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Dear Ms. Winslet:

Thank you for your proposal that was forwarded to the office of Lower Manhattan DevelopmentCorporation. We have received hundreds of compelling concepts for memorials and buildings tooccupy the trade center site and the rest of Lower Manhattan, and we appreciate you sharingyour ideas with us.

Please understand that due to necessary underground construction, the memorial and surroundingstructures will not be planned or built for some time. The tentative plan is to have an

intemational design competition, but that process has not yet been finalized. We will formallyconsider your submission when the time becomes appropriate.

Thank you for your patience.

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Ms. Kristen Ann Winslet149 Fox Hill RoadHackettstown, NJ 07840

Dear Ms. Winslet,

As a follow up to'our previous correspondence to you from Alexander Garvin, Vice President ofPlanning, Design & Development, I would like to thank you again for your proposal regarding therebuilding efforts in and around the World Trade Center site. The development of a concept for thisarea is an important and difficult task that will take some time. We have received hundreds ofcompelling communications from architects, artists, and individuals regarding their thoughts about thetragic events of September I I and their proposals for the site and elsewhere in Manhattan. Weappreciate you sharing your ideas with us as we develop a process and a set of criteria for memorialproposals.

While we welcome unsolicited proposals, I ask that you return this letter to me within 2l days, withyour original signature and the date of your signature, as indicated, signifring your agreement that (l) nocompensation will be due to you in connection with your proposal, and (2) that you reserve no patent,trademark, copyright, trade secret, or other intellectual properq/ rights in any of the material that formsor is contained in your proposal. When I receive your signed agreement, LMDC will maintain yourproposal in a file that may be consulted as we develop the reconstruction concepts for the World TradeCenter site and adjacent areas.

lf I do not receive your signed agreement within 2l days, your proposal will be placed in the files of theLegal Department where no LMDC staff member or third persons will have access to it. (except as may

be required by state or federal law) This latter action would not be a reflection of the merits of yourproposal, but a procedure that has been established to protect the LMDC and its process.

Once again, thank you for your thoughtfulness and effort in sending us your proposal.

Very truly yours,

Kevin RampeExecutive Vice President and General Counsel

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Ms. Kristen Ann Winslet149 Fox Hill RoadHackettstown, NJ 07840

Re: Unsolicited Memorial proposal

Dear IVIs. Winslet:

Subsequent to our earlier correspondence, LMDC has entered the early stages of developing anopen and international competition for the World Trade Center Memorial. It is of utmostimportance to our organization that the memorial competition be conducted in a fair andinclusive manner. We plan to release competition guidelines in early 2003 thatwill help ensurethat all submissions are reviewed in a standard rnu*", and that all applicants have the sameopportunity to present their submissions. As a result, LMDC witt onty consider memorialproposals submitted after the start of the competition and in accordance with the guidelines.

Even though you signed a waiver letter, because you sent us a memorial proposal before therelease of the competition guidelines, we cannot appraise it at this time. We will not precludeyou from submitting a modified proposal in accordance with the guidelines. In that regard, weinvite you to check LMDC's web siie - www.renewnyc.co*

-ln the coming months forfurther information on the memorial competition.

It has been inspiring and humbling to witness the great compassion and generosity of so manypeople, expressed in so many ways. LMDC thanks you uguin for your trr'ougrrirur effort.

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Visions of future take shaPe forGround Zero

By Charisse Jones and Maria Puente, USATODAY

NEW YORK - Seven teams that include some ofthe most prominent architects in the world willpresent their visions of how to redevelop the

World Trade Center site next week. The unveilingcomes five months after an initial set of six plans

were scotched because of widespread criticism.

Several of the new proposals for rebuilding the 16-

acre site that was leveled by terrorists on Sept. 11,

2001, include constructing what would become the

tallest buildings in the world. The twin towers

were more than 1,300 feet tall. The current tallest

buildings are the Petronas Towers in KualaLumpur, Malaysia, at 1,483 feet'

Another proposal shows a glass enclosure, many

stories high, encasing a public space.

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The massive project is so challenging and

far-reaching that it has the potential to affectfundamental ideas about architecture and the

future of cities beyond New York, says

Robert Ivy, an architect and editor-in-chiefof Architectural Record,themagazine of the

American lnstitute of Architects. "This isthe project that every architect should want,"he says.

The plans being unveiled Wednesday willnot include a specific design as a memorialfor the nearly 3,000 people who died there.

However, the plans will preserve the

"footprints" where the twin towers once

stood as memorial space. An internationaldesign competition for an appropriatemomntial .ttil.l hp lorrnnhprl in Fphnronr

Rejected plans. Gallery: July designsr Sketches: Goncepts submitted in May

Rebuilding Ground Zero

Elements that must be included in

any plan for the World TradeCenter site, according to the LowerManhattan Development CorP.:

r Distinctive skyline. Memorial spacer Commercial, retail and hotelspace to create a mixed-usecommunity in Lower Manhattan.

A plan can include a range of 6.5million to 10 million square feet ofcommercial space on the WorldTrade Center site itself. lf less than1O million square feet is planned forthe site, up to 3.5 million squarefeet of commercial sPace can beplanned for use off site.

