A New New York City

Hugo Lindgren writes that in rebuilding the site of the former World Trade Center we have to "lower our expectations."

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August 23, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

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

"Whatever happens at ground zero will be firmly rooted in the tried and true the past. Pick your vision of 21st-century New York: streets or superblock? Coke or Pepsi?...In other words, we should prepare to lower our expectations. Though the towers, it is now generally agreed, will not be rebuilt to their former height, we should expect pretty much the same thing an old-fashioned office complex. That in itself represents a missed opportunity."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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