Thousands Scorn WTC Proposals

New Yorkers, architects, conservatives, and liberals criticize the plans for rebuilding at the site of the World Trade Center.

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July 22, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

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

"Victims' families said the plans for a memorial were insulting. Architects, by and large, viewed the designs as Kmart sterile. Liberals wondered where the affordable housing was. Conservatives said the whole thing smacks of Soviet state planning and the city would be better off leaving it to the private sector.And the New York Times, which carries enormous influence in such debates, fired one shot after another at the plans and declared icily on its editorial page that this was 'the downtown we don't want.'

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Thousands in New York Give WTC Plans a Resounding Boo

Sunday, July 21, 2002 in The Washington Post

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