Up from zero
Subtitle: politics, architecture, and the rebuilding of New York
By: Paul Goldberger
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Planning; Memorials; Architecture; City planning; History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Architecture takes the stage; title: Rockefeller's vision: the original World Trade Center; title: Reclaiming the skyline: the decision to rebuild; title: The future of memory: finding common ground for money and culture; title: Listening to the city: what matters and who decides?; title: Fitting it all on sixteen acres; title: Boldness and vision: the public demands more; title: The innovative design study; title: Making things better: the city responds to the designs; title: Architecture as democracy: building a consensus; title: Libeskind and THINK: design gets personal; title: The marriage of politics and building; title: An unnatural hybrid: the collaboration of Childs and Libeskind; title: The memorial competition; title: Reflecting absence; title: Commerce and culture at ground zero.