Ground Zero: 'Now Comes The Hard Part'

The Libeskind plan is an "excellent choice" but...

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March 3, 2003, 9:00 AM PST

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

"The Libeskind plan contains the seeds of a remarkable rebirth of street life and public spaces where once there was a vast, unfriendly plaza. And with a slender, 1,776-foot-high structure crowning a cluster of beveled office towers, it promises a vivid, rejuvenated skyline... Now, managing to get something built with anywhere near this level of inspiration, that will be hard.For one thing, like most competition entries, this one is more a sketch of the future than a final plan."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: At Ground Zero, a Plan Worth Building On

Friday, February 28, 2003 in The Washington Post

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