Historical Stories of 9.11.01 & Aftermath - Clean-up and Rebuilding & Memorial Planning

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Content:

The Clean Up
The Rebuilding and Memorial Planning
The Memorial Plans

The Clean Up

Slowed by Site's Fragility, the Heavy Lifting Has Only Begun from New York Times, October 13, 2001
The Toll: Numbers Vary in Tallies of the Victims from New York Times, October 25, 2001
Thousands of Orphans? An Urban Myth New York Times, October 26, 2001
Engineers Suspect Diesel Fuel in Collapse of 7 World Trade Center from New York Times, November 29, 2001
Ground Zero's fires still burning from the New Scientist, December 3, 2001
After September 11, Myth and Truth Collide from Washington Post, December 9, 2001
Safety focus at skyscraper summit from BBC, December 9, 2001
At the Pit, a Night Shift to Numb the Body and Soul from New York Times, December 10, 2001
Trade Center's Fireproofing Had a Questionable History from New York Times, December 14, 2001
What Counts from Washington Post, December December 16, 2001
Radio Used on Sept. 11 Is Questioned from New York Times, December 19, 2001
New York's tally of dead, missing at World Trade Center falls to 3,000 from Nando Times, December 19, 2001
Victims' Fund Likely to Pay Average of $1.6 Million Each from New York Times, December 21, 2001
Aged, lonely lion symbolizes zoo's lost pride from USA Today, January 2, 2002
At Ground Zero, New Manager, New Machines, New Focus from New York Times, January 3, 2002
Landfill Turns Into 'Humbling, Holy Place' from Washington Post, January 15, 2002
Outrage at Ground Zero visitor platform form BBC, January 17. 2002
Red, White And Blue, For Starters from Washington Post, January 18, 2002
Ground Zero Cleanup Defies How Jobs Are Usually Done from New York Times, January 21, 2002
Accommodations, Next Door to Devastation from New York Times, January 26, 2002
Front lines have glory, need funds from Christian Science Monitor, January 30, 2002
Rescuing the Buildings Beyond Ground Zero from New York Times, February 12, 2002
St. Paul's Chapel Is Closing for Cleanup of Debris from New York Times, March 16, 2002
Women Firefighters Fight Perception from New York Times, March 16, 2002
In Last Piles of Rubble, Fresh Pangs of Loss from New York Times, March 17, 2002
- Revisiting Ground Zero Six Months later pictures from Ground Zero from New York Times, March 16, 2002 - Other interactive pictures of WTC available at this site
A Rush to Fix Ground Zero's Damaged Dike from New York Times, March 21, 2002
22 Charged in Post-Attack Fraud from Washington Post, March 22, 2002
New York Is Still Losing Jobs Despite an Increase Nationally from New York Times, March 22, 2002
Remains of more firefighters found at World Trade Center site from Nando Times, March 22, 2002
How Quickly a City Can Grow from New York Times, March 25, 2002
Surge in discovery of remains at World Trade Center from USA Today, March 26, 2002
Cleaning Set for Exteriors Near 9/11 Site from New York Times, April 6, 2002
Towers' Collapse Raises New Doubts About Fire Tests from New York Times, April 8, 2002
Injuries Few Among Crews at Towers Site from New York Times, April 12, 2002
Rich Firms, Poor Ideas on Towers Site from New York Times, April 18, 2002
Change in Rules Barred Many From Sept. 11 Disaster Relief from New York Times, April 26, 2002
Head of 11 September inquiry quits from BBC, May 1, 2002
Mournful Task Ending, Forever Unfinished from New York Times, May 3, 2002
E.P.A. to Lead Cleanup Effort of Homes Close to Ground Zero from New York Times, May 8, 2002
Recovery winding down at World Trade Center site from Nando Times, May 9, 2002
Sifting the Last Tons of Sept. 11 Debris from New York Times, May 14, 2002
Air Testing After Sept. 11 Is Both Perplexing and Reassuring from New York Times, May 15, 2002
EPA criticized as slow to clean dust after World Trade Center collapse from Nando Times, May 15, 2002
Ceremony to mark end of cleanup at World Trade Center site from Nando Times, May 17, 2002
Tribute Will Signal the End of the Search from New York Times, May 17, 2002
Last Steel Column From the Ground Zero Rubble Is Cut Down from New York Times, May 27, 2002
Last Standing Steel Beam Removed From Ground Zero from iwon-news, May 27, 2002
Last steel column cut down at World Trade Center site from Nando Times, May 27, 2002
Ceremony to close 'Ground Zero' cleanup from CNN May 29, 2002
A final ceremony at ground zero from MSNBC, May 30, 2002
Ceremony marks end of World Trade Center recovery from Nando Times, May 30, 2002
Chapel that aided ground zero workers due for its own cleanup from Nando Times, May 30, 2002
World Trade Center families worry remains may not be recovered from Nando Times, May 30, 2002
Where Twin Towers Stood, a Silent Goodbye from New York Times, May 31, 2002
Silently, WTC recovery effort ends from USA Today, May 31, 2002
Farewell at Ground Zero from Washington Post, May 31, 2002
Families of victims gather at trade center site from Nando Times, June 2, 2002
Mourning and Prayers Near 16 Empty Acres from New York Times, June 3, 2002
Victims' Remains Found Near Ground Zero from New York Times, June 8, 2002
Nine months after attack, Pentagon ceremony marks facade reconstruction from Nando Times, June 11, 2002
Half of remains from World Trade Center yield no DNA from Nando Times, June 13, 2002
FEMA's Pace on 9/11 Aid Is Criticized from New York Times, June 14, 2002
Search of World Trade Center debris at landfill nears end from Nando Times, June 14, 2002
Their Job Complete, Last Recovery Crew Leaves Ground Zero June 25, 2002
Search of bank near World Trade Center finds no remains from Nando Times, June 25, 2002
At Morgue, Ceaselessly Sifting 9/11 Traces from New York Times, July 14, 2002
Ceremony planned to mark end of Fresh Kills landfill search from Nando Times, July 15, 2002
A Grim Job Done, as Dust Is Returned Unto Dust from New York Times, July 16, 2002
Crushed fire engine dedicated as Sept. 11 tribute August 9, 2002
Seen as Safety Net, 9/11 Program Is Anything But from New York Times, September 28, 2002
Giuliani Says City Was Prepared for 9/11 from New York Times, September 29, 2002
Vast Detail on Towers' Collapse May Be Sealed from New York Times, September 30, 2002
Fund for Terror Attack Victims Offers Awards in 14 Test Cases from New York Times, September 30, 2002
Defining Evil in the Wake of 9/11 from New York Times, October 5, 2002
Study faults bolts in World Trade Center collapse from Nando Times, October 27, 2002
9/11 Dust Seen as Less Toxic Than Feared from New York Times, December 24, 2002
A Bittersweet Homecoming at Ground Zero from New York Times, December 24, 2002
Health problems plague Ground Zero workers From USA Today, March 3, 2002
Towers' Strength Not Tested for a Fire, Inquiry Suggests from New York Times, May 8, 2003
9/11 Draft Reports Say City Rescuers Lacked Coordination from New York Times, May 14, 2004
9/11 Panel Chooses Publisher for Report from New York Times, May 25, 2004
The 9/11 Report -Complete Coverage from New York Time, July 23, 2004
Complete PDF file of 9/11 Report

