SIX MONTHS: REBUILDING OUR CITY, REBUILDING
OURSELVES {PT. 1 OF 5}: REBUILDING LOWER MANHATTAN:
MISSING SOMETHING THAT WAS THERE YESTERDAY
{TERRORIST ATTACKS} (RADIO)
Summary
Part one of five. One in this special series exploring
the rebuilding of New York City, six months after the
September 11 terrorist attacks. The first part focuses
on plans for rebuilding Lower Manhattan, including
discussions about what should be built on "Ground Zero."
Host John Rudolph begins the program with the views of
four New Yorkers: Monica Iken, who lost her husband in
the attacks and is the founder of September's Mission;
Bob Matsuoka, a resident of Battery Park City; architect
Eytan Kaufman; and Michael Lomonaco, former executive
chef for Windows on the World. Next, Andrea Bernstein
reports on the politics involved in rebuilding,
including determining who has the power to decide what
will happen. Bernstein reviews Governor George Pataki's
formation of the Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation (LMDC) in November 2001 and the
controversy that ensued over the composition of the
board and staff, including objections from Queen's city
council member Eric Gioia and Liz Abzug, co-chair of the
NGO Rebuild Downtown Our Town. LMDC board members
Paul Crotty, Charles Gargano, and chair John Whitehead,
along with Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, provide different
responses to the question of who will have final
jurisdiction. Next, Rudolph talks with Kent Barwick,
president of the Municipal Art Society, about the
history of controversial redevelopment projects in New
York and the community activism that emerged in
response to such public projects beginning in the 1960s.
This segment features archival tape from 1975 of
former Miss America Bess Meyerson speaking in favor of
saving Grand Central Terminal. Next, Karen Michel
reports on the spontaneous shrines and memorials that
have emerged around the city, beginning at the iron
fence around St. Paul's Chapel. Next, Rudolph talks
with Ray Gastil, director of the Van Alen Institute, and
James E. Young, chair of the Department of Judaic and
Near Eastern Studies at University of Massachusetts at
Amherst, about how other nations, including Germany,
Japan, and Lebanon, have dealt with memorializing
catastrophic events. In the final segment, Karen
Frillmann reports on sacred places in New York ranging
from Trinity Church to Central Park's Strawberry Fields;
John Forrest, anthropology professor at SUNY Purchase,
Johannes Somary, director of music at St. Patrick's
Cathedral, and Rick West, head of the National Museum of
the American Indian, comment on secular, religious, and
native notions of the "sacred." Rudolph concludes the
program.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Ralph
Guild, 2003.
Details
- NETWORK: WNYC-AM / NPR National Public Radio
- DATE: March 4, 2002 2:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:08
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R:24981
- GENRE: Radio - Public Affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- SERIES RUN: WNYC (New York, NY) - Radio, 2002
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- John Rudolph … Executive Producer
- Dean Cappello … Production (Misc.), Editor
- Stacy Abramson … Production (Misc.)
- Vogue, K. K. (audio i.d. only) … Production (Misc.)
- Rex Doane … Production (Misc.)
- Mikel Ellcessor … Production (Misc.)
- Peter Freiberg … Production (Misc.)
- Andy Lanset … Production (Misc.)
- Karen Pearlman … Production (Misc.)
- Paul Ruest … Production (Misc.)
- Mariam Singer … Production (Misc.)
- Dean Western … Production (Misc.)
- Wayne Shulmister … Direction (Misc.), Technical Director
- John Rudolph … Host
- Andrea Bernstein … Reporter
- Karen Michel … Reporter
- Karen Frillmann … Reporter
- Kent Barwick … Guest
- Ray Gastil … Guest
- James E. Young … Guest
- Liz Abzug
- Paul Crotty
- Dan Doctoroff
- John Forrest
- Charles Gargano
- Ray Gastil
- Monica Iken
- Eytan Kaufman
- Eric Gioia
- Bob Matsuoka
- Bess Meyerson
- George Pataki
- Johannes Somary
- Rick West
- John Whitehead
- James E. Young