Reply With QuoteGreat idea, and it's not too late. There's still a couple of months for these staircase lovers to raise the funds to save it, if they are willing to put their money where their mouths are.
With the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, what should have been done when this issue first came up:
Any persons that wanted the staircase preserved intact should have formed a group. The PA would sell the staircase to them for $1. The group would be given a reasonable time frame to raise money (there could be 50-50 matching funds from the government) to move the staircase to private property. They would arrange to move it back to the WTC when construction was complete.
We would at least have found out how committed they are to the staircase.
Great idea, and it's not too late. There's still a couple of months for these staircase lovers to raise the funds to save it, if they are willing to put their money where their mouths are.
Holy crap, the staircase is gone!
Edit: My bad, I missed it when I took a quick scan over the site. It's still there, and two cranes are next to it.
My sources tell me that at a meeting last week, CB1 suggested to state officials that "The Staircase" be moved to Governors Island. No decision was made, but they were receptive to the idea.
Bon voyage.
Let's hope it gets sent there, and stays there...Originally Posted by ZippyTheChimp
or sinks on its trip across the harbor
JULY 22, 2007
Counting the days until the stairway is removed...
Took this photo coming out of the new temporary PATH terminal entrance.
This will probably be the even newer temporary entrance that will open by the end of the year. If not, its in the immediate area...
they should make one of those artificial reefs out of those stairs
or it might find use as a target on an USAF bombing range
Too bad they total deconstructed the old temp PATH station, it would have made a nice permanent subway station entrance somewhere in the City.
Thats right, very good idea. Reuse Reduce Recycle. There are so many rundown stations all over the city.
It could've replaced the dumpy 7th Ave entrance to Penn Station.
Good thinking, but it probably would have been too expensive so move such a structure.
kiphavel
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Exclusive
Bay may harbor stairs from WTC
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BY GREG B. SMITH
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 4:00 AM
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World Trade Center staircase may be moved temporarily to barge off Governors Island until permanent spot can be found.
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State officials are considering a highly unusual plan to solve the problem of the World Trade Center staircase that's blocking Ground Zero reconstruction.
Put it out to sea.
The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. is floating a plan to place the last remaining piece of the twin towers on a barge and moor it off the shore of Governors Island, sources told the Daily News.
In recent weeks, the sources say, the LMDC, which oversees reconstruction at the site, discussed the plan with the city and the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corp.
Errol Cockfield, a spokesman for the LMDC's oversight agency, the Empire State Development Corp., declined to comment.
The 175-ton staircase is the only remaining above-ground remnant of the Trade Center. Some historical preservationists have pressed the state to keep it intact as a reminder of the twin towers.
The staircase sits in the middle of multiple construction projects, including reconstruction of the so-called "bathtub" that keeps water from flooding the site.
"Everyone acknowledges that it has to be moved in order for the bathtub construction to continue," said Michael Connolly, a member of Community Board 1. "The question is, where do you put it until a decision is made about its permanent future?"
Last spring the state proposed moving the ragged staircase to Battery Park City, but residents put up a fuss.
The latest plan under consideration is to float the staircase on a barge off Governors Island temporarily until a permanent spot can be found.
Then there are those who would like to see the staircase simply go away.
"If the barge sank, it might make a nice natural reef," said Bill Love, member of Community Board 1 who opposes putting the staircase in Battery Park City, where he lives.
gsmith@nydailynews.com
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