WTC Developer And Architect Clash, Make A Deal

Developer of the World Trade Center site will get a say in Libeskind's design for a tower at Ground Zero.

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July 17, 2003, 1:00 PM PDT

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

"Mr. Libeskind, who devised the master plan for the site but whose buildings Mr. Silverstein ridiculed as creating acres of unusable floor space, will serve as a collaborating architect during initial design a role that one rebuilding officials said essentially gave him 49 percent of the votes in any decision."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Compromise to Build On; Developer Gets His Say in Ground Zero Design

Thursday, July 17, 2003 in The New York Times

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