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I would gladly work on the 100th floor of a new WTC (or the 200th floor for that matter) if my company could afford the lease. I believe your fears are unfounded. After all, other gigantic skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building and the Sears Tower have never been attacked by terrorists. I think the WTC attack was a one-shot deal that is unlikely to be duplicated again. Don't get me wrong, the terrorists will strike again (unless we manage to kill them all first), but I'm thinking more along the lines of a biological or chemical attack or maybe shooting airliners out of the sky with Stingers. I just don't see a planeload of passengers allowing terrorists to hijack a plane in the USA again without storming the cockpit. Besides, the Air Force will blow it out of the sky anyhow. We were caught with our pants down on 9/11 - it won't happen again.

That said, I don't like the designs on that web page. The building is just too massive and it doesn't fit in with the rest of the Manhattan skyline. I'm all for building the tallest skyscraper in the world there, but I prefer a leaner, sleeker skyscraper along the lines of the Empire State Building or the Chrysler building. Those two buildings reflect excellent taste in architecture and practically define Manhattan. The buildings pictured here look like they belong in Malaysia or Singapore.

other gigantic skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building and the Sears Tower have never been attacked by terrorists. I think the WTC attack was a one-shot deal that is unlikely to be duplicated again.

Arabs are big into symbolism. The old WTC was attacked twice. In 1997, I attended an FBI terrorism conference, and the cover of the study book had the WTC with a gun sight on it.

There's also the question of whether office space is needed in NYC now. With Bloomberg doing everything he can to destroy the economy, businesses are relocating out of the city and state as quickly as they can. Why would I locate a business in NYC?

I'd love to see the WTC rebuilt, but there are a lot of other changes in NYC before it makes sense. BTW, I agree with others, the designs presented here are not good.