New York

Team Of All-Star Architects Reimagines New York

Richard Meier, Steven Holl, Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey, Guy Nordenson, Maya Lin, and others, dissatisfied with the official planning process to rebuild the site of the World Trade Center, form a design team to reimagine Lower Manhattan. [Includes in

September 9, 2002 - The New York Times

A Timeline Of The TwinTowers

A timeline traces the history of the World Trade Center.

September 8, 2002 - The New York Times

Lots Of Progress In Rebuilding Downtown

Just a week before the first anniversary of 9/11, New York City has made impressive progress in restoring vital infrastructure in Lower Manhattan.

September 6, 2002 - New York Daily News

A Daring Vision For New York

In the last three decades New York has seen few major public planning projects. To maintain its position as a global city, New York needs to "think big."

September 5, 2002 - The New York Times

WTC Proposals Pour In

Newsday provides a slide show of some of the 2,000 designs from citizens, planners and architects have been received.

August 30, 2002 - Newsday

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."

August 23, 2002 - Wired

From Aging Town To 'Mini-SoHo'

Blight turns old industrial properties into just the right places for visual artists to gather and ignite energy.

August 22, 2002 - The Baltimore Sun

A Call To Further Open WTC Competition

The L.A. Times architecture critic argues that the WTC design competition should be open to a broader group. Planners should have a larger role.

August 22, 2002 - The Los Angeles Times

Reinvigorating Rochester's 'La Avenida'

City works with community leaders to create vibrant multi-cultural mecca at the heart of Rochester's booming Latino community.

August 21, 2002 - Rochester Democrat And Chronicle

Lower Manhattan Rebuilding Plans Expanded

Official say plans to rebuild the site of the World Trade Center have been expanded to all of downtown.

August 19, 2002 - The New York Times

NY's Proposed Building Code Changes

Proposed changes must walk a fine line between economic reality and protectiveness.

August 18, 2002 - National Real Estate Investor

WTC Proposals Flood In To CNN

CNN has received over 900 designs for the WTC site from its viewers.

August 17, 2002 - CNN

Goodbye To Cornell Architecture-Planning School?

Cornell considers dismantle the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.

August 16, 2002 - Ithaca Journal

Putting NYC In A Pickle Jar For Future Generations?

Suirrel away the maps of NYC on a server away from the city, just in case - life in the world of GIS in a post 9/11 city

August 15, 2002 - The Village Voice

Talent Search For New WTC Designs

The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. plans to hire up to five new firms to offer a diversity of new designs for the WTC site.

August 15, 2002 - New York Post

NY Times Magazine To Offer WTC Designs

Herbert Muschamp, the New York Times architecture critic, is expected to lay out several alternative WTC design options on Sept. 8.

August 13, 2002 - New York Post

Conflicting Goals For WTC Shopping Mall

The underground mall was generating $900 per square foot in revenues -- three times the national average. Can this success be duplicated?

August 12, 2002 - National Real Estate Investor

A Second Chance For Downtown Manhattan

New York has a unique opportunity to use the WTC rebuilding effort to spark the revival of an aging Downtown.

August 11, 2002 - National Real Estate Investor

WTC: Land Swap Deal Proposed

New York City proposes taking over the World Trade Center site in exchange for the land beneath La Guardia and Kennedy Airports.

August 6, 2002 - The New York Times

NYC To Change Codes For Skyscrapers

New York City's sweeping plan to change building codes for high-rises is an indication of how the Sept 11th attacks could transform the nation's skyscrapers.

August 6, 2002 - The New York Times

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