re: #409 Escaped Hillbilly
Does it make sense to build it in the neighborhood where such a huge tragedy occurred and about which so much emotion is stirred? No.
I think building a center there that’s designed to foster understanding and cooperation between Islam and the West makes a whole helluva lot of sense.
By the way, two blocks in lower Manhattan is a long ways away. There’s a lot packed into every block there, it being one of the most densely populated and built-up areas in the world.