After the World Trade Center: Rethinking New York City

by Michael Sorkin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415934796
• ISBN13: 9780415934794
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"