The Rebuilding and Memorial Planning

Competing Plans Hope to Shape a Trade Center Memorial from New York Times, October 25, 2001
A Memorial Is Itself a Shaper of Memory from New York Times, October 27, 2001
What to Build, Architects Look at Future of WTC From New York Sunday Magazine, November 11, 2001
Remembering in bronze & stone from Christian Science, November 23, 2002
Group begins work on rebuilding lower Manhattan from Nando Times, December 19, 2001
At ground zero, uncertainty over how to pay respects from Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 2002
Multiple proposals emerge for ground zero from Christian Science Monitor, January 15, 2002
Many Voices, but Little Dialogue on Memorial for Trade Center Site from New York Times, January 26, 2002
The Old Downtown Economy Won't Return from New York Times, March 29, 2002
'Freedom Park' proposed around World Trade Center site from Nando Times, April 10, 2002
Blueprint for Ground Zero Begins to Take Shape from New York Times, May 4, 2002
As a Hurdle Is Cleared, Building Begins at Ground Zero from New York Times, May 8, 2002
7 World Trade Is Envisioned as a Gateway from New York Times, May 14, 2002
Redevelopment Goes Public: Workshops Produce Ideas from New York Times, June 9, 2002
Nine months after attack, Pentagon ceremony marks facade reconstruction from Nando Times, June 11, 2002
Some Neighbors Seek Greater Voice on Plans for Sept. 11 Memorial from New York Times, June 19, 2002
Rebuilding May Expand Beyond Site from New York Times, June 20, 2002
Arts Organizer Said to Be Choice to Oversee 9/11 Memorial Effort from New York Times, June 28, 2002
Towers' Land to Remain a Memorial, Pataki Says from New York Times, June 30, 2002
Memorial Park Plays Large Part in Preliminary Trade Center Plans from New York Times, July 16, 2002
Six proposals for redeveloping World Trade Center site from MSNBC, July 16, 2002
- LMDC, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Ground Zero plans unveiled from BBC, July 17, 2002
Six Plans for Ground Zero, All Seen as a Starting Point from New York Times, July 17, 2002
Six options offered to rebuild Ground Zero from CNN, July 17, 2002
Ideas for World Trade Center site take shape from Christian Science Monitor, July 17, 2002
Officials Rethink Building Proposal for Ground Zero from New York Times, July 21, 2002
- Proposals for Downtown Draw Array of Opinions from New York Times, July 21, 2002
- Even Here, Profit Isn't a Dirty Word from New York Times, July 21, 2002
Thousands in New York Give WTC Plans a Resounding Boo from Washington Times, July 21, 2002
Fresh Visions of Ground Zero Could Delay Lower Manhattan's Recovery from New York Times, July 22, 2002
Consensus on ground zero: Be bolder from Christian Science Monitor, July 22, 2002
Even Critics Say Some Designs for Downtown Aren't So Bad from New York Times, July 23, 2002
Pataki Urges More Flexibility in Rebuilding at Ground Zero from New York Times, July 27, 2002
City Proposes Swapping Land to Control Trade Center Site from New York Times, August 3, 2002
Leaseholder Would Consider Proposal to Let City Own Trade Center Site from New York Times, August 5, 2002
U.S. Agrees to Give $4.5 Billion to Link Subway and Path Hub at Trade Center from New York Times, August 10, 2002
Proposals Could Expand Memorial Site from New York Times, August 11, 2002
Plans for World Trade Center site in disarray from Nando Times, August 12, 2002
Cameras to Record Ground Zero Rising, a Frame at a Time from New York Times, August 18, 2002
The World Trade Center and the Rebuilding Lower Manhattan in the The New York Times Magazine September 8, 2002
Planners to sift through World Trade Center designs from Nando Times, September 18, 2002
House delays vote on terrorism memorial from Nando Times, September 24, 2002
Bush signs bill to create Flight 93 memorial from Nando Times, September 24, 2002
