In the News: Memorial Snafu

••• “The National September 11th Memorial and Museum is flush with cash—but not bathrooms. The nonprofit foundation running the $508 million project is expecting millions of visitors from across the globe to flock to lower Manhattan when it opens this year on the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. But there won’t be a single toilet available on the eight-acre green plaza—a planning oversight now raising concerns in closed-door meetings.” And thanks to the waterfalls, the sound of rushing water will be everywhere…. (New York Post)

••• “The city’s plan to overhaul Chatham Square is finally dead. Following vehement opposition from residents, business owners and politicians, the city has decided to use the $30 million earmarked for the famous Chinatown intersection where seven streets neet for other lower Manhattan projects instead, officials said last week.” (DNAinfo)

••• There’s a letter to the Broadsheet Daily that illustrates why I rarely take photos of kids.

 

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