The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only thing going on here. In fact, we're trying to keep a huge juggling act in balance, with the tower as just one of the many…

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There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with...

There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline.

I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline.

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.

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,...

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...

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,...

And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of...

And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of...

Well, I think one doesn't really have to invent this memorial space, because it is...

Well, I think one doesn't really have to invent this memorial space, because it is...

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.