Editing World Trade Center site (section)

====Directly after the attacks====
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In the months following the attacks, [[architect]]s and [[urban planning]] experts held meetings and forums to discuss ideas for rebuilding the site.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Up From The Ashes |magazine=Newsweek |date=November 12, 2001 |author=McGuigan, Cathleen}}</ref> In January 2002, New York City [[art dealer]] [[Max Protetch]] solicited 50 concepts and [[Rendering (computer graphics)|renderings]] from artists and architects, which were put on exhibit in his [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] [[art gallery]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Everyone Weighs In With Rebuilding Ideas |first=Edward |last=Wyatt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/12/nyregion/ground-zero-the-proposals-everyone-weighs-in-with-rebuilding-ideas.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 11, 2002 |access-date=July 31, 2010}}</ref>

In April 2002, the LMDC sent out requests for proposals to redesign the World Trade Center site to 24 Manhattan architecture firms, but then soon withdrew them. The following month, the LMDC selected [[Beyer Blinder Belle]] as planner for the redesign of the World Trade Center site.<ref>{{cite news |title=An Appraisal; Marginal Role for Architecture at Ground Zero |first=Herbert |last=Muschamp |author-link=Herbert Muschamp |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9404EEDB1E38F930A15756C0A9649C8B63 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 23, 2002 |access-date=July 31, 2010}}</ref>

On July 16, 2002, Beyer Blinder Belle unveiled six concepts for redesigning the World Trade Center site.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Port Authority and Lower Manhattan Developent (sic) Corporation Unveil Six Concepts Plans for World Trade Center Site, Adjacent Areas and Related Transportation |publisher=www.RenewNYC.org |date=July 16, 2002 |url=http://www.renewnyc.com/displaynews.aspx?newsid=b3aa6fb4-ebb6-48e3-ba62-c92bce75a647 |access-date=June 16, 2008}}</ref> All six designs were voted "poor" by the roughly 5,000 New Yorkers that submitted feedback, so the LDMC announced a new, international, open-design study.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and New York New Visions Announce Panel to Help Select Teams to Participate in Design Study of World Trade Center Site and Surrounding Areas |publisher=www.RenewNYC.org |date=September 17, 2002 |url=http://www.renewnyc.com/displaynews.aspx?newsid=633a746a-8f04-40ea-85aa-4f58639a2d20 |access-date=June 16, 2008}}</ref>