WTC Redevelopment Efforts Show How Little Has Changed

The proposed plans for the redevelopment of Ground Zero demonstrate how little has changed in the last year, writes Martin Filler.

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September 11, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"What is truly scandalous, then, in light of the supposedly transformed country in which we have been living since September 11, is how brazenly greedy the Port Authority has been in insisting that it wring every last dollar out of the rebuilding. This is nothing other than war profiteering. In an abject age in which cash-and-carry commercialism disfigures almost every aspect of our public life, this shameful grab proves that even at the mouth of hell the buck still rules."

Thanks to ArchNewsNow.com

FULL STORY: More Than Zero

Tuesday, September 10, 2002 in The New Republic

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