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September 16, 2004
Freedom Tower Will Be Green Giant
Designers say the world's tallest building will include a wind farm, solar panels and advanced, energy-efficient technology, and will become an icon of environmentally friendly architecture.
Wired News
July 14, 2004
Libeskind Sues Silverstein for Design Fee
Just a week after the Freedom Tower cornerstone was laid in place, Daniel Libeskind, the master planner of the World Trade Center site, yesterday sued Larry A. Silverstein, the tower's developer, for $843,750 in architectural fees that Mr. Libeskind says he is owed.
New York Times
July 13, 2004
Foothold for the Freedom Tower
Ground zero has passed from the hands of rescuers to the hands of mourners to the hands of dreamers to the hands of planners. Now, with the Freedom Tower cornerstone in place, it is passing into the hands of builders.
New York Times
May 14, 2004
World Trade Center plan is requested
Developer Larry Silverstein must produce a financial plan proving he could build and insure 10 million square feet of offices at New York's World Trade Center site, the agency that owns the land told him in a letter.
Detroit Free Press
April 30, 2004
Blow to Builder Over Insurance at Ground Zero
A federal jury in Manhattan handed the developer Larry A. Silverstein a major setback yesterday in his bitter legal battle with two dozen insurers over how much money will be available for rebuilding the sprawling World Trade Center site.
New York Times
April 22, 2004
Who Owns Ground Zero? Don't Expect a Simple Answer
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owns the 16-acre trade center site. That statement of fact is repeated reflexively in accounts of the ground zero rebuilding. But it turns out that it may not be quite true.
New York Times
January 16, 2004
Designer Modifies 9/11 Memorial
Architect Michael Arad has updated his winning design for the main memorial in New York to the victims of 11 September after criticism from victims' families.
BBC
January 15, 2004
Unveiling of the Trade Center Memorial Reveals an Abundance of New Details
It seemed unlikely that there could be more surprises yesterday when the tweaked, updated, reconciled - and leaked - World Trade Center memorial was unveiled by Gov. George E. Pataki, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.
New York Times
January 15, 2004
Strong Depth of Emotion and No Frills in 2 Footprints
Designed by Michael Arad, Reflecting Absence is the winning entry in the competition to design a memorial to the victims of 9/11.
New York Times
January 13, 2004
At Ground Zero Memorial, Trying to Make Three Plans Work as One
Now that Michael Arad and Peter Walker have been chosen as the designers of the World Trade Center
New York Times
January 8, 2004
WTC Memorial Design Faces Revisions
A day after hearing that designer Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker would present a significantly revised version of their ``Reflecting Absence'' design next week, some wondered how much of the original plan would be left.
AP via Guardian Unlimited
January 7, 2004
Pools Design Chosen to Mark 9/11
American architect Michael Arad has won an international competition to design the main memorial for the victims of the attacks of 11 September 2001.
BBC
December 25, 2003
After Year of Push and Pull, 2 Visions Meet at 1,776 Feet
It was not until the morning of Dec. 18 that Mr. Libeskind finally saw the completed Skidmore design. Despite the tension, it was clear that the spire had been increased enough that Mr. Libeskind could, at least provisionally, give his approval.
New York Times
December 19, 2003
Freedom Tower Plan for WTC Site
A new design for the building complex to replace the World Trade Center has been unveiled in New York.
BBC
December 19, 2003
Architects Unveil Revised Freedom Tower Design
Officials presented today the final design of the building to be constructed on the World Trade Center site, revealing a slender curving tower that will rise 1,776 feet above downtown New York City, a height symbolic of the year of America's independence.
New York Times
December 19, 2003
Revised Freedom Tower Design for WTC Site Unveiled
A new design for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site slopes gracefully into a spire rising 1,776 feet, echoing the Statue of Liberty, images released Friday show.
AP via SA Gate
December 19, 2003
Brooklyn Bridge Inspired WTC Site Plan
Drawings of the main building on the former World Trade Center site, which are to be unveiled on Thursday for the first time, will show a modernist structure inspired by two New York landmarks: the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty.
Financial Times
December 15, 2003
Traffic Flow Is Crucial Part of Debate at Trade Center
While the public is transfixed by the struggle over the Freedom Tower and the memorial at the World Trade Center site, an equally vital debate has been occurring over the layout of streets around the site.
New York Times
December 12, 2003
The New Look at Ground Zero May Be the Oldest
AS the official "master plan architect for the World Trade Center site," Mr. Libeskind may face the choice of endorsing someone else's design as a reflection of his own intent (unless some architectural feature is added that permits him more of a claim of authorship) or certifying at least that the Skidmore design is consonant with his overall plan.
New York Times
December 12, 2003
New York Reaches a Milestone in WTC Rebuilding
As the steel beam was hoisted along with an American flag to the 11th floor of 7 World Trade Center, officials said the ambitious, dispute-ridden reconstruction project was on schedule.
Reuters
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