18th Dec 2002
New Ground Zero Revelopment Plans
Now
that’s more like it. I heard much of the press conference announcing the new designs
for rebuilding the World Trade Center, and, from the sound of them (and this
NYT article with a short multimedia slideshow), the new plans are much more
impressive than the first stinkeroo round. I’ll look forward to buying the Times
tomorrow and seeing them in more detail.
Pictured here is British architect Foster and Partners’ ‘Twinned Towers’ design, which proposes once more building the tallest sky scraper in the world. I say hell yeah. Haven’t studied any of these at length yet, but so far this one gets my vote for sheer NYC-style in-your-face audacity. You think you can knock down our buildings? Well let’s see you try it again, mother fuckers!
Too bad the web site for the new project, RenewNYC.org/.com, stinks and can’t deal with the traffic it’s getting.
See Google News for more on the subject.
UPDATE:
I’ve had a chance now to scan through all of the online presentations. Traffic to RenewNYC.org has finally slowed down enough. One thing is clear: almost all of the designs show real stunning vision. They’re all incredibilty cool looking buildings. here are some others I particularly like:
Notice the fire exit plan for the “Memorial Square” plan on the right.
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