Commercial Interests Picking Apart Libeskind’s WTC Plans

Stakeholders in the process to build on the site of the World Trade Center are already starting to pick apart the Daniel Libeskind design that had been chosen for the site. The owner of a retail mall that had been in the base of the World Trade Center doesn’t like the design: ‘We don’t think [the Libeskind plan] works. So why don’t we sit down and fix it? Why not have a meeting? It’s not that difficult. We think we can help and make it better.’ Westfield’s unhappiness is significant because the company and the Port Authority will have to renegotiate Westfield’s lease at the site.”