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Building The Right Thing At Ground Zero

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photoThe leveling of lower Manhattan presents one of the most complex urban planning challenges to come along in a generation.

As the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation reveals its plans for the World Trade Center site, New Yorkers are asking who's the client: politics, profits, or people?

In this hour, creating a new Manhattan skyline.

Guests:

Alex Marshall, author of the book "How Cities Work," senior editor Regional Plan Association

Michael Sorkin, director of masters program of urban design and planning at City College, New York

This program aired on July 17, 2002.

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