WTC Finalists: Which Design Is Better?

Herbert Muschamp reviews the two finalists in the Ground Zero design competition and chooses his favorite.

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February 10, 2003, 6:00 AM PST

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

"The two designs chosen as finalists by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation illustrate the confusion of a nation torn between the conflicting impulses of war and peace.Daniel Libeskind's project for the World Trade Center site is a startlingly aggressive tour de force, a war memorial to a looming conflict that has scarcely begun. The Think team's proposal, on the other hand, offers an image of peacetime aspirations so idealistic as to seem nearly unrealizable."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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