Daniel libeskind still accepts consensus as an ideology
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Photo: Getty Images Daniel Libeskind is still optimistic about ground zero. Or, you know, not entirely bitter. “That site will come back to life in a way that is not banal,” he explained
during a _House & Garden_ panel discussion at Hunter College last week. It will have “as much public space as I could have possibly put in it,” he added. The topic of the _H&G_ panel
was “The Future Face of New York” and focused mostly on sustainable building and expansion. “It doesn’t happen by miracle, it happens by enlightened social policy,” Libeskind explained. It
seems like he learned at least one thing about his ground-zero experience: “Democracy is about garnering consensus,” he mused. That’s helpful — but is it a real solution to the fact that
there will be a million more people in New York in 2030? We’re not sure. Then again, we read _H&G_ for the pictures of rich people’s window treatments. —_Darrell Hartman_ RELATED: The
Liberation of Daniel Libeskind [NYM]