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It’s a mistake to build a monument to the achievements of the terrorists. But that’s what this memorial is:
This design proposes a space that resonates with the feelings of loss and absence that were generated by the death and destruction at the World Trade Center.
Oh, great. A monument not to our love for the departed; not to the heroism of the firefighters and the airline passengers of that day who fought the hijackers—but to the feelings of loss and absence inflicted on us by the terrorists. Al Qaeda would love this. "Never forget what we did to you!" they say, and this is just the way to carry that out. And that picture is just the memorial. Here’s what they have in mind for the new WTC:
If this AP mockup photo is to be believed—what a distortion this will be of the skyline of New York. What’s with those angled roofs? They look like they’re going to fall over. They don’t fit in at all with the rest of the skyline. They look like they’ve already been blown up. The whole design needs to be scrapped and replaced with something uplifting and beautiful.
Update 9-13-06: An improved design: Four new towers instead of two!