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The Lower Manhattan Development Corp.(LMDC) and the Port Authority of NewYork and New Jersey, the agencies

overseeing the redevelopment of the site,

expect to choose that final plan by February.

Construction on actual buildings will likelynot begin before 2008.

Selecting a plan is the first crucial step in ayears-long effort to rebuild at Ground Zero

and remember those who died. But it alsopresents an opportunity to rethink the futureof Lower Manhattan as a place to live, workand play. The Port Authority, which owns

the site, and the LMDC must rebuild a commercial and transportation hub

devastated by the terrorist attacks, even as they try to respect the feelings ofthose who lost loved ones at the World Trade Center. They also must meet

the needs of tens of thousands who call downtown Manhattan home.

An earlier set of proposals was presented in July. But the six designs were

widely citicized for giving short shrift to a memorial and being banal and

unimaginative. One complaint was designers were given little room to be

creative as they tried to fulfill a requirement to replace 11 million square

feet of office space lost on Sept. 1 1.

Designers get a bit more latitude

When a call for new designs went out in August, some of the most

prominent names in architecture responded, including Richard Meier, who

built the Getty Center in Los Angeles and MichaelMaltzan, who worked

on the Museum of Modern Art in Queens, N.Y. Ultimately, the seven

teams were chosen from among 407 entries from 34 nations.

The latest set of designers have bgen given more latitude than the first.

They can include 6.5 million to 10 million square feet of commercial space

on the site, and an additional 600,000 to 1 million square feet of retail

space. Any remaining space that was initially part of the site could be put

nearby, redevelopment offi cials say.

"These will be a little more elaborate than last time," LMDC spokesman

Matthew Higgins says. "We're encouraging the architects to speak in their

own voice and style and to make them look different, creative,

inspirational."

Ann Ferebee, director of the Institute for Urban Design in New York, says,

"I think ... the general public wants to see some imagination' some

innovation."

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commerclal sPace, ouu,uuu reel oIretail space and 600,000 feet ofhotel space.

I A promenade on West Streetthat will connect any futurememorials with ferries in BatterYPark.r Partial restoration of the streetgrid within the former World TradeCenter site.r A central transit center for trainand subway passengers in LowerManhattan.'. Sites for a museum, performingarts center or other cultural spaces.r Residential development southof the trade center site.r Parks and plazas, in addition tothe main memorial space.

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The teams were not asked to design specific buildings, but their plans will

show shapes to give scale and dimension'

,,It will enable the public to get a good sense of how the world Trade

Center site will toot *t "n

ils fuffy realized," Higgins says' The plans will

show,forexample,howa63-storybuildingwouldlookperchedbetweenan open sPace and a 20-story building'

Alex Garvin, representing the LMDC, and Stan Eckstut, a consultant to the

Port Authority, will recoimend a single plan by Jan' 31' officials say'

Silverstein Properties, owned by Larry Silverstein who holds the lease on

the site,s office ,pu"", and Wesifield America, will be consulted as well',,They are important stakeholders," Port Authority spokesman Mike Petralia

.uyr.""Uttilnut"ty lt', Silverstein tirat will build the buildings if he can, if the

market is there."

Silverstein in the past said he wants to build four 50-story towers' But his

,foti.r-*, Steve Solomon, says, "Mr. Silverstein has a very open mind on

uit tt ir. Heis going to see what'i presented. And as a group they're going to

evaluate it and make their decision'"

Modifications to come with time

The selected plan, which likely would be modified over time, will show the

configuration of streets and open spaces, as well as where buildings of

uutytng heights and retails venues would go'

There will be at least one public hearing. Representatives of victims'

families also will continue to be consulied, he says. "It's not a'yes' or'no'

decision," Higgins says. "We're not asking people to vote-on which plan

they likethe best. we want them to judge each plan on which aspects they

like the most."

One of the most important considerations is whether a plan pays proper

respect to the *r-oriul that eventually will be placed at the site.

Representatives for the families submitted statements to the designers and

a"rr"top*"nt offrcials asking that the footprints of the towers and the

s,,r,.rou,,di,' gareabe set aside for a memorial complex that could include a

museum or cultural center'

With the exception of a train station that was previously located there'

,,there should b. no commercial or residential or transportation

infrastructure put in that area," says Jack Lynch, who lost his son, Michael

F. tyrr"h, when the South Tower tollapsed. "We'll see if our perspective is

reflected in their Plans."

The attac,ks had rlamaoerl the ttndersrottnd transnorfation network that

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includes subways and the PATH train to New Jersey. That can't be rebuiltuntil plans for what will go above ground are in place. "Right now,progress on repairing our transportationlines is really being held up by the

design process," says Kathryn Wylde, president of the New York CityPartnership, the city's business leadership organization. "So hopefully thisis going to come to closure."

The varying cofirmercial and emotional interests that need to be met makerebuilding at the World Trade Center site far more complicated thanrepairing the Pentagon and memorializing the 184 people who died thereon Sept.'11, observers say.

"Here, we're starting from scratch with enormous symbolism, enormouspersonal loss and enormous economic values that have to be balanced,"says Mitchell Moss of New York University's Taub Urban Research

Center.

It's also far different from building the twin towers, which opened in 1970and 1972. "Those were built first and the businesses came," Petralia says.

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