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April 30, 2003
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx.

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April 1, 2003
Benjamin Miller, author of Fat of the Land: Garbage of New York.

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March 21, 2003
New York City During Wartime, Past and Present. With Edwin G. Burrows, co-author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning history of New York City, Gotham, and historian Jeanie Attie.

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February 28, 2003
Sayu Bhojwani, Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs for New York City.

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February 20, 2003
Daniel Libeskind, World Trade Center site design finalist. His plan for Ground Zero exposes the foundations of the original twin towers.

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February 11, 2003
Tara Snow, who coordinates public and government participation for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.

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February 6, 2003
Robert Root, author of E.B. White, The Emergence of an Essayist.

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January 31, 2003
Steven Holl, a member of the team that created the Memorial Square plan for the World Trade Center site.

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January 24, 2003
Rafael Viñoly, a member of the Think team, which created three designs for the World Trade Center site.

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January 14, 2003
Barbara Littenberg of Peterson/Littenberg, which created one of the designs for the World Trade Center site and also produced the urban design concepts of the mayor's plan for lower Manhattan.

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January 9, 2003
Robert Yaro, president of the Regional Plan Association and head of the Civic Alliance to Rebuild New York.

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December 20, 2002
Tyler Andbinder, author of Five Points, and Jay Cocks, screenwriter of the film Gangs of New York.

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December 19, 2002
Rick Bell, Executive Director of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Bell discussed the new World Trade Center plans.

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December 12, 2002
Dr. Jack Caravanos, from Hunter College, and Dr. Lung Chi Chen from New York University School of Medicine discussed health concerns after September 11.

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November 22, 2002
Ronald Betts, chairman of Chelsea Piers and director of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.

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October 17, 2002
Gretchen Dykstra, Commissioner of New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs and Donna Tessitore, Assistant Commissioner of Senior Assistance and Benefits from the city's Department for the Aging. They discussed protecting the rights of the elderly.

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October 10, 2002
Ron Shiffman of the Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development, and
Frank Braconi, executive director of the non-profit research organization Citizens Housing and Planning Council discussed housing issues after September 11.

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October 3, 2002
Bettina Damiani of Good Jobs New York and Steve Malanga of City Journal discussed economic rebuilding issues after September 11.

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September 11, 2002
Dr. Joseph Hirsch, Dr. Lisa Kaplan, Dr. Joan Hardin, and Dr. Richard Shadick, psychologists with crisis counseling experience, answered questions about coping with the range of psychological effects associated with the 9/11 attacks.

"Close to 3000 people were killed in New York on September 11th. Whether you knew someone who died that day or not, you experienced the loss of safety, security, and peace." --Dr. Lisa Kaplan

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August 21, 2002
Anita Contini, director of memorial, cultural and civic programs for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, chatted about the process of building a memorial at the World Trade Center.

"This is a process. Nothing is ruled out." --Anita Contini

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July 24, 2002
Lou Tomson, President of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, responded to criticism of the six preliminary building plans for the World Trade Center.

"We have to look at how to address the public's concerns that our ideas were not sufficiently bold and ambitious. We will do that." --Lou Tomson

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July 16, 2002
Madelyn Wils, Chairwoman of Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan, answered questions about characteristics of the six plans for the World Trade Center.

"They should know that from all directions, that it's a special place." --Madelyn Wils

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June 11, 2002
Alex Garvin, lead planner for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, chatted about various ideas for the new World Trade Center site and the strategy for designing the site.

"I bet your notion of greatness is different from your neighbor's. However, we will all know it when we see it." --Alex Garvin

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