Any hope for a decent memorial was made impossible due to the original Daniel Libeskind plan as he placed buildings over the footprints of both World Trade Center buildings and required everything to be built around his massive wedge of light which would have defacto been the memorial. This image is from Daniel Libeskind website. *

The site plan for the World Trade Center memorial space was greatly reduced from the original place that was totally destroyed with Greenwich Street and Fulton Street added. *

Official World Trade Center Memorial Design guidelines showing overhanging buildings on the footprints.

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Model of the original Libeskind design for the site showing the overhangs of buildings over the WTC footprints.