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Article: Forest City a leader in urban revitalization.(LIFE)(PARTY LINES)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2005
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Byline: Deborah Dietsch, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Architects were buzzing about the derailment of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's Frank Gehry wing on Wednesday evening at the National Building Museum's annual Honor Award gala. "I feel sad because it was an extraordinary piece for Washington," said Marilyn Taylor of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the New York firm retooling the equally troubled Freedom Tower at Ground Zero. "It would be wonderful to see it resurrected."
Talk of doomed buildings quickly shifted to celebration of urban successes as the architects left a VIP party on the second floor to join nearly 900 guests in the central court for ...