Imagining The Future Of Manhattan

Herbert Muschamp comments on the efforts to rebuild Lower Manhattan in New York and discusses the architectural culture of the city.

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October 29, 2001, 1:00 PM PST

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

"Since the terrorist attack, groups of architects and planners have been working on concepts for rebuilding Lower Manhattan and for other projects, like improved regional transportation, from which the financial district would benefit. But the groups have been operating in a void. At this writing, no city or state agency has been named to oversee a rebuilding effort... Just thinking about architecture in relation to the events of Sept. 11 is a major imaginative challenge. People died on that site. Even if their bodies are removed to Staten Island, this is where 6,000 people lost their lives. Corporate culture has no way of dealing with this."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Power, Imagination and New York's Future

Sunday, October 28, 2001 in The New York Times

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