Future of the WTC (long)

Bromius · 05-29-2002, 10:20 PM

And yet do we really want HUGE impersonal towers again? As the New York Times recently mentioned, September 11 has done something completely unprecedented in the history of urban planning; allow a do-over. People came to love the Twin Towers, but for quite some time after their construction saw them as a bulky blight upon an otherwise elegant skyline. Honestly, in terms of aesthetics they didn't measure up to the Chrysler Building or the Woolworth Building.....or even the Empire State. What I think we need is something less blocky and gradiose, though, yes, chock full of valuable office space and fully equipped with a memorial to those whose lives were lost.

Harder than it seems at first glance, really.

05-29-2002, 10:20 PM	#1
Bromius Person Who Has Posted Join Date: May 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 2	Tower hight And yet do we really want HUGE impersonal towers again? As the New York Times recently mentioned, September 11 has done something completely unprecedented in the history of urban planning; allow a do-over. People came to love the Twin Towers, but for quite some time after their construction saw them as a bulky blight upon an otherwise elegant skyline. Honestly, in terms of aesthetics they didn't measure up to the Chrysler Building or the Woolworth Building.....or even the Empire State. What I think we need is something less blocky and gradiose, though, yes, chock full of valuable office space and fully equipped with a memorial to those whose lives were lost. Harder than it seems at first glance, really. __________________ Learning, n.: The kind of ignorance that distinguishes the studious.

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