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[Bregor]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/29/wtc.tower.redesign/index.html

A big improvement over the last design IMO.

Ultra large pics and movies here (site is very slow at the moment however):

http://www.renewnyc.com/News/mediaresources.asp

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[olimario]

I like it.
Well, I like how it looks in the small picture on CNN's site.

 

[Laguna X]

Looks really nice, but I wish they would've stuck with the World Trade Center name. Freedom Tower sounds like something from a comic book.

 

[ToxicAdam]

Yea, its nice. Conventional is good.


The word 'Freedom' has been ruined by country singers and dumb ass talk show hosts. It almost draws a negative reaction from me now.

 

[Shig]

Hey American architects! Contrary to what you apparently think, it is in fact possible to make buildings in shapes other than rectangles!

 

[demon]

Looks really nice, but I wish they would've stuck with the World Trade Center name. Freedom Tower sounds like something from a comic book.

I agree. The whole "Freedom ___" bit is really becoming annoying.

 

[Drozmight]

"The building, which has been dubbed "The Freedom Tower" by Pataki"

:lol :lol :lol

 

[belgurdo]

At least it doesn't look like a crystal turd anymore

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

It's time to celebrate. Freedom Fries for everyone!

 

[belgurdo]

It's time to celebrate. Freedom Fries for everyone!

Salted by the tears of small Iraqi children, I hope

 

[Warm Machine]

Hey American architects! Contrary to what you apparently think, it is in fact possible to make buildings in shapes other than rectangles!

It costs more.

 

[The Faceless Master]

looks better than before, but yeah.. the name freedom shouldn't be tossed around so much

 

[Justin Bailey]

I like it :thumbsup

Name sucks though.

 

[Desperado]

Hey American architects! Contrary to what you apparently think, it is in fact possible to make buildings in shapes other than rectangles!

that's a pretty strange looking 'rectangle'...=P

 

[Fatalah]

I like this design a HECKUVA lot more than the old one. This one is actually pretty. The angles and edges kind of remind me of the ripples of a fluttering flag... I wonder if thats what the architect went for.


And hey, if they don't accept THIS design, who knows how much better the next one will be!

Is this the same team of that Japanese guy and German guy?

 

[Shig]

that's a pretty strange looking 'rectangle'...=P

Heh, well, at first I was just judging by the small image on CNN.

It's still a big rectangle in terms of silhouette, though.

 

[Tuvoc]

does it shoot lasers or anything??

 

[Lucky Forward]

does it shoot lasers or anything??

No tenants, other than the governor and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the transportation agency that owns the site land, have expressed interest in moving offices into the tower.

It had better, if they want to get any tenants.

 

[Bregor]

I like this design a HECKUVA lot more than the old one. This one is actually pretty. The angles and edges kind of remind me of the ripples of a fluttering flag... I wonder if thats what the architect went for.


And hey, if they don't accept THIS design, who knows how much better the next one will be!

Is this the same team of that Japanese guy and German guy?

The site plan is still officially the one by Daniel Libeskind chosen in the competition. However, the building designs in the site plan were not final ones, and the site developer Larry Silverstein hired his own architect Dave Childs to produce the final design. When Libeskind saw what Childs was working on, he threw a fit because it was so different from his initial concept. After much political manuevering the two designs were merged, resulting in the much hated design we had just previous to this. The New York Fire and Police departments were concerned that the base of that design was not secure enough against attack however, so it went back to the drawing board, resulting in this most recent version (which is appears to be all Childs design by the style).

 

[MrAngryFace]

The towers gonna attract so many bugs

 

[sprsk]

i hope the beam of light can be seen from far away.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

Is it vying for the world's tallest building? If so, does that pointy top count in the measurements? That's a cheap way to get extra height

Taipei 101 forever!!

 

[jett]

Looks pretty nice, dunno, kind of futuristic. I like it. I don't like the name though, funny how americans are lately dubbing everything "Freedom-something", as if they were an example and role model of freedom.

 

[AB 101]

I was partial to the Norm Foster design myself.

http://glasssteelandstone.com/US/NY/WTC2-2Foster.html

 

[Bregor]

Is it vying for the world's tallest building? If so, does that pointy top count in the measurements? That's a cheap way to get extra height

Taipei 101 forever!!

The human occupied portion is equal in height to the Twin Towers. The spire brings it to 1776 feet, making it the worlds tallest building (until the Burj Dubai). Including the spire in the height of the building is quite common, and the worlds tallest building has often done so including Taipei 101 and the Petronas Towers.

 

[brooklyngooner]

ugh ugh ugh

 

[Justin Bailey]

Personally, I think the new design should try and convey a powerful message to our enemies.

