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Topic: Proposed designs for the WTC site
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Barabbas
Punk Posts: 1887
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 08-08-2002 10:30 AM
   
CNN has a forum for proposals on how the World Trade Center site should be rebuilt. Click here to see some. They mostly suck, my favorite being the one with two fully rebuilt towers with the addition of a skyway connecting them. I can't believe anyone who saw even one minute of TV coverage of 9/11 would set one foot on a skyway like that.IP: Logged |
joeschmoe
Punk Posts: 1003
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 10:50 AM
Let's be smartasses and put a statue of Mohammad and Jesus holding guns at each others heads to signify the misinterpretation of religions. No wait... howabout a giant mosque? That should piss everyone off. Or wait... howabout a statue of a corporate white man in a suit and tie buttfucking an arab, with a native American and an African waiting in line. Everyday Americans can bring offerings to this statue, like a chopped down tree from a protected forest, or a dead animal from the endangered species list, or our 401K checks.
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nunsoup
Punk Posts: 450
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 10:58 AM
i looked at those proposals before and i hated them all. they all looked the same. i think they should leave the damn site alone, make it into a park. i wouldn't ever go into another building built on the grouds.
i may be way off here (as i often am), but i was under the impression that the builders of the original twin towers had to get special permission to build because they were too big. why would anyone want to replace them, especially after what we know can now happen to them?IP: Logged |
povertyrich
Punk Posts: 1245
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 11:05 AM
This shouldn't even be an issue. What the site needs is a Wal-Mart.IP: Logged |
nunsoup
Punk Posts: 450
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 11:11 AM
with an attached starbucks.
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Daley
Punk Posts: 1442
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 11:14 AM
I like the dreammy one with the bird in it. Good sound architectural design. That should stand for years and years.IP: Logged |
povertyrich
Punk Posts: 1245
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 11:14 AM
A Disney Store on the upper level.IP: Logged |
povertyrich
Punk Posts: 1245
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 11:15 AM
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Originally posted by Daley:
I like the dreammy one with the bird in it. Good sound architectural design. That should stand for years and years.
That twisty wirey one with the glass teardrop at the top that is supposed to be the same height as the towers was good, too.IP: Logged |
m o n k
Punk Posts: 884
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 11:21 AM
A hover building would be cool. Or maybe a cave. Or maybe a treehouse. You could have like a hot air balloon with a ladder hanging down to an igloo in a tree with a tire swing and a knotted rope going down to the ground where there would be an outhouse with a moon carved into the door and from there you could have access to a cave. And there would also be a guitar shaped swimming pool that would be up in the tree too. IP: Logged |
Barabbas
Punk Posts: 1887
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 08-08-2002 11:22 AM
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Originally posted by Daley:
I like the dreammy one with the bird in it. Good sound architectural design. That should stand for years and years.
I know -- she puts Thomas Kinkaid, the painter of light, to shame, huh? IP: Logged |
Patti Pagan
Punk Posts: 1436
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 08-08-2002 11:26 AM
I still like the two blue beams of light that were set near Ground Zero earlier this year. Aside from the financial & memorial/commemoration issues associated with this site are property owner issues & a potential landswap; the WTC buildings themselves were only leased to a person, Larry Silverstein. According to the NY Times, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the trade center site and leases Kennedy and La Guardia Airports, might be willing to swap the WTC site to the City of NY in exchange for ownership of the airports; negotiations begin today. My head hurts just thinking about this process... IP: Logged |
RULE#MF2
Punk Posts: 1382
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 08-08-2002 11:29 AM
I like the email that came around last fall of the new buildings looking like a hand giving the finger to the East. IP: Logged |
povertyrich
Punk Posts: 1245
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 11:29 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Barabbas:
I know -- she puts Thomas Kinkaid, the painter of light, to shame, huh?
NOBODY puts Thomas Kindkaid to shame.IP: Logged |
Evil Angel
Punk Posts: 1709
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 01:41 PM
According to my friend who live in New York. the land is too valuable to be turn into a park. So no one knows what to do about it. But for sure there will be buildings.
But where's Owen!! I'm sure he got a lot to say bout this, since he's a New Yorker.IP: Logged |
valis
Punk Posts: 135
Registered: May 2001
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posted 08-08-2002 02:59 PM
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Originally posted by Evil Angel:
According to my friend who live in New York. the land is too valuable to be turn into a park. So no one knows what to do about it. But for sure there will be buildings.
