WTC: Ideas And Alternatives

The political, aesthetic and commercial interests involved complicate the project to rebuild at the World Trade Center site.

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July 28, 2002, 1:00 PM PDT

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

"A tangle of interests is at work in Lower Manhattan, seeking to influence the rebuilding of the World Trade Center and, more broadly, the structure and methods of the downtown economy. The effort is hardly the most complex attempt at urban planning or public development the city has ever undertaken, in scale, in scope or in infrastructure."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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Sunday, July 28, 2002 in The New York Times

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I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching. Mary G., Urban Planner

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching.

Mary G., Urban Planner

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