Design Teams Are Selected for New Plans for 9/11 Site from New York Times, September 27, 2002
Families want ground zero cross included in memorial from Nando Times, October 5, 2002
Designs Unveiled for Transit Hub at Ground Zero from New York Times, November 13, 2002
Planners Vow to Cooperate in Rebuilding Trade Center from New York Times, December 1, 2002
Trade center plans unveiled from USA Today, December 19, 2002
- Gallery of Seven Designs for A new World Trade Center
Plans for Ground Zero Unveiled from New York Times, December 19, 2002
- Rediscovering and Celebrating the Vertical Life
- Architects' Proposals Have Little to Do With Reality
- Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's New World Trade Center Site Design Concepts
Rebuilding Below Ground Zero Is at Issue from New York Times, December 20, 2002
Public Views Ground Zero Plans from New York Times, December 21, 2002
The Memorial Would Live in the Architecture from New York Times, December 22, 2002
Ground Zero Designs: Reality vs. Renaissance from New York Times, December 23, 2002
Two Finalists Are Selected for the Void at Ground Zero from New York Times, February 5, 2003
- Rebuilding Lower Manhattan Supplement from New York Times, February 5, 2003
World Trade Center finalists would each be world's tallest structures from Nando Times, February 5, 2003
Support Builds for One Plan for Trade Center Site from New York Times, February 20, 2003
Design for Transit Hub Lets Travelers See Sky from New York Times, February 22, 2003
The Future at Ground Zero from New York Times, February 24, 2003
Finalists for Ground Zero Design Pull Out the Stops from New York Times, February 26, 2003
Designers' Dreams, Tempered by Reality from New York Times, February 26, 2003
Libeskind Design Chosen for Rebuilding at Ground Zero from New York Times, February 27, 2003
The new World Trade Center from USA Today, February 27, 2003
Practical Issues for Ground Zero from New York Times, February 28, 2003
A Man of Many Faces Comes Home to Cast a New Face for the City from New York Times, February 28, 2003
Not Solely Blueprints, but Cultural Insight, Too from New York Times, February 28, 2003
Casualties of 9/11 Rebuilding from New York Times, March 1, 2003
From Political Calculation, a Sweeping Vision of Ground Zero from New York Times, March 3, 2003
Interactive Guide to Winning Design from New York Times, March 4, 2003
Open competition set for World Trade Center memorial from Nando Times, April 9, 2003
Pataki Sketches a Timetable for Rebuilding of Ground Zero from New York Times, April 25, 2003
Towers' Strength Not Tested for a Fire, Inquiry Suggests from New York Times, May 8, 2003
Jury for Sept. 11 Memorial Is Facing Spirited Lobbying from New York Times, May 30, 2003
Plans Pour In for Memorial at 9/11 Site from New York Times, July 1, 2003
Defaced Panels Removed at Ground Zero from New York Times, July 6, 2003
Ground Zero or Bust from New York Times, July 13, 2003
Architect and Developer Clash Over Plans for Trade Center Site from New York Times, July 15, 2003
Daniel Libeskind's Tower from New York Times, July 18, 2003
Trade Center Arguments Fade, and a Single Vision Is Emerging from New York Times, August 1, 2003
Memorial Space at Ground Zero Will Hold Unidentified Remains from New York Times, August 25, 2003
Ground Zero Plan Seems to Circle Back from New York Times, September 9, 2003
8 Designs Confront Many Agendas at Ground Zero from New York Times, November 20, 2003
The Competition: Presenting Several Versions of the Shape of Grief and Recollection from New York Times, November 20, 2003
The Designers: From Around the World, Artists and Architects Who Rose to a Challenge from New York Times, November 20, 2003
The Tunnel: For a Construction Project Underneath West Street, a Long Line of Opposition Forms from New York Times, November 20, 2003

