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Aug. 14, 2009

Towering Losses

Before there were victims of Sept. 11, shop owners in the area were victims of eminent domain to make way for the Twin Towers' construction, writes Gideon Kanner.

FORUM COLUMN

By Gideon Kanner

According to a recent New York Times editorial, the state of New York has had it up to here with the long-delayed reconstruction of the World Trade Center site. It's all well and good for the state to help out Larry Silverstein, the lessee-developer of that site, with public money, says the Times, but after all, the World Trade Center is a commercial venture and the New York & New Jersey Port Authority (the owner ...

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