World Trade Center Memorial in New York City

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Arad

Michael Arad is an Israeli-American architect who won the design competition for the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City in 2004.

Early life and education

Arad, a US citizen, was born in 1969 in London, where his father, Moshe Arad, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Mexico, was on a diplomatic mission. Arad lived in Jerusalem for nine years. He did his military service in a Golani Brigade commando unit.^[1]
Arad received a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College, and a master's degree from Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Architecture.^{[2][dead link]}

Career

He moved to New York City in 1999 and worked as an architect at Kohn Pedersen Fox for three years. After KPF, Arad briefly worked for Leclere Associate Architects. When he submitted his design to the competition for the World Trade Center memorial, he was working for the New York City Housing Authority, designing police stations for the New York City Police Department. Arad now works for Handel Architects, which has offices in New York and San Francisco.^[1]

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Arad was selected from 5,201 competitors as the winning designer of the World Trade Center Memorial with "Reflecting Absence" - a pair of pools set 30 feet deep in the "footprints" of the downed towers, with cascading waterfalls surrounded by the names of the dead, areas at bedrock level where the public can mourn and family members of the victims can grieve in private, a space for 9/11 relics and a "living park" at ground level meant to symbolize life and rebirth.

The high cost of the project, originally estimated at $1 billion, also sparked controversy

ARE YOU EFFING JOKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE COUNTRY IS BANKRUPT AND AN DUAL CITIZEN ISRAELI GETS A ONE BILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT?????  First Larry Silverstein and now Michael Arad?!?!  Does no one care that the same tribe is making money hand over fist from 911???  Is this not provoking serious consideration of theft and fraud???  I guess if you are a special people than accusations of scandal, murder and treason do not apply to you.  People don't even THINK that special people may be criminally inclined.  If a special person does it you know it must be good...What a joke; depression, recession, inflation and bankruptcy only apply to suckers and not bloodsuckers. Duplicity right in your face and still Americans will defend the criminal.  You deserve to lose everything including your land if you refuse to see the criminals designing your world of hypocrisy.  If you truly were honorable you'd see dishonor and if you truly were truthful you'd see those practicing untruth, plain and simple...