broke the story in the July print edition. Then dailydose blogged it. (I emailed Libeskind's office and never heard back). Then the Observer picked it up in their story on Libeskind's book More than Zero. The whole time Studio Daniel Libeskind has been seemingly mum about it...
Architect's Newspaper's Eavesdropper tells of the collective gasp elicited by the announcement in Venice, although the news has popped up on some websites of late (google) .Yes...Daniel Libeskind officially works for Colin Powell and the US Department of State as Cultural Ambassador. Culture Connect: Daniel Libeskind. Of course, others share this controversial distinction: "CultureConnect Ambassadors for 2003-2004 include such luminaries as Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Frank McCourt, and Denyce Graves." Read Press Release. Well, kudos Danny.
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By the way, funny how Google News has nothing in major news outlets about this stroy.
One can only say that this underscored the jingoism of the 1776' Freedom Tower.
"Mr. Libeskind later unveiled his design for a 9/11 Memorial that will break ground in Padua in April 2005." Read
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