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American Experience | Carol Willis, Architectural Historian | PBS

Duration: 06:57
Program: American Experience #1601
Broadcast Date: Sep. 8, 2004

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Architectural historian Carol Willis discusses the opposition to the World Trade Center, the public's opinion of skyscrapers, and rebuilding at Ground Zero. Willis was interviewed during the making of Ric Burns' New York: The Center of the World.

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