Friday, May 2
Critics have charged that architect Daniel Libeskind's
Ground Zero plaza, called the Wedge of Light, which he described as a
place where the sun will "shine without shadow" each year on the
anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, will actually be full of shadows for
much of each September 11 morning. The architect Eli Attia published a
critical study of Libeskind's design.
In defense, Libeskind said his design will work, with facades of
buildings "throwing the sunlight back into the plaza," and called Attia
a "sore loser."
On April 28, the Lower Manhattan
Development Corporation launched a
competition to design a memorial for the victims of 9/11 and the 1993
World Trade Center bombing. Competitors have until May 29 to register
for the competition, and until June 30 to send in their memorial
designs. Guidelines and information about the competition are posted
online, at www.wtcsitememorial.com. Officials said that all entries
would be considered, even those that push the boundaries of the
competition guidelines.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority held an April 29 hearing
about the new Fulton Transit Center, planned to be built at Fulton and
Broadway. At the hearing, preservationists urged transportation
officials to incorporate the block's historic buildings, especially the
Corbin building at 11 John Street, into the plan, instead of demolishing
them to make way for the station.
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