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September 11
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Viewpoints
The WTC and the Tragedy of Business as Usual
Ground Zero has, at long last, begun taking on its final shape. After spending billions of dollars, what exactly have we wrought?
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New York Should Be a 21st Century Machu Picchu—What Happened?
We had a dream after 9/11. What happened to it?
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Visiting the 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan
All photos by Paul Clemence Last weekend I went to check out the new World Trade Center; I’ve been following its rise from my window in Brooklyn. I was prepared to deal with hoards of sightseers and extra-tight securit
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Double Tragedy: Karrie Jacobs Reviews the New WTC Site
The new World Trade Center memorial erases virtually all traces of the old buildings.
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The Other Memorials: The Poignant, Ephemeral Posters of 9/11
While the official memorializaton of 9/11 lurched forward in an often messy public process, DIY and ad hoc monuments sprung up across the city. Many remain today as raw, unfiltered expressions of a grieving community.
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9/11 Memorial Exhibit Uses New Media to Impart Terrorism’s True Impact
The 9/11 Memorial exhibition honors each of the nearly 3,000 lives lost.
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WTC Fate Comes Clear: Prepare for Ordinary
What’s now under construction is looking like a fairly typical twenty-first-century business district.
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New York’s Still New York: Evaluating Ground Zero in Middle Age
Despite years of rancor surrounding it, the WTC site still possesses a deep emotional power.
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Gehry Weasels His Way Into Ground Zero Masterplan
By keeping the messy process at arm’s length America’s most famous architect lands a plum job at Ground Zero—on his own terms.
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This Westchester Memorial Is Everything the WTC, Regrettably, Won’t Be
Quick: think of a good contemporary memorial. No, not that one we’ve all heard quite enough about: Maya Lin’s shrine to the Vietnam War—a wonderful thing, a bolt from the blue, a one-in-a-million shot—a modern de