I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.

I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.

I pushed the process forward by saying, 'We should do this, this, and this right now. Please find the budget for me to find a structural engineer, a mechanical engineer, a civil engineer, so we can do the preliminary work.

For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.

PERFORMING TRIBUTE 9/11 shows the heroism of people who have chosen to respond to devastation and hatred with quiet determination and a belief that they can and will make the world a better place.

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?

I love New York, but I'd felt like an outsider here.