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World Trade Center Memorial Pool

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

June 10, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

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

June 10, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

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