After the World Trade Center : Rethinking New York City.

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The terrorist attacks of September 11 have created an unprecedented public discussion about the uses and meanings of the central area of lower Manhattan that was once the World Trade Center. While the city sifts through the debris, contrary forces shaping its future are at work. Developers jockey to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sorkin, Michael
Other Authors: Zukin, Sharon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Cultural spaces.
Subjects:
2001
City planning > New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > History.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis.
City planning
New York (State) > New York
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The terrorist attacks of September 11 have created an unprecedented public discussion about the uses and meanings of the central area of lower Manhattan that was once the World Trade Center. While the city sifts through the debris, contrary forces shaping its future are at work. Developers jockey to control the right to rebuild ""ground zero."" Financial firms line up for sweetheart deals while proposals for memorials are gaining in appeal. In After the World Trade Center, eminent social critics Sharon Zukin and Michael Sorkin call on New York's most acclaimed urbanists to consider th.
Physical Description:1 online resource (249 pages)
ISBN:9781135774882
1135774889

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