Who Decides What Happens At Ground Zero?

As downtown Manhattan is being reconfigured, there seems to be chorus of voices. But who is in charge of planning?

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March 30, 2002, 11:00 AM PST

"The public authority charged with coming up with a plan for the land, John Whiteheads Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, has so far managed to pull the neat trick of being both sprawling (at this rate, well probably all be appointed to it sooner or later) and opaque. Whos really in charge? Of the countless interest groups with a stake, which voices ring louder than others?In short, how do you cut through the cacophony? How do you tell which plans are for real and which are just well-intentioned static?"

Thanks to Stephen Arrendell

FULL STORY: Who's at Center of Ground Zero? Permanent Elite

Monday, April 1, 2002 in The New York Observer

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