Victory for 9/11 families

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Victory for 9/11 families

Plans to turn parts of Ground Zero into a history and culture center are on the wane after intense opposition from relatives of victims

BY PRADNYA JOSHI
STAFF WRITER

August 12, 2005

In another installment of the rancorous debate over the future of Ground Zero, a drawing museum chosen for the site is looking elsewhere, and the equally controversial Freedom Center has a Sept. 23 deadline to address families' objections or face the same fate.

The Drawing Center has not formally pulled out of the World Trade Center site, but is considering its options in the wake of protests and what it views as the potential for censorship. The moves were an apparent victory for Sept. 11 families who feel that locating the museums at Ground Zero doesn't properly respect the memory of their loved ones.

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The 27-year-old Drawing Center and the new International Freedom Center were both selected last year to be located at the so-called Cultural Center building designed by the architectural firm Snohetta.

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Dozens of families of victims of Sept. 11 say a cultural center that is unrelated to the terror attacks shouldn't be located adjacent to the two voids that will make up the World Trade Center memorial. Last month, the International Freedom Center sent a six-page letter pledging that its programs will not be "anti-American," but apparently, rebuilding officials still want the center to present more details of its plans.

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