Gothamist: No Retractable Roof for Proposed WTC Transit Hub

NannyState

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:18:23 -0500

Calatrava sure looks great in sketch ups, but what's funny is how his public projects are always overbudget yet he does better when it's a private development. His ChicagoSpire is going up nicely and appears to be on target, yet so many public works such as his Ciudad de las Ciencias in Valencia just go on and on. All that Spanish government money must have put this guy in an opiate grip.

Spiritof76

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:50:42 -0500

Look at the size of the thing. I knew from the get-go that there was no way it would ever get built. It's a mechanical nighmare and would have needed constant maintenance. Assuming it was ever constructed, and the movable aspect of it easily made it less structurally efficient and much more expensive. No engineer would have designed anything like that; only an "artistic" architect would.

Think twice

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:30:58 -0500

BTW don't those renderings remind you of Krypton before it blew up. "I tell you Jor-El, Krypton is merely shifting in orbit, nothing to fret over" said newly appointed Executive Director Christopher Ward.

Think twice

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:25:22 -0500

The "temporary" PATH station is real enough. Let's have no more ego-tripping politicians collaborating with star-chitects and their Absurdist designs. Use those billions to extend the PATH to Newark Airport or even replace the AirTrain monorail with it.

fugothamist

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:37:20 -0500

ground zero is a microcosm for everything wrong with america after 9/11

jjb009

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:21:29 -0500

All of Calatrava's $hit looks the same...

spiritross

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:12:38 -0500

What about the monkey butlers? and the famous escalator to nowhere?

tnturner

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:11:00 -0500

big deal. Looks like it opens about 20ft. Calatrava designed an addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum 10 years ago that doesn't work anyway. Save the loot.

thenamesdave

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:08:25 -0500

And people wonder why our infrastructure is shot?

Sommelier

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:03:19 -0500

Let's see, now... the Bush tax cuts for the super-rich save John & Cindy McCain about $400,000 every year... so if the roof costs abouy $40,000,000 that means... hell... not even as much as a good-sized Park Ave. condo building saves would cover the cost, easily.

edEx

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:02:21 -0500

the city can't even get an escalator to work properly, they were actually thinking of a retractable roof?