They capture and build upon the tremendous spirit of civic involvement that has poured out since the attacks. Former Landmarks Preservation Commissioner Anthony Tung has investigated architectural preservation worldwide, and has examined cities that have been traumatized by devastation due to war, fire, plague and storm. This discussion will with the author will focus on how cities have approached the process of remembering, recovering and rebuilding in the wake of disaster. The discussion will center on how the events of September 11, which took an unimaginable toll on human life, also erased what was perhaps the most powerful and defining element of Manhattan's urban landscape. The World Trade Center was a subject of debate within the architectural community, and captured the imagination of the public, from the moment its first steel girders rose into the sky.
Participants document their experiences and express themselves through their photographs.
A final exhibition of the students' works gives the public a fresh perspective on New York neighborhoods they may know little about. Where We Live is a program of the National Building Museum sponsored in New York by the Municipal Art Society. The National Building Museum is a private non-profit institution in Washington D.C., created by Congress in 1980 to celebrate American achievements in building.