world trade center

[CMR]

Ahh, you must be very well-versed in modern skyscraper architectural design.

Perhaps some tacky attention-seeking towers like these would be more your speed?










(to put it into dubstep terms, the Freedom Tower is the Youngsta of skyscraper design, while those other things are Skrillex. Cool & refined vs. obnoxious & cheesy)

[SubHuman]

can't wait for all the freedom that thing is gonna unleash

[Micro]

How dare new yorkers want to commemorate and remember a tragedy that affected them. Fucking pussies. The only thing worse are people that want a pot picnic.

[SubHuman]

i guess one good thing about this is that it perfectly captures the hubris and denial of an empire in steep decline

[supercilious]

Yeah the whole ground zero concept is pretty awesome actually. I love how they've managed to keep some of the original subterranean structure of the WTC as a memorial. Lipeskind (Jewish Museum of Berlin, Danish Jewish Museum, Lee-Chin Crystal etc.) was responsible for the master plan i think.

Libeskind also did the outside of the ROM and a condo going up on front st right now... The L Tower

[Micro]

i guess one good thing about this is that it perfectly captures the hubris and denial of an empire in steep decline

Its a monument commemorating an event that is etched in the collective memory of a city. Why not go shit on the pyramids and taj mahaj etc?

[Armani]

Its a monument commemorating an event that is etched in the collective memory of a city. Why not go shit on the pyramids and taj mahaj etc?

because those were built by ancient aliens

[mowgli]

because those were built by ancient aliens

aka not by Americans.

[Micro]

because those were built by ancient aliens

[Mojo]

i think its fucking awesome they called it the freedom tower