TROPOLISM

I've been saying this all along, whenever someone asks me for my professional opinion about the Ground Zero Memorial Master Plan, or whatever it's called: that the Master Plan is of almost no significance. The buildings will show up whenever they do, with whatever architect gets in good with whatever decisionmaker shows up to do the job. It's happened before (United Nations, Rock Center, Lincoln Center), why not now?

Mr. Ourousoff's entry yesterday is one of his best so far. I particularly enjoy being reminded how BBB's plan looked, and how it's just like what the site is shaping up to actually be.