# Gaudi design proposed for WTC **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468 "2003-01-23T16:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/21 "2003-01-23T22:58:26Z")
Ick. ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/22 "2003-01-23T23:24:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*…My favorite is still the buildings giving the folks across the Atlantic the finger. \*\* What all of us? Nice stereotype. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/23 "2003-01-23T23:30:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by everton \* > \*\*What all of us? Nice stereotype. \*\* Ya know, the last time I mentioned that design, someone bitched about it being insulting to New Jersey, now some wiseass from across the pond has to jump in. Next thing you know, aliens will be landing and demanding to know why we made the Santa Monica freeway look exactly like their gesture for, “Eat my horstlfur, you mirsmtlft!” Let’s just wipe out all life on Earth now before we offend someone else! ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/24 "2003-01-23T23:44:36Z")
But a building design needn’t insult anyone. _It_ doesn’t, _you_ have. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/25 "2003-01-23T23:48:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by everton \* > \*\*But a building design needn’t insult anyone. _It_ doesn’t, _you_ have. \*\* My apologies, then. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/26 "2003-01-24T01:42:19Z")
Like it? Yeah, not bad, but it would benefit from being scaled down a bit. Chances? Probably zero. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/27 "2003-01-24T15:43:34Z")
I’m a big Gaudi fan ever since a trip to Barcelona a couple years ago, but I really don’t like this. It does look, to me, like a huge vibrator. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/28 "2003-01-24T16:06:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cliffy \* > **It does look, to me, like a huge vibrator.** And this is bad, why? To me, this looks less _Metropolis_ and more like one of the rocket ships from an early _Buck Rogers_ comic strip. Again, this is something I’d like to see more of in NYC architecture. Inspired goofiness, rather than the stupid goofiness of the Frank Gehrys of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/29 "2003-01-24T16:26:48Z")
It’s “retro futuristic”. This guy is getting by on his name. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/30 "2003-01-24T16:28:06Z")
Besides, the Empire State Building looks like a huge hypodermic needle and the Guggenheim looks exactly like a toilet—so why _not_ have a delerious spaceship/vibrator downtown? It would become a goofy, beloved monument, like the Chrysler Building. I’m all for it! ---
**Author:** ![Woeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/31 "2003-01-24T17:00:35Z")
Yes, that building would be quite an \*erection[/], wouldn’t you say? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/32 "2003-01-24T17:15:17Z")
I like Jimmy James’ design better. (the giant J’s) ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/33 "2003-01-24T19:42:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Clint in Wichita \* > \*\*This would be the most amazing skyscraper the world has ever seen, if anyone had the balls to actually build the thing: > \*\* Obviously the balls would go at the base of the building… ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/34 "2003-01-24T20:15:52Z")
This is the second best design I have seen, right behind the Giant Robot Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/35 "2003-01-24T20:57:55Z")
We need more buildings that look like they will blast off into space a la Sim city! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/36 "2003-01-24T21:14:51Z")
I agree that it’s a big shiny dildo. A _cool_ big shiny dildo, but a big shiny dildo nevertheless. I think they should build it. Hey, at least we would finally have a giant phallic symbol that doesn’t look like it would _fuckin’ hurt_ when it slides in. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/37 "2003-01-24T21:21:10Z")
I really don’t like Gaudi. The Sagrada Familia is a MONSTROSITY. That said, I love this building! Big fan of the “retro futuristic”. Plus I absolutely detest all the of previously proposed WTC designs. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/38 "2003-01-24T21:23:44Z")
For those who doubt that the [Guggenheim](http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com/projects/architecture/cultural_projects/gugg/indexright.html) looks just like a giant terlet . . . All it’s missing is a flush handle . . . ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/39 "2003-01-24T21:52:40Z")
Hmm, I usually do like Gaudi, but I can’t warm up to this building somehow. On the other hand it’s not quite as awful as the other proposed designs … sigh. I still wish they would make the site into a nice park or something. ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468/40 "2003-01-25T00:34:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Philster \* > \*\*It’s “retro futuristic”. > > This guy is getting by on his name. \*\* Which is quite an achievement for a dead guy. What will he come up with next? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaudi-design-proposed-for-wtc/150468.md?page=3)