 

[tedtropy]

Finally, America has a penis...and it's viewable from space!

 

[Lucky Forward]

We've always had one. It's called Florida.

 

[xsarien]

Is it vying for the world's tallest building? If so, does that pointy top count in the measurements? That's a cheap way to get extra height
Taipei 101 forever!!

How do you think Taipei 101 is going to claim the spot? The advertised height of that building includes the spire.

So spires included, Taipei is going to be 1,667 feet tall; the Freedom Tower will be an oh-say-can-you-see flag-waving 1,776 feet tall.

 

[Joe]

the guy who designed the original design must've contemplated suicide. i wonder if he got any money out of that deal.

 

[ManDudeChild]

How do you think Taipei 101 is going to claim the spot? The advertised height of that building includes the spire.

So spires included, Taipei is going to be 1,667 feet tall; the Freedom Tower will be an oh-say-can-you-see flag-waving 1,776 feet tall.

There's nothing I love more than a dick measuring contest with buildings, a crappy design AND the annoying name "Freedom" Tower. ROCK ON!

 

[xsarien]

There's nothing I love more than a dick measuring contest with buildings, a crappy design AND the annoying name "Freedom" Tower. ROCK ON!

Less dick measuring, more me being my usual, pedantic self.

 

[Willco]

There's nothing I love more than a dick measuring contest with buildings, a crappy design AND the annoying name "Freedom" Tower. ROCK ON!

HEY HEY HEY.

I like the design.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

ah they got rid of the empty birdcage they had in the first one

this is still better
http://www.triroc.com/wtc/

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Should have built Gotham Cathedral for real

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Ah the plan still has to odd razorhead buildings surrounding the main one I like

Now if NYC could win the summer olympics

 

[callous]

I still think there should be two buildings, not one.

 

[MrPing1000]

i still can't believe they are calling the Freedom Tower. :lol how american

 

[fennec fox]

Where was that concept some random internet loony came up with, that had a statue of Jesus' upper body on top? Anyone remember what I'm on?

 

[demi]

It looks like the tower from Land of the Dead, perhaps it will be our last refuge from the inevitable zombie apocalypse.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Making the tower look transparent will prevent planes from hitting it. I like it.

 

[videogamer]

How do you think Taipei 101 is going to claim the spot? The advertised height of that building includes the spire.

So spires included, Taipei is going to be 1,667 feet tall; the Freedom Tower will be an oh-say-can-you-see flag-waving 1,776 feet tall.

If the Burj Dubai will be built as tall as some say it will, Taipei 101 and Freedom Tower can fight over second place.

 

[Ruzbeh]

ah they got rid of the empty birdcage they had in the first one

this is still better
http://www.triroc.com/wtc/

No, people can conceive that as if nothing happened to New York. There should be something that shows something happened on September 11, 2001. Make the buildings nice... put something near the WTC, whatever. I like the final design better than the old WTC.

 

[brooklyngooner]

No, people can conceive that as if nothing happened to New York. There should be something that shows something happened on September 11, 2001. Make the buildings nice... put something near the WTC, whatever. I like the final design better than the old WTC.

Are you from NYC?

 

[White Man]

I still think they should build Frank Lloyd Wright's mile high building there:

 

[xsarien]

Are you from NYC?

I am and I agree with him. Rebuilding the towers as they were would be a terrible idea. When they were first proposed, huge tracts of homes and shops in the downtown area were taken down through eminent domain (funny how that's in the news again), and once the design was proposed it wasn't well received. Displacing so many in vain was pretty bad, to say the least. Were the Twin Towers a marvel of engineering? Yes. Aesthetically pleasing? Many thought they were an eyesore. If there's one single, solitary good thing that can come out of 9/11, it's that we can finally get a structure that wouldn't have to work so hard to be loved.

I'm as much a fan of getting that part of Manhattan back on its feet economically as well as restoring the skyline as anyone. (It goes without saying that I don't put those two above the lives of those who died.) But it needs to be done properly, and perhaps with a touch of humility that only reserved space and touches of design for memorials can provide. This design does that.

 

[GG-Duo]

Freedom Tower is a terrible name.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

No, people can conceive that as if nothing happened to New York. There should be something that shows something happened on September 11, 2001. Make the buildings nice... put something near the WTC, whatever. I like the final design better than the old WTC.

you know that makes sense, I agree

 

[Ecrofirt]

It looks like the tower from Land of the Dead, perhaps it will be our last refuge from the inevitable zombie apocalypse.

When our zombie overlords rise up, I've decided we're taking refuge together. I like your sense.