The Memorial Plans

World Trade Center Memorial Competition - COMPETITOR FORUM a site dedicated to the proposals for the Memorial with links, pictures and descriptions of many of the proposals.

An Appraisal: Amid Embellishment and Message, a Voice of Simplicity Cries to Be Heard from New York Times, November 20, 2003
Jury Favors Two Finalists for Memorial at Attack Site from New York Times, December 31, 2003
September 11, 2003 Complete Coverage of 2nd Anniversary in The New York Times: New York Region Special
Design Selected for a Memorial at Ground Zero from New York Times, January 7, 2004
Ground Zero Jury Adheres to a Maxim: Less Is More from New York Times, January 7, 2004
Unknown Architect Is Teamed With a Veteran from New York Times, January 7, 2004
How Winning 9/11 Memorial Acquired Its 2nd Designer from New York Times, January 8, 2004
The Man With the List at Architecture’s Party from New York Times, January 12, 2004
At Ground Zero Memorial, Trying to Make Three Plans Work as One from New York Times, January 12, 2004
Strong Depth of Emotion and No Frills in 2 Footprints from New York Times, January 15, 2004
Unveiling of the Trade Center Memorial Reveals an Abundance of New Details from New York Times, January 15, 2004
The 9/11 Memorial: How Pluribus Became Unum from New York Times, January 19, 2004
Redevelopment at Ground Zero to Mean Noise and Traffic from New York Times, January 21, 2004
Public Lives: Out of Monumental Loss, a Park Like No Other from New York Times, January 21, 2004
Nuts and Bolts (and Water) Challenge 9/11 Shrine from New York Times, January 24, 2004
The Memorial Roads Not Taken from New York Times, February 1, 2004
5,201 Ideas for 9/11 Memorial, From the Sublime to the Less So from New York Times, February 19, 2004
World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition site on which the 5,201 ideas for the 9/11 Memorial are posted

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