The Nation's Biggest Urban Design Meeting

The six WTC designs encourage over 5,000 people to debate urban design -- and what makes a design inspiring.

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July 22, 2002, 11:00 AM PDT

"'I never in my life imagined I would be sitting in a room with 5,000 people arguing about urban design,' New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger commented as people nearby at round tables debated with each other what should happen where the World Trade Center once stood. 'Whatever it leads to, it's incredible.'"

Thanks to Laura Kranz

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