Times "Gotham" columnist Michael Powell weighs in on the NYPD's "fortresslike" security plan for the World Trade Center site (or, as the police call it, the World Trade Center campus) through the eyes of some of the neighbors. "Security cannot be the be-all and end-all of how we organize our lives. There is a constant sense of police presence — everything is observed, every movement regulated," says one, while another remarks, "I'm struck by how insecure the security makes me feel." [NYT; previously]
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