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1. Indefensible Space

   The Architecture of the National Insecurity State

   Edited by Michael Sorkin

   Showing how the upswell of paranoia and growing demand for security in the post-9/11 world has paradoxically created widespread insecurity, these varied essays examine how this anxiety-laden mindset erodes spaces both architectural and personal, encroaching on all aspects of everyday life. Starting...

   Published October 30th 2007 by Routledge
2. Starting From Zero

   Reconstructing Downtown New York

   By Michael Sorkin

   Architect and social critic Michael Sorkin develops his own vision of the future lower Manhattan through a series of chronologically organized essays illustrated with full-color images of his own plans. Mixing his inimitable brand of social criticism with more personal reflections, Starting From...

   Published August 7th 2003 by Routledge
3. After the World Trade Center

   Rethinking New York City

   Edited by Michael Sorkin, Sharon Zukin

   Series: Cultural Spaces

   The terrorist attacks of September 11 have created an unprecedented public discussion about the uses and meanings of the central area of lower Manhattan that was once the World Trade Center. While the city sifts through the debris, contrary forces shaping its future are at work. Developers jockey...

   Published April 18th 2002 by Routledge