Reply With QuoteI think a fair compromise would be an observatory at 1776 feet, and a decorative spire and antennaes above that. As once outlined this wouldnt pose any restrictions on the creativity of either Childs of Libeskind.
At least no more release dates have been announced. I hope the groundbreaking is...hmmmm, Thanksgiving week would be nice. :wink:
I think a fair compromise would be an observatory at 1776 feet, and a decorative spire and antennaes above that. As once outlined this wouldnt pose any restrictions on the creativity of either Childs of Libeskind.
i dont like the spire.
but if this project is going to stay on schedule (which it wont) then its probably best that no more changes are made.
The article posted by JMGarcia was excellent, very informative. How did the World Trade Center become all about Pataki and his political agenda without any public outrage? He's quite the skilled sleezebag.
Now we have NO idea what the FT will look like nor when we'll see the next set of renderings, what drama.
This constant design change is really p*ss*ng me off! :x
Yea, Pataki is smarmy, but I have to thank him for one thing - nixing the revised design of the Think WCC. That was horrible.
That was the one that had 7:1?
Such a fine line between good and blah....
Hopefully the Freedom Tower will take a leap in the opposite direction from blah to good.
The scary thing though is that the upper reaches of the Freedom Tower are going to look even less substantially than the WCC update and the cores even more substantial than WCC's elevator shafts.
What a blight on the skyline. I for one am grateful over Pataki's intervention.
The only reason why THINK's design made it was because it was a hollow (no pun intended) attempt to appease those who wanted the twin towers rebuit. Libeskind's design and salesmanship were geared towards the families.
if the past is any prelude I'm expecting a big rollout on Friday, December 17.Originally Posted by ZippyTheChimp
Thank Pataki for this mess. Two architects with two very different ideas that the governor wants to shoehorn into one for political purposes. Its time Pataki got some real blame for this fiasco in the making........
I'll bite. What's December 17?
no punchline except that for the last two years, in the last few days before Christmas, the Governor has delighted us with jokes.
I don't know. I think that a more patriotic date is going to be set for the groundbreak. I'm thinking 11-11 (Vetern's Day) or a few days after, since July 4 is too early.
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