The authors of City in the Sky, the definitive biography of the World Trade Center, explore the future of the site with its new architects.David M. Childs is the consulting design partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill/New York. Recently, he was appointed by President Bush to serve as chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts. He is currently preparing plans for the new World Trade Center, including the design for the Freedom Tower, which will be the world's tallest building.
James Glanz is a science reporter for The New York Times with a doctorate in physics from Princeton University. In 1991, he joined the staff of the magazine R&D;, moving to Science in 1995 and The Times four years later.
Daniel Libeskind is an international figure in architectural practice and urban design, known for introducing a new critical and multidisciplinary discourse into architecture. He recently won the competition and commission for the World Trade Center Ground Zero Site. Currently, he is a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the Frank O. Gehry Chair at the University of Toronto.
Eric Lipton has been a Metropolitan reporter at The New York Times since November 1999. In his first two years at The Times, he was based in City Hall and covered Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and city affairs. After September 11, he was removed from the City Hall beat to write about the attack on the World Trade Center and its aftermath, an assignment he continued to work on almost exclusively for two years. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1992.
David W. Dunlap covers Lower Manhattan and the World Trade Center site for The New York Times, where he is a senior writer. He joined The Times in 1975 and has reported on real estate, architecture, landmarks, and city planning since 1990.
This TimesTalks event was recorded on January 11, 2004.
