Freedom Tower – Death By 1000 Cuts

Blair Kamen adds his voice to those criticizing the latest plans for the WTC Freedom Tower. “The problems, evident in almost every aspect of the rebuilding, threaten to undermine the carefully conceived balance between remembrance and renewal that was the hallmark of Daniel Libeskind’s brilliant, competition-winning master plan. What they add up to is death by a thousand cuts rather a single mortal blow — and the danger that unless public officials here stop their blather about everything going smoothly, the rebuilt ground zero will turn out to be a whittled-down version of Libeskind’s plan rather than a sparkling realization.”