Burlington City Arts, in affiliation with VTIFF, presents:
SIXTEEN ACRES
1hr 36min, 2012
Director: Richard Hankin
The rebuilding of ground zero is one of the most architecturally, politically, and emotionally complex urban renewal projects in American history. From the beginning, the effort has been fraught with controversy, delays and politics. The struggle has encompassed eleven years, nineteen government agencies, a dozen projects and over $20 billion. What will emerge in downtown Manhattan over the next few years will redefine the city – and the country – for generations.16 Acres is the story of how and why this historic project got built. At the heart of the story is the dramatic tension between noblest intentions, the desire of everyone involved to “get it right,” and the politics, hubris, ego and ideology that is the bedrock of New York City. What does it say about us as New Yorkers, as Americans?
The Architecture + Design Film Series is sponsored by: TruexCullins, Vermont Eco-Floors, Riven Peregrine Design/Build, AIAVT, Emerging Professionals Network-AIAVT, American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture, Redstone, Radio Bean/Duino Duende, Roland Batten Fund, John Bossange, Mark and Marilyn Neagley, William Cats-Baril and Isabelle Desjardins, Jared Gange & Virginia Loughren, Anonymous Donors
BCA Center video projector and screen generously donated by the John M. Bissell Foundation, Inc.