ABSTRACT

Architect and social critic Michael Sorkin develops his own vision of the future lower Manhattan through a series of chronologically organized essays illustrated with full-color images of his own plans. Mixing his inimitable brand of social criticism with more personal reflections, Starting From Zero offers a striving challenge to the Ground Zero redevelopment plan recently chosen by New York's establishment insiders.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|4 pages

After the Fall

chapter 3|4 pages

What Remains

chapter 4|2 pages

First Response

chapter 5|8 pages

The Center Cannot Hold

chapter 6|13 pages

A Plan for Downtown

chapter 7|5 pages

Six Months

chapter 8|5 pages

Thinking Inside the box

chapter 9|2 pages

Crossing the Site

chapter 10|3 pages

The Dimensions of Aura

chapter 11|1 pages

A Memorial

chapter 12|2 pages

The World Peace Dome

chapter 13|5 pages

Herbert's List

chapter 14|2 pages

The Lotus

chapter 15|6 pages

Security

chapter 16|2 pages

A Brief for Reconstruction

chapter 17|4 pages

Who Decides?

chapter 18|6 pages

And Then There Were Two

chapter 19|4 pages

In the End the Void

chapter 20|8 pages

Back to Zero