Getting It Right At Ground Zero (One That Works)

There’s at least one Ground Zero project that appears as though it will be done right – the new PATH train terminal. “Here is how it happened: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, acting on its own, invited qualified professionals to apply for the job and selected Mr. Calatrava, the presiding master builder of bridges, airports and rail stations. No jury. No pandering to populism. No public performances. Alternate proposals were not displayed and debated. The result was presented, and the reaction has been appropriately ecstatic.”