We are upgrading to an even bigger tower

[bhsup]

We could go for 11,907 feet. That's Robert E. Lee's birthday (01/19/1807).

 

[Cu Chulainn]

Is it just me or does that thing look like a giant syringe? What is it, a monument to all the druggies sleeping on the New York streets?

The old towers looked much better.

 

[Dann]

Yeah!

We're so used to the Twin Towers being such a landmark the Manhattan skyline looks empty without something big and tall on the spot.

Doesn't matter if it's not the tallest in the world. What's important is an icon has been restored. Somewhat anyway.

And yes, it's figuratively giving the finger to the forces that destroyed the original towers.

Horribly cliche name though.

And another thing....

Once envisioned with a swirling design evocative of the Statue of Liberty, the project was redrawn after New York police said the building would be vulnerable to attack by truck bombs.

Now it will have a 200-foot (60-meter) base coated in titanium and stainless panels meant to withstand the blast of a truck bomb similar to the one Islamist militants used to attack the Twin Towers in 1993, killing six and wounding 1,000.

Sad when factors such as these have to be taken into consideration in the design of what is basically an office tower.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Taller? Yes. But there use to be two huge arsed towers.

Am I one of the few people that liked the other proposed design better? It was a little odd, and probably had less office space but at least it didn't look like just another glass box (well in this case with parts shaved off).

 

[Irish Caesar]

Am I one of the few people that liked the other proposed design better? It was a little odd, and probably had less office space but at least it didn't look like just another glass box (well in this case with parts shaved off).

You're the only.

We could go for 11,907 feet. That's Robert E. Lee's birthday (01/19/1807).

That one'll be here in 'Lanna, my friend!

Is it just me or does that thing look like a giant syringe?

No more so than the Empire State Building.

 

[Dann]

Taller? Yes. But there use to be two huge arsed towers.

Am I one of the few people that liked the other proposed design better? It was a little odd, and probably had less office space but at least it didn't look like just another glass box (well in this case with parts shaved off).

Look closer. Count them. One tall tower + 4 shorter towers.

A picture forming in your mind yet?

 

[Valdy]

But you had two towers before, and now you're only going to have one. Anyone can see that builiding THREE is the only way to show the evil terrorists that America is fantastic.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

But you had two towers before, and now you're only going to have one. Anyone can see that builiding THREE is the only way to show the evil terrorists that America is fantastic.

If we build one tower, then the terrorists have already won.

 

[Valdy]

If we build one tower, then the terrorists have already won.

And those little ones don't count. I"m talking three HUGE towers. Then and only then will the world will see how freedom loving the US is.

 

[The Yankee]

7 World Trade Center has been coming along nicely.

Only little complaint is all the construction on Church Street, but that's likely also part of the brand new train station that will be there to replace the Fulton Street station as well as bring in a more direct connection to the PATH.

 

[The Yankee]

Thanks, I was thinking inception to completion though. Didn't it take a long time to get off the ground?

It did take longer. They had to clear the buildings that were there as well as eliminate the streets that ran through the site.

 

[Dann]

And those little ones don't count. I"m talking three HUGE towers. Then and only then will the world will see how freedom loving the US is.

And how are the developers going to sell/rent all that excess office space after spending a fortune on construction? Businesses need the bottom line. They don't operate on patriotism alone.

 

[The Yankee]

Well, there was talk of adding some residential space in one or more of the other buildings, to make downtown more of a 24-hour community, but I don't know how it'll all work out.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Heck yea, three huge, 1776 foot towers would rock the antiamerican world! Call it:" The Screw You Jihadists" complex, it can have a big Cresecent Moon with a 'not' symbol over it

 

[Urederra]

How about nicknaming the skyscraper "The Finger"? That's what it'll look like...

ummmmm..... skyscrapers are phallic symbols.

That could be a nice and honest name for the building.

 

[Dr. Yoshi]

We could go for 11,907 feet. That's Robert E. Lee's birthday (01/19/1807).

Even better would be a 7,041,776 foot building. Lo and behold as the Liberty Beacon shines over the world and somehow unintentionally incinerates Chinese space capsules, foreign ICBM facilities, and Democratic Party headquarters!

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

Looks really cool, can't wait to go to the top. I think it should be called Babylon to annoy just about everyone.

 

[Fox Mccloud]

But you had two towers before, and now you're only going to have one. Anyone can see that builiding THREE is the only way to show the evil ists that America is fantastic.

3 isn't enough! We need 4 towers!

 

[Sidhe]

This reminds me of that episode of Futurama where Bender builds a statue of himself that is so large it is an affront to God

I bet this one will have some serious anti aircraft protection in and around NY this time.

 

[Kyriakos]

"Citadel of Pain"
The tower looks very impressive
How many people will it be able to host at any one time?