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by GLENN COLLINS
[ from The New York Times ]

he memorial at ground zero will be a teeming grove of trees above two deep reflecting pools within the outlines of the twin towers.
At least that was the initial concept. For though the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation yesterday announced the winner of the competition to memorialize those slain at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and Feb. 26, 1993, it delayed a complete description of the design and its image, as well as access to its creators, until a high-profile unveiling planned for next week. Continued…
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07, 2004 | | Nikon D100 ]
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by MICHAEL BRICK
[ from The New York Times ]

Brooklyn nurses its grudge against Manhattan with all the subtlety of King Kong, a Red Sox fan or Gerald R. Ford.
So this may come as perverse consolation, but slowly, quietly and over the course of decades, the borough has created something Ñ or, rather, a conspicuous nothing Ñ that elevates it among the ranks of the country's real, independent big cities.
At the borough's heart, framed by the waterfront to the west, the arts center to the east, the civic center to the north… Continued…
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