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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

t hand-wringing over the state of land-use planning for urban environments. The 16-acre site * --I ts in the midst of some of the

re. r Illi 1s most densely developed real j estate on the planet and the volatile mix of politics, money, ' -i emotion and art may yet cause y■ T another explosion over what T5 I#! to do with it. Some want the 0 towers rebuilt, some want S.’ . ..... i,. smaller structures and still oth- "'k' // ers want a mega-memorial. .. J ' The array of buildings and ’ , P the amount of public space in 1 ' 1 iy .-.JW

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recognizing that ft was at war 'and actual- / ly had been since the first attack on the < World Trade Center \ in1 1993. If that I iW recognition had( come sooner, many of the initiatives taken later under the Homeland Security push might have S'** thwarted the attacks. k It 1(1 tfl Now that tliey are down, the World Trade Center towers have taken on a z»li greater symbolism and significance than they ever had iri life, fo^ they were not 4_

fe-i i i t' id . universally loved while they stood. The X * people who died there came from all / walks of life and: were not a military ter- |B get by any stretch of thje imagination. ’’ Ifa sH ",

' jB' Such is -the way of cowardly terrorists and religious fimatici L ; .. ss " / ■

ml While the attack on the Pentagon has stimulated debate over design, materials ly ® V/ O;’l| iyV i- C"i/ - >kc and construction techniques to harden j*’ ba v; Md ■"Is critical structured from attack, the World ft I Trade Center has Ignited discussions on

11 whether supertall structures are viable, <k p | i ■r 11 .«4b» ! how to effectively evacuajte people from high-rises and how to mitigate the risk of collapse after a devastating event. i ;y A --i The towers are gone and even the mas- O' sive space they once occupied is causing J w 1 I fe f «4 ; ,d>Ei'T <•'•'4 E I, 2<>d 2/1N R i' 'C.-'Xv- ?

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