Gothamist: Bloomberg Wants Action at Ground Zero, Not Excuses

NannyState

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:00:31 -0500

#4, The Shanghai World Financial Center finally opened this month. It was proposed, designed, and approved 15 years ago. And this is a single 101 story tower, not a complex mix of high towers, museums and rail stations. What galls is that once the plans were finalized and the last barriers were removed from this project, it was allowed to languish for two years anyway. The Mayor is wrong: only a single entity with the full backing and powers of these interests could pull this off. Removing one "layer of bureaucracy" only helps just so.

Kevin Walsh

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:23:52 -0500

Throw Calatrava's fish skeleton back. A $2B PATH terminal is obscene in the concept. Fill in the hole, build some condos, office buildings and a memorial and let's go. www.forgotten-ny.com

PathToWisdom

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:50:42 -0500

China can build a fake Twin Tower in 2 years. Hell, maybe 6 months. This is America at its worst. 7 years and still a hole in the ground ? 7 years and still a 9-11 tourist attraction ?

nicemarmot

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:48:21 -0500

Yeah, the terrorists already won, with that giant hole still in the ground seven years later. I mean seriously, what would have been a better outcome for them? Unless we'd already built something there, and they had knocked it down again. Also, I bet the city would be even slower.

moocowtoo

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:06:58 -0500

shit can't go any slower then it has; its a freakin dissappointment and black eye for the city that people couldn't get their shit together and build something on that site by now. 7 freakin years and nothing there, what an absolute disappointment; I'm sure the terrorist are happy about that.

Alex

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:41:18 -0500

Action definitely needs to be taken, but will getting rid of the LMDC really kick shit into high gear?