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	<description>News and Commentary About 911 Memorials in NYC and Across the Country</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Public Comment Period for Redesigned Memorial Ends</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/06/28/public-comment-period-for-redesigned-memorial-ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week long period to make comments about the revised memorial has ended.

 Public Comment Period For WTC Memorial Ends Today 
NY1 - NY,USA 
Tuesday is the final day in the public comment period on the latest plans for the World Trade Center memorial  but some of the victims&#8217; families are raising &#8230; 

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		<title>Report: Let Port Authority Build the Memorial</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/06/24/report-let-port-authority-build-the-memorial/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/06/24/report-let-port-authority-build-the-memorial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 03:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s deja vu all over again.  A report says the Port Authority should build the memorial.

 Port Authority Should Build NYC Memorial, Report Says (Update1) 
  Bloomberg - USA 
  June 20 (Bloomberg) &#8212; The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey should oversee construction of the World Trade Center  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scaled Back Version of Ground Zero Lite Looks Impossibly the Same</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/06/24/scaled-back-version-of-ground-zero-lite-looks-impossibly-the-same/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/06/24/scaled-back-version-of-ground-zero-lite-looks-impossibly-the-same/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 03:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Ground Zero Lite &#8212; after losing $500 million in estimated costs &#8212; looks impossibly the same except the names will be on the rail above the pools.

 9/11 MEMORIAL, VERSION 2.0 
Amherst Times.com - Amherst,NY,USA 
&#8230;  engineer and developer, has unveiled his recommendations for a truncated version of &#8220;Reflecting Absence,&#8221; the elegant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Senate Forbids Admission to Ground Zero</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/06/24/new-york-senate-forbids-admission-to-ground-zero/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/06/24/new-york-senate-forbids-admission-to-ground-zero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 03:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the costs soaring, the New York Senate has approved a bill that no state money can go to Ground Zero if admission is charged.

 National Digest 
  Baltimore Sun - United States 
  &#8230;  The state Assembly approved yesterday a bill barring any state money from going to the World Trade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can A Glass Box Save Ground Zero?</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/20/can-a-glass-box-save-ground-zero/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/20/can-a-glass-box-save-ground-zero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2006 15:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Just when it looked like things were starting to make sense at Ground Zero, there&#8217;s a whole new series of weird developments:
* Kevin Rampe returned to replace outgoing LMDC Chairman John Whitehead.  Doesn&#8217;t anybody remember that Rampe as president of LMDC was a Mr. Goodbar who tried to negotiate feel good arrangements rather than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End Game as Arad Disowns Waterfalls?</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/15/end-game-as-arad-disowns-waterfalls/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/15/end-game-as-arad-disowns-waterfalls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 04:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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The end game of the 911 Memorial may at last be in sight now since Michael Arad&#8217;s LMDC handlers have at last released him from a silence pledge and at the same time noting the waterfalls are too expensive.

WTC Memorial Designer Willing To Compromise 
  NY1 - NY,USA 
  After months of bickering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starchitects Descend on Ground Zero Following Deal</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/13/starchitects-descend-on-ground-zero-following-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/13/starchitects-descend-on-ground-zero-following-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 00:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Image:
WTC Chaos Update: Starchitectural Collection Complete! from Curbed
Since the deal to restart building at Ground Zero, a group of architects dubbed Starcitects have descended on Ground Zero.

 From the Dome to Ground Zero 
  Times Online - UK 
  LORD ROGERS of Riverside became the second British architect signed up to help to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survivor Staircase Marked as Endangered</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/13/survivor-staircase-marked-as-endangered/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/13/survivor-staircase-marked-as-endangered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Survivors Staircase, the only remaining above ground portion of the World Trade Center, has been declared endangered by a preservation group.

The stairway no doubt will create havoc for the Port Authority-Larry Silverstein deal.  It&#8217;s shame that the stairway which was northeast of the two towers is all that&#8217;s left when the iconic ruins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Whitehead Steps Down at LMDC</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/13/john-whitehead-steps-down-at-lmdc/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/13/john-whitehead-steps-down-at-lmdc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 23:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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The venerable John Whitehead plans to step down from the LMDC.

This of course is too little too late.
LMDC has made all the major decisions affecting ground zero.  It selected Daniel Libeskind as master planner and conducted the memorial contest &#8212; decisions that were both badly bungled.  LMDC has always allocated the $10 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WTC Freezes Fundraising As Cost Estimates Hit $1 Billion</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/13/wtc-freezes-fundraising-as-cost-estimates-hit-1-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/13/wtc-freezes-fundraising-as-cost-estimates-hit-1-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 23:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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The WTC Foundation has officially suspended fund raising efforts after announcements that the cost of the memorial could approach $1 billion.

Meanwhile Governor Patak, Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Corzine say the memorial should be capped at $500 million.
What a surprise!  It always helps to look before you leap.  Here&#8217;s a summary of stories.
KILL IT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Deal</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/02/the-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/05/02/the-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 00:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority have finally worked out a deal.  Here&#8217;s a summary of some headlines.

Live at the re-Freedom Tower re-groundbreaking ! (above)  [A Test of Will] 
Re-Freedom Tower Re-Groundbreaking! 
Groundbreaking 2.0 Set for Freedom Tower 3.0  [The Gutter] 
 A Plan to Rebuild by 2012, and Doubts on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>911 Memorial Museum to Be Modeled on Shoah Museum</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/03/21/911-memorial-museum-to-be-modeled-on-shoah-museum/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/03/21/911-memorial-museum-to-be-modeled-on-shoah-museum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Of all the depressing Ground Zero news the most disturbing to me was the announcement that the 911 Museum is going to be modeled on the Shoah Museum.

This news was more depressing than the news than the talks falling apart between Silverstein and the Port Authority &#8212; that&#8217;s just a money debate afterall &#8212; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workable Plan Negotiations to Build Towers Delayed</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/03/15/workable-plan-negotiations-to-build-towers-delayed/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/03/15/workable-plan-negotiations-to-build-towers-delayed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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There was much optimism after Sen. Chuck Shuumer urged the Port Authority to take over the building of Freedom Tower and let Larry Silverstein build the two buildings closest to the $2 billion PATH station.

The optimism went through the night since Gov. Pataki had set last night as a deadline to work some agreement.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Suits As Memorial Prepares Construction</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/03/12/more-suits-as-memorial-prepares-construction/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/03/12/more-suits-as-memorial-prepares-construction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 01:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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The WTC Memorial is going to begin without fanfare on Monday with clearing a little debris and surveying.

No formal ceremony is planned.  Actual physical labor is scheduled for May or June.  Still the final suits have started.
WTC memorial construction to begin 
  Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA 
  &#8230; The foundation has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Wasn&#8217;t Rudy Tapped to Be WTC Memorial Czar?</title>
		<link>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/03/11/why-wasnt-rudy-tapped-to-be-wtc-memorial-czar/</link>
		<comments>http://911memorials.org/archives/2006/03/11/why-wasnt-rudy-tapped-to-be-wtc-memorial-czar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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As we come down to the Monday dedication of the Ground Zero, you really have to wonder what  went wrong.

The constant press releases say that LMDC was very democratic and that this was discussed over and over again by blue ribbon panels.
It all sounds hollow.
The problems at Ground Zero arise from lack of leadership [...]]]></description>
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