This post appeared in a previous blog and is here for posterity’s sake.
Saturday Gov. George E. Pataki announced that he favors not building [nytimes :: registration req’d], on the ground zero site.
From the article:
In addition to calling the place where the towers stood “hallowed ground,” Mr.
Pataki said the footprints “will always be a lasting memorial for those that
were lost.” He added, “Their sacrifice must be remembered for all times to come,
and I will do everything in my power to make sure that happens.”
Finally someone not running out to plop an ediface on that site. This our
chance to kit the urban fabric back together in Lower Manhattan, while at the
same time provide a memorial and park to those lost. Not an ediface or statue,
but a living park that remembers that day and allows New Yorkers [and the
wolrld] to remember the past and also live in the present. This is a chance for
an integrated urban environment that celebrates not just business but life and
humanity.