle now is not to resurrect what was, but to define the future of Lower Manhattan, and of the larger city...Should New York spend its expected $20 billion in federal aid to rebuild the downtown financial district...? Should it...knit together Lower Manhattan as a 24-hour neighborhood of pleasure as well as business, featuring more high-rise luxury apartments served by ground-level restaurants and stores in addition to traditional office space? Should it expand the focus to the entire city, promoting construction projects in Queens and Brooklyn as well as Lower Manhattan?"

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: N.Y. Weighs Its 'Bittersweet Opportunity'

Sunday, October 7, 2001 in The Washington Post

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