Trade Center Plans Are Taking Shape

Amid enormous attention and design changes, New York's World Trade Center site plan is finally coming into its own.

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April 21, 2004, 8:00 AM PDT

"Lawsuits. Turf battles. Heavy political pressures. Intense emotional appeals. High-voltage international design contests. Daily press coverage of every big and little fight...It has been an exciting, confounding, downright messy process with surprises at every turn in the twisting road. And yet, so far, the biggest surprise of all is the high quality of the results."

Thanks to Erin Clark

FULL STORY: World Trade Center Plans, Rising Above The Squabbles

Sunday, April 18, 2004 in The Washington Post

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