Santiago Calatrava

World Trade Center Memorial Pool

Why the 9/11 Memorial is wrong for New York City

New York Times chief architecture critic Michael Kimmelman says the World Trade Center site feels like it does not belong in New York. In a new review, he writes that the long-awaiting 9/11 Memorial did not successfully balance the competing and legitimate interests surrounding the project.

World Trade Center Memorial Pool

Why the 9/11 Memorial is wrong for New York City

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