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

Read the full story: At Trade Center Site, a Wealth of Ideas

Sunday, July 28, 2002 in The New York Times

Community / Economic Development New York

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