We have always maintained that if anybody had faith in the current master plan for downtown then the developer who is taking the financial risks should be given a free hand to build whatever he wanted at Ground Zero — even the world’s tallest parking garage.
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The White House and Washington politicians avoided 911 family members in DC on Wednesday seeking federal opposition to the proposed Freedom Center at Ground Zero.
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WTC Memorial Landscape Designer Peter Walker has received a commission to landscape the land around the Freedom Tower according to achrecord.
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The new Freedom Tower unveiled June 29 resembles at first glance the original World Trade Center.
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A review by the Daily News of exhibits at the Drawing Center which is slated to part of the controversial Freedom Center complex at Ground Zero shows several very political exhibits including artistic depictions of Abu Ghraib torture and a conspiracy chart linking George Bush to Osama Bin Laden.
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Daniel Libeskind has a very powerful piece about the most important quality of architects — optimism — in the New York Times Op Ed (qt)
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The O”Reilly Factor on Tuesday, June 21, reported a scuffle in the green room between International Freedom Center President Rick Tofel and World Trade Center Memorial Foundation board member Debra Burlingame.
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WTC Foundation Board Member Debra Burlingame and International Freedom Center President Richard Tofel squared off in a debate on the Fox News morning program “Fox and Friends.”
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Despite all the publicity about the overdue temporary Tribute Center memorial, the Post’s Steve Cuozzo takes LMDC to task for not producing a more signficant memorial other than the drugstore size Center.
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In a scene of just how bizarre the battle over the Freedom Center has become — and a warning of problems ahead — Republicans circled the wagons to defend the Center and the WTC Memorial Foundation Head said Debra Burlingame will be on the board overseeing the Center.
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In the face of rising opposition to Ground Zero, LMDC is quietly moving up plans to finalize Memorial plans by mid-July according to The New York Times. Given the opposition and new found interest in Michael Arad this could signal the end of the Freedom Center.
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Nicolai Ouroussoff in the New York Times has finally taken the gloves off on Ground Zero calling the memorial a cluttered tourist theme park geared to death.
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Takebackthememorial.org has organized a rally on Monday, June 20 at Ground Zero.
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A 911 Performance Arts piece in Chicago overshadowed the Daily News coverage of the Yankees plans to tear down the House That Ruth built.
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The International Freedom Center (IFC) finally has a website and in a “you can’t make this stuff up” move to deflect criticism from the right it equates George Bush’s 2005 inaugural with the Magna Carta.
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