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Libeskind Speaks, AP Gulled 
Monday, June 12, 2006

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There's a lot of buzz in the beachy, summer Monday air about Michael Arad's 9/11 memorial and the prospect that it might lose its waterfalls. You say: mon dieu! We say tant pis. The real story, as ever, is elsewhere. But also staring us in the face. Anyone notice something strange about this late-breaking AP report on the fresh PitWorld drama? Why, may we politely ask—and with all due respect—the fuck would a reporter quote Danny on the subject? Twice! Even he's moved on....

· 9/11 Memorial to be Redesigned [AP]


Posted in The Pit, Words, Words

Reader Comments (1 extant)

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the Pentagon Memorial competition originally had a budget of $2 million

the Twin Towers Memorial is trying to get costs DOWN from $1 billion to $500 million?

this whole drama, from the feuding families to the politicians, is just sad and embarrassing. It makes Ann Coulter look like a fucking genius.

By the admonisher at June 12, 2006 11:45 AM



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