Where's that nuke? (Final Freedom Tower design) (new WTC)

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-01-29 06:55pm

Tsyroc wrote:
Crayz9000 wrote:The only problem with just rebuilding the towers is that it leaves the mess in the original Manhattan street grid... better to fix the street grid first, then select a design that doesn't conflict with it.
Does the current plan for replacing the WTC fix the street grid?

Yes. That's one of the better parts of it. It seems somewhat symbolic that an event that gouged the skyline led to the restoration of the streets.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2004-01-29 09:55pm

The World Trade Center was ment to be a place that internation companies could come and get office space cheap. That never happened. I like the design but perhaps they should cover the building in a different material other than clear glass. I this Black glass and Black Polished Granite would look rather nice. That way they could add to the base a memorial with the names engraven into the stone.

Frank LLoyd Wright · Post by **Frank LLoyd Wright** » 2004-01-30 06:17pm

Isolder74 wrote:The World Trade Center was ment to be a place that internation companies could come and get office space cheap. That never happened. I like the design but perhaps they should cover the building in a different material other than clear glass. I this Black glass and Black Polished Granite would look rather nice. That way they could add to the base a memorial with the names engraven into the stone.

You liked Which Design?
which ones
The old WTC or the Proposals for the new WTC?

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2004-01-30 07:53pm

Frank LLoyd Wright wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:The World Trade Center was ment to be a place that internation companies could come and get office space cheap. That never happened. I like the design but perhaps they should cover the building in a different material other than clear glass. I this Black glass and Black Polished Granite would look rather nice. That way they could add to the base a memorial with the names engraven into the stone.
You liked Which Design?
which ones
The old WTC or the Proposals for the new WTC?

The new ones they like I said need to be made of different materials

Frank LLoyd Wright · Post by **Frank LLoyd Wright** » 2004-02-04 07:46pm

Black Granite simmilar to the Granite used in the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. would go well with the present ideas of carving the names into the sides of the concrete bearing wall "Bathtub" that surrounds the site where the buildings fell. Yes, where the names are carved we ahould cover the concrete with granite and then leave the rest of the wall clean. Here is a picture of what polished black Granite looks like.

http://www.thewall-usa.com/buttons/daddy2.jpg