Tear Down This Community Center
The media has not been kind to the developers of the Park51 Islamic community center ONLY STEPS FROM GROUND ZERO, having mocked everything from its imam to its Twitter feed, turning it into a cause maléfique amidst the August news doldrums. Which is why it’s surprising to see the project’s developer Sharif El-Gamal making Read More
Tear Down This Community Center
Today, @Park51, the official Twitter feed (as opposed to all the fake ones) announced “new renderings.” New unless you’d watched last weekend’s episode of 60 Minutes, that is. Or gone to one of the controversial community board meetings this spring. Or been a member of the Real Estate Desk, who happened to Read More
Tear Down This Community Center
Scott Pelley arrived at Ground Zero last night as promised. He cast his camera about the Park51 site for a little over 12 minutes and left. The initial take was a bit eye-rolling — “For the first time, see the key plans and hear from the key players…” Uh, been there, done Read More
