In a classic case of aesthetic symbols confronting political and financial reality, [architect Daniel Libeskind] is fighting to preserve the form – and, with it, the meaning – of his proposal for the 16-acre former site of the World Trade Center. Libeskind also has been forced to confront accusations from a New York City architect that he fibbed when he claimed that, every Sept. 11, on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks that brought down the Trade Center’s twin towers, the sun would shine without shadow on an outdoor plaza he calls ‘the Wedge of Light’. While Libeskind seems to have weathered the plaza controversy, it remains unclear if he will be able to retain control over his design — or whether developer Larry Silverstein, who holds the lease to the former World Trade Center site, will twist it beyond recognition.”