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From the archives: Larry Silverstein’s “challenge of ten lifetimes”

Janno Lieber (left), president of Silverstein Properties, with company head Larry Silverstein
Janno Lieber (left), president of Silverstein Properties, with company head Larry Silverstein

“It’s been a challenge of ten lifetimes,” said Larry Silverstein. “The scale of this project. The sheer magnitude of it. The impact that this has had on the psyche not just of New Yorkers, or citizens of the United States, but of the world.”

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A thin, groomed man who exudes energy in a bouncy, yet well-measured manner, Silverstein is described by many as perennially optimistic as well as relentlessly shrewd. Read the full story from the January 2004 issue here.

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