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World Trade Center New York Architecture
Discussion on the Design of the Freedom Tower in Manhattan, NY, USA
post updated September 11, 2021 ; origianl article posted Mar 15, 2004
9/11 anniversary – 20 years since the 11 September attacks
In total, 2,977 died, with 2,753 victims at Ground Zero in Manhattan.
Four of the six towers planned on the former Ground Zero site are now open, including the tallest – One World Trade Center.
Location: World Trade Center – seven buildings in the Financial District, Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
Manhattan World Trade Center
Memory Marker: Remembrance of Things Past Article by Adrian Welch, Architect and e-architect Editor
Article written in 2004 for the The Drouth Literary magazine
Any marker to ?9/11? must sit in relation to polar opposites: the capitalist drive to extract dollars per sq ft on the site and a desire to leave space for memory of this atrocity. But are these truly irreconcilable opposites or could a creative architect ? or team (important distinction) ? reconcile these goals partly or even fully"

Ground Zero New York photograph : Andrew McRae, 2007
I won?t dwell on questions of how the site is being parcelled up ? the sadly separate competitions for ?building? and ?memorial? ? but the separation is relevant background information. The ?building? competition came first probably due to its ...