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He thinks WTC is a model? 1 WTC is horrendously overpriced, none of the towers (with the exception of the Norman Foster one that hasn't even emerged from the ground yet) are architecturally interesting, the redevelopment is years behind schedule (can you imagine if you lost family on 9/11 and you weren't even able to see the memorial by the 10 year anniversary?), and there in fact doesn't seem to be demand in the Financial District for the type of development that they want. (The zoning officials are insisting that it all be commercial space, whereas most firms want to rent office space in Midtown - the demand in the Financial District is all residential.)

In fact, I'd go so far as to say that the World Trade Center redevelopment is an example of why you DON'T want lots of public involvement in architecture. Everybody had their say when it came to the WTC, and look how it turned out!