I say build it back exactly as it was. However, I’d like to see some redundancy in support of the floor slabs. Floors without columns are great, but I’d trade some floor space for a little redundancy.
I think the Gaudi design would complement the Empire State & Chrysler Building very nicely.
GO FOR IT!
And to all those who call the design “phallic”…well, all skyscrapers are, more or less. And it would show the world that New York is in the mood again…
Update: Tabloid reports obtaining a letter from Libeskind to Trump, after the former referred to him as an egghead
This clown, who sued the developer for $840,000 in genius fees is claiming, “The location, height and spire were my contributions”.[ul][li]Wow - 1,776 feet: What a grand concept.[]The Location: Amazing. Who would’ve thought to put a building there![]A spire that only pigeons can perch on: How practical![/ul] [/li]
(But I do have to concede I did like his line about Trump’s decorative head accessory.)
Which is probably why Trump (who just wrapped up his press conference), sees the need to have 2 phalli/phalluses…whereas most people are content with just one.
The link above has real player video for CNN subscribers of the Twin Towers 2 unveiling - for all those who don’t get enough of a Trump fix from reality TV.
That was my opinion at first, until it was pointed out to me that such a design would immediately become Terrorist Target #1. No one would rent space there, and no one would insure the things.
Maybe you’re on to something here. If there had been a huge plexiglas dome over NYC, the terrorists wouldn’t have been able to crash into the towers…
Just move to L.A. in 14 years.
I can hardly wait for it to be built, and then will come the film, Queen Kong where instead of just climbing onto the building…
Untrue. All proponents & supporters of rebuilding the original Twin Towers have pushed modern designs that would be impervious to such attacks - without the need to mount anti-aircraft artillery on the roof (or supplying tenants with mini-parachutes)
That idea stinks. It would be akin to sitting in the back seat of a 22 square mile taxi cab.
The Twin Towers were ugly and probably too big for the office market today, so I don’t think they should be rebuilt. In fact, the new buildings shouldn’t be more than 30-40 stories tall. I don’t believe in height for height’s sake.
Oh my! :eek: :o
From the AP:
Thus says Donald “black pot” Trump, who has scattered more godawful architectural cow-patties around NYC than anyone since the bad old Bauhaus days . . .
…she’ll really climb onto the building! wink wink nudge nudge…
I think creating a giant metal middle finger pointed toward Mecca would be sweet. Okay, if you don’t want to be that controversial, a giant metal middle finger pointed at a billboard of Osama raping a goat.
Or would that imply that we were flipping of the idea of Osama raping a goat? Now I’m confused.
I think that’s what they were referring to upthread when they mentioned the five towers, with the middle one the tallest.
Actually, it doesn’t. Bucky Fuller (who originally had the idea) figured out that with vents in the top and the lowest section of the dome open, you’d have ample airflow to keep the dome cool during the summer (like 70F cool, not merely below blistering hot), and that in the winter (with the top vents closed) you’d be able to eliminate snow removal, so the cost savings would pay for the dome very quickly. Of course, you’d have to restrict the number of internal combustion vehicles in the winter, to keep the air from getting too polluted, but it’s not like that’s a bad thing. The only thing that Bucky didn’t address is what would happen to the rain that fell on the dome.
Somebody’s pushing the idea of rebuilding both towers, but making one tower shorter by one inch for every person who died on 9/11. That way, no matter where you were in the city, you’d be able to see a memorial to those who died.
That design: pictured here, was rejected in the first round along with the Gaudi & Twin Hedge designs
Not only that, but Bloomberg could get his Jet’s Stadum built for a lot less $.
Sure, but it’s the “at Mecca” or “Osama raping a goat” that makes it clear. Otherwise it could be misconstrued as New Yorkers simply flipping off the world, which is really nothing new.
Atre you accusing Donald Trump of being a Koala Bear?
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