Plans developed by seven design teams comprising of prominent architecs for rebuilding at the World Trade Center site have drawn praise for being creative.
Memorials on the tops of buildings and below ground, a formal 19th-century-style garden and the tallest building in the world are among the elements included in several new sets of plans being drawn up for the World Trade Center... How those plans will be incorporated into what is finally built at the trade center site is still uncertain."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
FULL STORY: Designers Draw Praise for Trade Center Ideas
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