And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole.

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Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.

To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.

Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back...

Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back...

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of...

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of...

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know,...

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know,...

And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city.

And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city.

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.

I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else,...

I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else,...

We will work with everybody for the good of New York.

We will work with everybody for the good of New York.

And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just...

And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just...

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as...

I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as...

It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is...

It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is...

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get...

When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get...

It's a project that touched me as an immigrant and as a New Yorker.

It's a project that touched me as an immigrant and as a New Yorker.

The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only...

The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only...

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics,...

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics,...

There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's...

There are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's...

Well, I didn't want to have the reminder sort of in the sky, so that...

Well, I didn't want to have the reminder sort of in the sky, so that...

We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already...

We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already...