Architects Design Ground Zero Viewing Structures

Herbert Muschamp reports on the design and construction of viewing platforms at the site of World Trade Center in New York City.

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December 22, 2001, 9:00 AM PST

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

"Transparency unobstructed vision is the solid virtue that will hold aloft a set of public viewing platforms on the perimeter of ground zero. Construction has begun on the first of four nearly identical platforms now proposed...The platforms, a grass roots initiative, were designed by four of the city's most highly respected architects: David Rockwell (Rockwell Group), Kevin Kennon, Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio (Diller & Scofidio)."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: With Viewing Platforms, a Dignified Approach to Ground Zero

Saturday, December 22, 2001 in The New York Times

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