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To: seamole
I don't agree that the latice towers would be "icy stasis". I think that the library, school, and peforming arts center, as well as the museum, ensure that it will serve a living purpose, as well as those memorial parks on top. And New York can use the tourism draw down there. Note that in addition to Central Park, NYC has its Museums (Natural History, MoMA, etc.), of which this would be one.

Since the two latice towers would be built on top of two spots that no one wants to put anything else on, it doesn't seem lake wasted space to me. If anything is the Anti-WTC to me, that's the two holes in the ground that everyone else seems to love. I'd personally like to see more commercial space within the latice work but it seems that the two holes have become "sacred ground" and people will fight commercial use. I think a museum, sky-high memorial park, performing arts center, and library are good uses, though. Note that I do expect more commercial space to be worked into the final proposal. I'm not opposed to that. But out of all of the proposals I've seen, this looks the most "right" to me.

75 posted on 02/04/2003 3:02:37 PM PST by Question_Assumptions (`)
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