When Thomas Halaczinsky arrived in New York from his native and reunified Germany in 1991, he was dismayed by the rundown docks and aging warehouses lining the city’s waterfronts.
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Judith Dupré knows stately structures. The architectural historian has written books about bridges, churches, monuments and tall buildings. “Skyscrapers,” originally published in 1996 and updated twice, remains a bestseller in its genre. In April, Dupré published her most ambitious work, “One World Trade Center: Biography of the Building.”
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