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Goldberger, Paul.

Up from zero : politics, architecture, and the rebuilding of New York / Paul Goldberger.

1st ed.

New York, NY : Random House, ©2004.

xiv, 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Explores the struggle to rebuild the site at Ground Zero, offering a social, political, cultural, and architectural history of the World Trade Center and the artistic, financial, and emotional challenges of creating a design for the site.

Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.

Memorials -- New York (State) -- New York -- Planning.

City planning -- New York (State) -- New York.

Architecture, Modern -- 21st century -- New York (State)

Memorials -- New York (State) -- New York.

World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.)

New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.

Architecture takes the stage -- Rockefeller's vision: the original World Trade Center -- Reclaiming the skyline: the decision to rebuild -- The future of memory: finding common ground for money and culture -- Listening to the city: what matters and who decides? -- Fitting it all on sixteen acres -- Boldness and vision: the public demands more -- The innovative design study -- Making things better: the city responds to the designs -- Architecture as democracy: building a consensus -- Libeskind and THINK: design gets personal -- The marriage of politics and building -- An unnatural hybrid: the collaboration of Childs and Libeskind -- The memorial competition -- Reflecting absence -- Commerce and culture at ground zero.

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2004046769

9781400060177

081296795X

9780812967951

1400060176

55000776

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