Freedom Tower vs New Twin Towers (New York, Liberty: rent, live, move)
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Not from New York so I feel this decision should be left up to the people that lived through 9/11 up close, but I think the idea of a Freedom Tower sucks. I believe there should be a memorial for the victims of the 9/11 attack but this Freedom Tower gives me the blues. I'd like to think (and I don't think I'm alone) that the best move would be to rebuild the Twin Towers the way they were before as a symbol of Mod cut: language Al Queda" Maybe make them a little taller or a little more glossy but I think America really needs to see the World trade Center back in the NY skyline. I remeber visiting NY when I was a child and going to the Statue of Liberty and looking at the Twin Towers and all their majesty. It just said New York. It said you're in the Big Apple baby. I'm not sure if the Freedom Tower will (Lord willing if it ever gets completed) make that same statement. Ultimately, this is a decision for New Yorkers and I was wondering what New Yorkers think.
Last edited by Viralmd; 03-03-2009 at 07:01 PM..
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Not from New York so I feel this decision should be left up to the people that lived through 9/11 up close, but I think the idea of a Freedom Tower sucks. I believe there should be a memorial for the victims of the 9/11 attack but this Freedom Tower gives me the blues. I'd like to think (and I don't think I'm alone) that the best move would be to rebuild the Twin Towers the way they were before as a symbol of Mod cut: language Al Queda" Maybe make them a little taller or a little more glossy but I think America really needs to see the World trade Center back in the NY skyline. I remeber visiting NY when I was a child and going to the Statue of Liberty and looking at the Twin Towers and all their majesty. It just said New York. It said you're in the Big Apple baby. I'm not sure if the Freedom Tower will (Lord willing if it ever gets completed) make that same statement. Ultimately, this is a decision for New Yorkers and I was wondering what New Yorkers think.
It's funny, but the original World Trade Center was criticized for not fitting in with the rest of New York's skyline. Now everyone gets so nostalgic for it. I was always a member of the former club; I didn't like the towers at all. I hope that whatever gets built looks radically different.
Not from New York so I feel this decision should be left up to the people that lived through 9/11 up close, but I think the idea of a Freedom Tower sucks. I believe there should be a memorial for the victims of the 9/11 attack but this Freedom Tower gives me the blues. I'd like to think (and I don't think I'm alone) that the best move would be to rebuild the Twin Towers the way they were before as a symbol of Mod cut: language Al Queda" Maybe make them a little taller or a little more glossy but I think America really needs to see the World trade Center back in the NY skyline. I remeber visiting NY when I was a child and going to the Statue of Liberty and looking at the Twin Towers and all their majesty. It just said New York. It said you're in the Big Apple baby. I'm not sure if the Freedom Tower will (Lord willing if it ever gets completed) make that same statement. Ultimately, this is a decision for New Yorkers and I was wondering what New Yorkers think.
There will be a memorial!! Have you even looked at the design of the tower, memorial, park etc?? b/f you come on here slamming it?
The memorial will be under the foot prints of the original twin towers, there will be 2 large voids at the footprints with water cascading down, you can then walk underneath them through a series of passage ways leading to a memorial.
The idea of the freedom tower, is of hope, change and new beginings, etc
Why would they want to rebuild them exactly the same? Things will never be the same again after that day, and the design respects that.
Last edited by Rudbeckia; 03-04-2009 at 08:42 AM..
We gotta move on a little bit here. I like the memorial plans but the tower portions of the rebuild should be different and modern. It borders on creepy to try and build replicas of the towers. That being said we need to nip this "Freedom Tower" name from sticking, way lame.
We gotta move on a little bit here. I like the memorial plans but the tower portions of the rebuild should be different and modern. It borders on creepy to try and build replicas of the towers. That being said we need to nip this "Freedom Tower" name from sticking, way lame.
I'll second that nomination! Not because I think "Freedom Tower" is lame, but because I think there's been a tendency to get all sappy about what happened on September 11, 2001. Yeah, it was godawful. But it happened, we survived, and now it's time to look ahead rather than behind. What I would like to see is the "New York City Tower."
Personally I think they should get Ceasar Pelli who did the World Financial Center to design a new World trade center complex. Not an exact replica, but with the centerpiece being "twinned" towers, and some aspect of their facades resembling the former structures.
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