New space honors 9/11: Perelman Performing Arts Center opens at Ground Zero after two decade delay
In a mammoth room behind translucent marble walls, workers are setting the stage for the World Trade Center’s newest addition. It is not another office tower, nor is it a monument, at least explicitly, to the memory of the September 11 terror attacks. It is a theater complex. Envisioned two decades ago to add vibrancy and draw people to a place of devastation and mourning, the Perelman Performing Arts Center is finally arriving at a very different ground zero. The site is ringed by new skyscrapers and located in a neighborhood that has more residents than before the attacks....
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