David Rockwell builds at Ground Zero

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DR We certainly did as much research as we could, and we were conscious of other memorials.

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DR Well, we knew that if it wasn't privately funded, it wasn't going to happen.

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DR Well here's the issue we knew that this was not in the sense of we think about the site, and think about the need for a memorial.

DR John Kamen who's here, actually put together a two and a half minute piece that shows the platform in use.

DR Well, I think one thing that shouldn't be done is evaluate I think right now the discussion is a very closed discussion on the master plan.

In this emotionally charged conversation with journalist Kurt Andersen, designer David Rockwell discusses the process of building a viewing platform at Ground Zero shortly after 9 11.

DR Yeah. So the first thing we had to do was find a way to get this we had to work with the families of the victims, through the city, to make sure that they knew this was happening.