Can A Glass Box Save Ground Zero?
Just when it looked like things were starting to make sense at Ground Zero, there’s a whole new series of weird developments:
* Kevin Rampe returned to replace outgoing LMDC Chairman John Whitehead. Doesn’t anybody remember that Rampe as president of LMDC was a Mr. Goodbar who tried to negotiate feel good arrangements rather than hard nose vision leading to Ground Zero stalemate.
* Larry Silverstein is back saying insurance companies won’t agree to the deal he agreed to.
* A Judge threw out a suit against the memorial citing statue of limitations ran out.
Well, in any event Apple opened a nifty store at GM. LMDC in creating the below level plaza design cited the GM building plaza. That plaza was a dreay failure. Amazing what a glass box did for improving it. A glass box would sure address a lot of problems they have now.
Now for the stories:
Rampe to Lead Lower Manhattan Rebuilding Effort
By CHARLES V. BAGLI Gov. Pataki has appointed Kevin M. Rampe chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporatio
NO-SHOW GOV TO BLAME
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
… The scapegoat squad that showed up yesterday wasn’t even the A-team. Instead of John Whitehead, outgoing LMDC chairman, we got Empire State Development Corp. …
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WTC Families Make Their Voices Heard At Site Rebuilding Hearing
NY1 - NY,USA
… that amount. Designer Michael Arad will be working with a team of architects to make sure his vision stays on budget. But families …
Former WTC rebuilding president back at development agency
Staten Island Advance - Staten Island,NY,USA
… Sciame, memorial architects Michael Arad and Peter Walker and trade center architect Daniel Libeskind, who drew the master plan for the 16-acre site, will come …
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WTC Site Rebuilding Hearing Leaves Host Of Questions Unanswered
NY1 - NY,USA
… The World Trade Center memorial came under fire recently when the price tag soared to nearly $1 billion, even as fundraising for the project was suspended. …
Taxpayers Spurn WTC Memorial
New York Sun - New York,NY,USA
… The grand total of $150,085 isn’t even enough to pay the salary of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation’s executive director. …
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New LMDC boss faces memorial race
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
… The group will coordinate their efforts with the LMDC , which has led the memorial planning; the Port Authority, which owns the World Trade Center site, and the …
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Families’ Lawsuit Over WTC Memorial Tossed
Forbes - USA
… “No matter what happens, we are going to continue to fight against the LMDC to preserve the footprint remnants for the American people,” said Gardner, whose …
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Ground zero players defend WTC rebuilding progress
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
… rebuilding the World Trade Center site defended their progress Thursday to state lawmakers who asked why no office towers had risen at ground zero nearly five …
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Outgoing LMDC Chair Sites Progress Downtown
NY1 - NY,USA
… The Daily News says Governor George Pataki will name Kevin Rampe as the new chairman of the LMDC . Rampe left the agency last year.
The Breaking of Michael Arad
New York Magazine - NY, USA
… One January morning, Arad heard on the radio that the jury had selected a winner, and then received a call at 10:30 am from an LMDC official asking him to come …
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Do-over at LMDC ?
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
… Whitehead, 84, announced last week that he’ll step down as the head of LMDC and the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation on May 31, at the urging of his …
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Cross-shaped ruin to stay at ground zero
USA Today - USA
NEW YORK (AP) — The foundation in charge of developing ground zero’s memorial and museum pledged to permanently display the two pieces of steel left standing …
Second Thoughts Chip Away At Ground Zero Plan
Hartford Courant - United States
NEW YORK — On Jan. 6, 2004, an exhausted panel of jurors clinked champagne flutes to celebrate the selection - at last - of a memorial for Ground Zero . …
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Cross-Shaped Ruin to Stay at Ground Zero
Washington Post - United States
NEW YORK — The foundation in charge of developing ground zero’s memorial and museum pledged to permanently display the two pieces of steel left standing in …
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Major Step at Ground Zero : 7 WTC Opening
Construction.com - New York,USA
By Sam Lubell. Almost five years after the attacks of September 11, the first major project near Ground Zero is about to open. Seven …
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Developer: insurance companies threatening ground zero rebuilding
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
NEW YORK — Insurance companies are threatening the construction schedule for the symbolic Freedom Tower at ground zero , the World Trade Center site’s …
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Panel Convenes Over Why Reconstruction Lags at Ground Zero
WNYC - New York,NY,USA
… The hearings were held on the 25th floor of Tower 7, overlooking Ground Zero , and for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the emptiness of the 16-acre site below …
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Former WTC rebuilding president back at development agency
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
… insurance firm since leaving the LMDC and is on the board of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, which is raising money to build the memorial. …
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Brought By 9/11 Families Against Memorial
NY1 - NY,USA
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by family members of 9/11 victims fighting the construction of the World Trade Center memorial . …
Lawsuit over WTC memorial construction dismissed
Staten Island Advance - Staten Island,NY,USA
… But state Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich said the LMDC’s efforts to consult with others “have been exhaustive and far beyond anything required by law …
WTC Cross to Remain at Ground Zero
1010 Wins - New York,NY,USA
The Ground Zero cross, which was once headed for storage in an airport hangar, will now get a permanent home at the site, the Daily News has learned. …
I never voted to stop memorial fundraising
Downtown Express - USA
Last week Tom Johnson, chairperson of the board of directors of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation’s executive committee, released a statement to the …
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