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Maybe Thomas Kincade could design a pituresque crack house, like the kind we used to have. IP: Logged |
Jafo
Lil Punk Posts: 25
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 08-09-2002 09:03 PM
There is only one proposal Ive seen that I liked... I think its the best one. Check out some of the security highlights. http://www.wtc2002.com/ IP: Logged |
owen
Punk Posts: 1555
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 08-09-2002 10:46 PM
They had two spot lights pointing straight up for a period. It was incredibly poignant and rang true. Like the towers, you could see it from my front stoop. I wish they'd leave it at that. The sadness that surrounds that day leaves me speechless. I wish we could just leave that ground alone.IP: Logged |
Susan The Bear
Punk Posts: 341
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 08-13-2002 03:25 AM
fuck the "land value"no one is gonna want to set foot in a huge structure there (or near there) ever again. build it into a park and be done with it. (a dog park would be really cool) IP: Logged |
owen
Punk Posts: 1555
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 08-13-2002 08:59 AM
You and Boo Boo could hang out with a "pic-a-nic" basket.  quote:
Originally posted by Susan The Bear:
fuck the "land value"no one is gonna want to set foot in a huge structure there (or near there) ever again. build it into a park and be done with it. (a dog park would be really cool)
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Evil Angel
Punk Posts: 1709
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 08-13-2002 09:04 AM
That's the problem nowaday!! Everything is about the land value! Let's tore down a 100 yrs bldg (good shape) and build a high tower. Blecchhh!! I do agree with turning the land into memorial park. We will never forget that day.IP: Logged |
nunsoup
Punk Posts: 450
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-14-2002 04:23 PM
AUGUST 14, 14:02 ET
Trade Center Design Process Reopens NEW YORK (AP) — Following widespread criticism of the preliminary proposals for redeveloping of the World Trade Center site, architects from around the world were invited on Wednesday to submit new designs. ``We are looking for excitement, creativity, energy,'' said Roland Betts, a board member of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the city-state agency in charge of redeveloping the site. The planning stage was extended for up to three months, meaning a redevelopment plan won't be completed until early 2003. The development corporation said it would choose up to five design teams by Sept. 30, and proposals will be narrowed to three by the end of the year. A final plan will be chosen two or three months after that, the officials said. The development corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had originally said they would pick three plans by the end of September and narrow them down to one by the end of the year.
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Barabbas
Punk Posts: 1887
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 08-14-2002 05:10 PM
What? They didn't like the dreamy-looking one with the bird on it? Philistines!IP: Logged |
Jzzz
Punk Posts: 1789
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 08-20-2002 02:20 PM
I did a Mapquest search of the NYC and picked the arial view.
It was stunning and rendered me speechless. IP: Logged |
Kubler
Punk Posts: 718
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-20-2002 05:07 PM
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Originally posted by Patti Pagan:
I still like the two blue beams of light that were set near Ground Zero earlier this year. Aside from the financial & memorial/commemoration issues associated with this site are property owner issues & a potential landswap; the WTC buildings themselves were only leased to a person, Larry Silverstein. According to the NY Times, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the trade center site and leases Kennedy and La Guardia Airports, might be willing to swap the WTC site to the City of NY in exchange for ownership of the airports; negotiations begin today. My head hurts just thinking about this process...
once again, the voice of reason. thank you for adding that piece of level-headed insight to what some may say, a sea of retarded sexuality here on tcpunk... and evil angel, as far as people wanting to get near, etc.,people are buying up apartments in the financial ditrict/downtown because the city is giving huge rebates on realestate in that area. and i hate to be the sourpuss again, but most of your posts on this thread are really pathetic.
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TacoSaladwithaHintofLime
Punk Posts: 313
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 08-21-2002 02:19 AM
nah, it needs a 24 hour super walmart with mcdonalds (with full time ronald mcdonald and crew). and if space permits, it also could use a used pickup truck and suv lot. that would show true american spirit! it covers all the bare essentials!or they could erect another really large phallic emblem, and fortify it with more support as to not go flaccid like last time... IP: Logged |
owen
Punk Posts: 1555
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 08-21-2002 07:14 AM
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Originally posted by Kubler:
a sea of retarded sexuality here on tcpunk...
Forget "Punk Rock Nursng Home," THIS should be the new TC Punk catch phrase. Yer a marketing genuis Koob. IP: Logged |
nunsoup
Punk Posts: 450
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-21-2002 09:23 AM
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Originally posted by owen:
Forget "Punk Rock Nursng Home," THIS should be the new TC Punk catch phrase. Yer a marketing genuis Koob.
isn't that from spinal tap? IP: Logged |
nunsoup
Punk Posts: 450
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 12-19-2002 10:38 AM
The new proposals were just unveiled...NY Times has a nice little interactive thing at this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/19/nyregion/19REBU.html IP: Logged |
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