Plans for rebuilding at the World Trade Center site - SEE HERE!

CNN ^ | 7/16/02

[rintense]

This one is MUCH better...

WTC 2002

[jocwhales]

I can appreciate that. At least it shows some creativity. These 6 samples don't offer much of that, imo.

[Snowy]

I heard on the radio a women make the following suggestion... Let's rebuild the towers the way they were are then lease them out to First Union for $1. They could put a big "F" on top of the first tower, and a big "U" on top of the second. :)

[rintense]

Agree. There is nothing that stands out with any of these designs- other than that they are pretty lame.

[finnman69]

Remember folks, these are just PLANNING concepts, not final building designs. Even the masses of the towers shown are just suggestive of fomrs, not final forms. My professional architectural opinion leads me to believe that the final choice will be a mix of several ideas shown here. NONE of the schemes shown here will likely make it intact to the final master plan stage.

[jocwhales]

Thanks for linking to that site. That is an impressive display, if nothing else.

[habs4ever]

Pathetic.Nothing to inspire here at all.

[TomGuy]

Nothing but an exact replica of what was destroyed is o.k. in my book.

Except to add more external support, missles on top, and an additional story on each--just to tell them it's back and more.

[discostu]

Do we have any vital stats? Which one results in the tallest building? That's the one I'm for. I believe in escalations, some a-hole knocks down your building that X stories tall it's your duty to replace it with something at least X+1 stories tall.

[DoughtyOne]

Those plans all reveal what's lacking in this nation. There's no vision. These are the best plans that "bright" people could come up with? Yikes!

[leprechaun9]

The planners and architects should be dressed in 50lbs of clothing and see how many stories they can ascend and do something useful. That should determine the maximum height!

[HetLoo]

I agree with you that the first choices don't offer much creativity. But I guarantee that design you link to would show up in a future MIB sequal, and probably with good reason!

[McCloud-Strife]

They all look bad IMHO, but #1 looks a little like a giant hand reaching from the ground to crush something like out of a bad movie

[Slyfox]

I like the bottom one also. It gives the flavor of the old skyline. Hopefully, they will build the inside structure in the conventional way.

[martin_fierro]

I'm with you!

[RoughDobermann]

The plans call for four to six office towers, ranging from 32 to 85 stories, and 600,000 square feet of retail space. Several acres would be devoted for a permanent memorial to the 2,823 known victims of the attacks, plus the six victims of the 1993 bombing of the trade center, whose memorial was destroyed.

[Violette]

I like 6

[finnman69]

Sorry, but that has to be one of the ugliest buildings I have ever seen designed in the world. What a massive inhuman monster.

[American Preservative]

Ping to post #23! That's good, too! : )

[wallcrawlr]

I agree. Also #2 looks cool with that cylindrical building.