[laconic]

I never saw the Singer building; its beautiful, too bad they tore it down (just like Penn Station). A saving grace is that there is a Singer building still on Nevsky Prospect (the main drag) in St. Petersburg, Russia. Its equally interesting.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

I know sentiment rides with the families of the "Victims" but we have succumbed once again to victimhood, creating a new group to pander to. The men and women who died 9/11 should be remembered for thier lives, not thier deaths. All the families of our people killed in this (or any) war suffer and then learn to love and live without.

We do not pander to the families of our military, or civilians killed in war or combat. Horror, shock, grief, anger are appropriate responses here. But maudlin sappy endless eulogy is not healthy for an individual, or a Nation. Yearly tributes, memorial services are also approproate, but having the 9/11 families call all the shots to prolong thier claim to fame is scandalous. They are not the only people involved in this assault on our Nation and Western Civilization.

By not rebuilding we create a monument not to the dead but to Al Queda and terrorists everywhere! They are immortalized, they have won. A Memorial does need to be built but one within certain perimeters. A oblesk with the names of all the deceased inscribed thereon. No Cross, no Star of David, no statue of Budda, or Mohammed, it is a memorial to the people, just thier names, not thier Gods.

So, rebuild! Rebuild New York's economy! Reaffirm our strengths, move on. Show those fanatics that thier fanaticism is scorned and spit upon. Show the WORLD!