Review Of Books About Ground Zero

The World Trade Centers will be more revered in death, than in life. Urban design writer John King reviews three books about these icons.

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September 9, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"What this collection brings to mind, oddly, is Rebecca Solnit's 'Hollow City,' a jeremiad against late-'90s gentrification in San Francisco. Whatever the lasting quality, they are vividly of a moment, capturing on paper what hovers in the air. And that's the value of 'After the World Trade Center': It shows how, as New York faces a challenge once inconceivable, the people who love it are fearful that belligerent panic will trample deeper issues and needs."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Ground zero then, now and someday

Monday, October 10, 2005 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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