WTC Redesign: Trump Vs. Libeskind

Celebrity developer Donald Trump clashes with celebrity architect Daniel Libeskind over the redesign of the World Trade Center.

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May 20, 2005, 2:00 PM PDT

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

Donald Trump proposes a ""bigger stronger and better" twin-towers concept". He denounced existing rebuilding plans as the "worst pile of crap architecture I've ever seen"....'I am sure that all of us, whatever the shape of our head or its decorative accessory, agree that security is the paramount concern for the new tower,' Libeskind wrote in a thinly veiled dig at Mr Trump's distinctive hairstyle."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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Friday, May 20, 2005 in The Australian

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