PLAYING NICE
This article by Christopher Hawthorne, the Architectural critic of Slate gives a sometimes hilarious peek into the political shenanigans between the two primary architects, Libeskind and Childs, responsible for the "final" Freedom Tower design. A taste:
Libeskind sent staffers to SOM to take digital photographs of the Freedom Tower models—which they did over the protests of employees there—ostensibly so that Libeskind could go to New York Gov. George Pataki with visual proof that Childs was hijacking the design.
Though Libeskind's office has downplayed the incident, saying it has been misreported, some in the Childs camp reportedly dubbed it "the Watergate break-in."
It also gives some clues that the design may not be so final as well. Recommended for those into a geekier architectural look at the Tower.
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