Filling The Void: Rebuilding At Ground Zero

Herbert Muschamp provides an update on the debate over rebuilding at the site of World Trade Center towers in New York.

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December 23, 2001, 6:00 AM PST

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

"There are immediate needs to repair the transportation system into and out of Lower Manhattan...There are plans to construct public viewing platforms around the perimeter of the World Trade Center site. Two towers of high-beam light...should be piercing the night sky by the end of the month...there is, however, no current need for office space, and hence no rationale for granting developers emergency concessions, like the suspension of zoning and environmental regulations."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Leaping From One Void Into Others

Sunday, December 23, 2001 in The New York Times

Community / Economic Development New York

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