Power at Ground Zero: Politics, Money and the Remaking of Lower Manhattan

After the destruction of the World Trade Center complex on 9/11, the rebuilding process at Ground Zero was always about more than real estate deals and jockeying among local politicians. The symbolism and emotional dimensions extended far beyond lower Manhattan. Join Lynne Sagalyn, America’s most eminent scholar of urban reconstruction projects, for an inside look at the decade-long, complex deliberations that ensued between victims’ families, politicians, architectural superstars and many others after the towers came down.











When: Tue., Apr. 4, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $25
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After the destruction of the World Trade Center complex on 9/11, the rebuilding process at Ground Zero was always about more than real estate deals and jockeying among local politicians. The symbolism and emotional dimensions extended far beyond lower Manhattan. Join Lynne Sagalyn, America’s most eminent scholar of urban reconstruction projects, for an inside look at the decade-long, complex deliberations that ensued between victims’ families, politicians, architectural superstars and many others after the towers came down.

Buy tickets/get more info now