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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:41:07 -0500

Continuing to the southern end of Manhattan, we see the 9/11 site, where we previously visited the excellent museum. In successive trips, we watched the construction of Liberty Tower and the World Trade Center Transportation Hub or Oculus. The former is what you get when you start with a great design and then repeatedly cut it back until there is little left. The latter, by celebrity architect Santiago Calatrava, is certainly dramatic but possibly over the top. Is it a bird in flight or just whale bones?