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...struggle for control over the Freedom Tower, which would reclaim the title of tallest building in New York City, has compounded the delays at ground zero. Silverstein repeatedly clashed with Libeskind, eventually bringing in his own architect, David Childs, who reached a messy compromise with Libeskind over the design. The relatives of the victims don't speak as one: some want development; other don't. They are more concerned about the memorial itself, which has become a separate battle. Last summer, just as construction was to begin, the blueprints had to be reworked because of safety concerns raised...
...Port Authority has won that battle. But to fill the Freedom Tower's 2.6 million sq. ft. of office space, Pataki and his allies at the Port Authority may again rely on government tenants to fill the floors. In the old World Trade Center, the Port Authority occupied 13 full floors--and lost 47 civilian employees, including its chief, Neil Levin, in the attacks. But adding government space could make potential tenants even more skittish about a recurrence...
...World Trade Center site are finally moving forward. But who will fill the buildings? 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER Not part of the WTC master plan, and the only structure already rebuilt. The developer calls it "the safest building in America," but it has attracted just three tenants so far FREEDOM TOWER Years of haggling among the power players, coupled with design revisions and security concerns, delayed the start of the architectural heart of the site. Construction is finally under...
CULTURAL BUILDINGS Political controversy over possible exhibits derailed the proposed International Freedom Center and led the Drawing Center to seek another site. Neither building has been started World Trade Center Memorial...
...Though the rescue effort was taking longer than anyone had expected, as workers resorted to low-powered explosives to break rock that had proved impervious to hand-held tools, it seemed by the morning of May 8 that Webb and Russell's freedom was imminent, perhaps a matter of hours away. In trying to predict how the miners' ordeal may affect them, medically, in the months and years ahead, it might pay to take little notice of the levity they showed in the midst of it. Sandy McFarlane, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Adelaide, suggests that...