In this file photo of Feb. 27, 2003, architect Daniel Libeskind, center, presents his winning vision for a new World Trade Center to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, and New York Governor George Pataki at a news conference in New York. While the most symbolic pieces have started visibly taking shape in the last year, it's become increasingly clear that the grand scheme that was unveiled six years ago could take decades to be completed, if at all. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

In this file photo of Feb. 27, 2003, architect Daniel Libeskind, center, presents his winning vision for a new World Trade Center to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, and New York Governor George Pataki at a news conference in New York. While the most symbolic pieces have started visibly taking shape in the last year, it's become increasingly clear that the grand scheme that was unveiled six years ago could take decades to be completed, if at all.

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  1. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg celebrates on a float during the New York Yankees World Series Victory Parade on November 6, 2009 in New York, New York.
  2. NEW YORK - NOVEMEBER 2: New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, (C) walks off the amphibious transport dock ship the soon to be commissioned USS New York after an arrival ceremony on November 2, 2009 in New York City. The New York was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, Louisiana, using 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center site in her bow will be commissioned during a ceremony on November 7.
  3. NEW YORK - NOVEMEBER 2: New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, (C) takes a tour during an arrival ceremony of the amphibious transport dock ship the soon to be commissioned USS New York on November 2, 2009 in New York City. The New York was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, Louisiana, using 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center site in her bow will be commissioned during a ceremony on November 7.
  4. NEW YORK - NOVEMEBER 2: New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, (C) leaves after an arrival ceremony of the amphibious transport dock ship the soon to be commissioned USS New York on November 2, 2009 in New York City. The New York was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, Louisiana, using 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center site in her bow will be commissioned during a ceremony on November 7.
  5. NEW YORK - NOVEMEBER 2: New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg speaks during an arrival ceremony of the amphibious transport dock ship the soon to be commissioned USS New York on November 2, 2009 in New York City. The New York was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, Louisiana, using 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center site in her bow will be commissioned during a ceremony on November 7.
  6. NEW YORK - NOVEMEBER 2: New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, (C) leaves after an arrival ceremony of the amphibious transport dock ship the soon to be commissioned USS New York on November 2, 2009 in New York City. The New York was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, Louisiana, using 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center site in her bow will be commissioned during a ceremony on November 7.
  7. BERLIN - DECEMBER 06: Visitors wait in line outside the Berlin Jewish Museum on December 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The museum hosts the annual Hanukkah market, which offers mulled wine, food, and Judaica-related books and objects for sale, in its atrium designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind.
  8. BERLIN - DECEMBER 06: Gingerbread hearts and Stars of David with Hebrew inscriptions in Latin letters on them hang at a baker's stall at the annual Hanukkah market at the Berlin Jewish Museum on December 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The museum hosts the market, which offers mulled wine, food, and Judaica-related books and objects for sale, in its atrium designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind.
  9. BERLIN - DECEMBER 06: Gingerbread hearts and Stars of David with Hebrew inscriptions in Latin letters on them hang at a baker's stall at the annual Hanukkah market at the Berlin Jewish Museum on December 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The museum hosts the market, which offers mulled wine, food, and Judaica-related books and objects for sale, in its atrium designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind.
  10. BERLIN - DECEMBER 06: Visitors gather at the annual Hanukkah market at the Berlin Jewish Museum on December 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The museum hosts the market, which offers mulled wine, food, and Judaica-related books and objects for sale, in its atrium designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind.
  11. BERLIN - DECEMBER 06: Gingerbread cookies in the shape of Stars of David and decorated with a Hanukkiah lie for sale at a baker's stall at the annual Hanukkah market at the Berlin Jewish Museum on December 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The museum hosts the market, which offers mulled wine, food, and Judaica-related books and objects for sale, in its atrium designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind.
  12. A general view shows the the proposed site for a new liberal synagogue next to the residential home for the elderly called 'Vinzentinum' in Munich October 15, 2009. U.S. architect Daniel Libeskind is visiting Munich to get some impressions about the piece of land and its environment.

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