And you thought Millennium Park was expensive?

The New York Times reports that Memorial Cost at Ground Zero Nears $1 Billion.

AP at Archinect puts it into perspective:

:: $972 million, WTC Memorial (20??)
:: $475 million, Millennium Park (2004)
:: $182 million, National World War II Memorial (2004)
:: $29 million, Oklahoma City National Memorial (2000)
:: $7 million, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982)

Tropolism has another take on the fishy business at Ground Zero.