WTC Building Project Down to 2 Finalists

New York Post ^ | January 30, 2003 | William Neuman

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A key group of rebuilding officials yesterday agreed on two architecture teams they'd like to see as finalists in the search for a Ground Zero planner, sources told the New York Post.

But the final decision will not be made until next week.

Berlin based architect Daniel Liebeskind and a New York based team led by architects Rafael Vinoly and Fred Schwartz emerged as the top choices among board members of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, who met yesterday the sources said.

A final decision on the architects will be made Monday by a seperate Ground Zero steering committee representing the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the Port Authority, Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg.

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Pics to follow..

[OReilly]

Does one of these look like a 50's rocket ship?

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I'm going for the 1,776 ft. tower myself (tallest in the world)

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The other finalist looks like a rag tag version of the original..

[OReilly]

Well I agree with you, that should be an easy choice!

[KantianBurke]

a disgrace.

[Dog]

They should just give us back the Towers we had before..

[Textide]

The first one's got to win. Superman's fortress of solitude knows no architectural equal.

[finnman69]

I wanna puke..both are so bad its not funny.

Twin gas towers or the open pit in the ground. Real nice.

[Imperialist]

Build the WTC back on spec!!!!! Although a little taller.

[Redcloak]

"World Cultural Center"???

OK... The design is... um... questionable; but the name definitely stinks out loud. "World Culture" can kiss my American butt.

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I kind of like the 'fortress of solitude' as well.

And it also gives NY the title of tallest building in the world for quite a while.

[CyberAnt]

Are they serious ...?? Am I seeing that correctly - is that a replica of an airplane lodged in the top portion of the two towers ...??

Pathtic!

[templar]

Why the hurry to do something with the site?

[RightWhale]

Liebeskind's design is not bad at all. If I had to choose from the original submittals, that would be the one.

[anobjectivist]

World Culture towers?

Are those just steel girders in some kind of art nouveau arrangement?

I'd hate to hate a hulking piece of nonfunctional metal such as the eiffel tower on American soil.

[OReilly]

Does anyone know if one of the design constraints was, a structure that could not pancake down, floor upon floor, if another airliner or fuel bomb hit an upper floor?

[Lunatic Fringe]

They both suck.

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I agree, that sends up red flags..'World Cultural Center'

[The Great Satan]

Yeah, looks good. I like the other one well enough, except for that weird bridge between the two towers which, as someone here points out, does rather unfortunately recall the image of the airpline hitting the WTC.