Gothamist: Freedom Tower Redesigned Again

MH

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:19:39 -0500

[13] Posted by: Anon E. Mouse | June 28, 2006 05:27 PM That was funny. However, no boobs. The upside down Ziggurat is an idea. At least it is creative. __________ That was a good one robin.g "Anti-Evildoers' Park" Now we are getting somewhere.

robin.g

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:09:58 -0500

The "Freedom" name is merely supporting false claim that the towers were attacked because they "hate our freedom" - so take THAT, terrorists! We are building a Freedom Tower! How about Anti-Evildoer Park below it?

joe

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:54:39 -0500

I am in agreement with those who want the towers rebuilt as they were. Perhaps stronger. But rebuilding them is the best way to nullify the terrorists doing. I also agree that we should drop this "Freedom" tower bullcrap. What a horrible name. Maybe they can sell "Freedom Fries" in the lobby. Cheeeeeeesy.

Toby

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:30:43 -0500

Please rebuild what was there before. It will restore the city skyline, be a fitting memorial and not look like a lamp you got at Ikea. I hate Frank Gehry. In 30 years his buildings will be torn down wihout fanfare as they will finally be recognized for what they are - blight. Please return him to Canada where he can do something that is better suited to his skills of designing buildings - something like managing a Canadian Tire in Flin Fon or a Tim Horton's in Moose Jaw.

Anon E. Mouse

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:27:29 -0500

"NO!!! to the posted building design Stop with the phallic symolism." I'm all for boob symbolism. Homey's right. You either get a park or a skyscraper. Though, a rounded ziggurat would be interesting, like an upside down Guggenheim Museum or something.

homey

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:37:07 -0500

mh: please move back to Ohio immediately. Phallic symbols? Get a clue please. This is New York.

MT

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:03:55 -0500

It's definitely an improvement but I think the whole problem with the base is that it so bluntly meets the rest of the building. Even a metal base would look good if it integrated more smoothly with the rest of the building. I think the base of 7WTC proved that in practice metal bases can still be done without looking too brutal. Imagine what the building could be if it had a metal base that slowly dissolved into the glass tower as it went up the first 20 or thirty stories. It could be very graceful.

Brightliner

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:49:39 -0500

"corrections," I believe pssssssssssst was responding to the sentence in the Gothamist story that compared the prism design with Gehry. Either Childs was misquoted, or he's not as bright as I'd hoped. Laminated glass won't break into tiny pieces "like automobile safety glass." Car windshields are laminated, and they like to stay together in one piece. I still don't get this emphasis on maximum protection from truck bombs. The 1993 truck bomb couldn't take down the original WTC, despite horrendous damage. It took a big, nearly fully-fueled airliner to do that. Maybe if you had a semi full of explosives, but if you could do that kind of damage, there are much easier targets, like Penn Station at rush hour. Face it, if the terrorists really want to cause death and destruction, there's really not much you can do to stop them unless you can infiltrate them in the planning stages. BTW, I kept getting errors while trying to post this. It kept saying "Movable Type An error occurred Rebuild failed: Building entry 'Freedom Tower Redesigned Again' failed: Build error in template 'Individual Entry Archive': Error in tag:" Movable Type my ass. Movable Hype, indeed. Such buggy software.

mh

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:45:23 -0500

NO!!! to the posted building design Stop with the phallic symolism. Why can't NYC build a urgonomical technologically intelligent structure. The memorial should not be a factor. Many people have died in North America for the sake of political and religious freedom. It is sad that people died on 911. But please. Give them a statue or a placque like everyone else and move on to building the structure for Business purposes. That is what the land is ear marked for. It would be nice if Bucky Fuller was alive. He would design something practical but beautiful and affordable. Maybe a geodesic dome should be placed there. One that can keep the toxic air that is still lingering,there out and house 100's of office space.

pugsley

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:06:39 -0500

It's still dumpy and looks like a frigid accountants idea of classy, but this looks like a big improvement. build it already.

corrections

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:02:32 -0500

pssst - I totally agree, but you do know that Gehry doesn't have anything to do with this project, right? Right? Does anybody even read the posts on gothamist anymore before they post snide remarks?

homey

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:00:21 -0500

Looks good. Now please build it.

pssssssssssst

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:22:03 -0500

I hate Frank Gehry. In 50 years his designs will be laughed at. It's too bad that his ego is going to leave a lasting scar on the city's landscape.

pssssssssssst

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:18:30 -0500

I hate Frank Gehry. In 50 years his designs will be laughed at. It's too bad that his ego is going to leave a lasting scar on the city's landscape.

Darrin

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:17:41 -0500

I rarely find myself in agreement with Donald Trump, but I, too, believe that the best and most fitting memorial and show of strength would be to rebuild the twin towers, right where they stood. What better way to give a defiant finger to terrorists and those who hate our country? I worked in Windows on the World and lost two friends there on Sept. 11, and would return to the rebuilt towers in a heartbeat.

david

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:00:55 -0500

why would the united states spending millions and billions of dollars on defense and airport screenings and information homeland security, yet this this new building is still planned to be a veritable fortress? isn't this a tacit denouncement of all the security we've invested in for the past 5 years? or is it a PR move to make people feel safe working in the new building? i'm leaning towards the latter - but there's a clear issue regardless.

Kojak

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:00:13 -0500

You know what would really make this building amazing? …If they changed the name to something else! Freedom Tower sounds horrible. It really does. Right next to it they should build a FREEDOM library that’s stocked with only books about FREEDOM. While they're at it they can change the name of the street next to it to FREEDOM way. Why not change the name of the Hudson to FREEDOM river?