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Industry Responds to GlobeSt.com Sept. 11 Editorial

NEW YORK CITY-And they gave our thoughts--concerning the LMDC's exceeding slowness in producing even a viable redevelopment plan--almost unanimous thumbs up. The most appropriate way to honor all whom we lost in the attacks--the editorial argued--was to pursue redevelopment actively and aggressively.

By John Salustri | Updated on September 20, 2002

NEW YORK CITY-On Sept. 11, GlobeSt.com, in its special coverage of the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks, ran a Sept. 11 editorial, critical of the lack of progress in the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan. The editorial argued that the best way to honor the people and assets we lost was to commence with a plan and pursue that plan actively and aggressively. We voiced our belief that the memorial provide the forum for public debate, but that the commercial spaces should be left to the experts to resolve–experts headed by one leadership body willing to take the heat of public dissatisfaction and get the job done.

Most readers apparently agreed. Here are some of the reactions–slightly edited–to that editorial:

“You are right on point with your comments,” writes Nathan Isikoff, vice chairman of Transwestern Commercial Services. “Whatever is built will be criticized by some. The most important thing is that the site be developed in a way that best serves the residents of the immediate area and the citizens of New York and includes an appropriate memorial to the innocent people who died there.”

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