Posted on 06/20/2006 9:41:26 PM PDT by js1138
Governor George E. Pataki and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the release of the Sciame Report, which outlines a plan to bring the World Trade Center Memorial and Memorial Museum in line with the established $500 million budget. The analysis is the result of a month long process spearheaded by builder Frank Sciame, CEO of FJ Sciame Construction Company and Sciame Development. Included in the process were victims’ families, Lower Manhattan business and residential communities, members of the memorial jury, architects and other stakeholders. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) will immediately begin a seven day public comment period. Upon consideration of public input, the LMDC Board of Directors is expected to consider and adopt a final design by the end of the June.
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When did "all-inclusive" become superior to leaders and visionaries?
Find an architect, a trusted philosopher, and let them WORK. Screw this "try to please everyone" crap.
What I don't get is why they can't design a memorial using classical architecture. Most people, whether American or not, love the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and other similarly-designed monuments. No one is going to be awe-inspired by this design.
None of this will ever be built. Too many jerks appeasing the appeasers. It's a Catch-22 cluster fukc.
That is exactly the whole sinister point.
< humor>
(Graham Chapman as "The Brigadier")
"Right. Just clear out the rubble, square off the pits, refill the lot with topsoil, plant some trees, and we're off. Oh! And add a two-story visitor education center to inform the citizens on the critical difference between "north" and "south."
...And a nice, lemon yellow, 3m guard-rail to keep the sots from falling in will spare us a few headaches in the long run, I'm sure, but that's just a personal suggestion."
</ humor>
Who would want to have an office in what is eseentially a several thousand-foot high tomb?
I'm glad I went to NYC before they built this.
The proper response was to rebuild the WTC, just like we rebuilt the Pentagon.
Any other response is a monument to The Liberal Doctrine of Infallibility - victims built this pathetic monstronsity.
Ann Coulter, you are a political genius, and I appreciate you greatly.
monstrosity
It looks like crap.
Islam will come to the site to celebrate the emasculated response.
Like Clinton's Somalia, this will be a rallying inspiration to America's enemies.
Liberal MORONS!
Those voluminous memorials in combination with the Libeskind tower are just symbols of weak impotence to me. We do not help the victims if we install a political correct rememberance industry around the place they had to die. The best and the most American way (I say that as a European) to remember them is to continue their work and their aims. Whining is excactly was Mohammed Atta, Bin Laden and all those other crooks wanted. Do not do them this favor.
Is there no end to their demands!
Asked my husband if he'd work in that building. Yes, absolutely.
How would he like it if his son or daughter worked in that building. NO, absolutely not.
The Normandy invasion museum doesn't talk about WW2 but instead crazy peace crap, even Father Christmas? Bloody hell! That's daft!
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