May 19, 200520 yr And I gotta say, I like his idea better http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/18/wtc.trump/index.html
May 19, 200520 yr QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ May 20, 2005 -> 12:44 AM) His plan is better--but he's such an attention whore I hate admitting that.... It's a comb - over.
May 19, 200520 yr I really like Liebeskind's design. The WTC was amazing for the architectural feat it was at the time. To reproduce it today would be, well, kinda boring.
May 19, 200520 yr QUOTE(winodj @ May 19, 2005 -> 01:06 PM) The WTC was amazing for the architectural feat it was at the time. I wouldn't say it was "amazing." IIRC, the buildings were ~ 100 feet taller than the Empire State Building (not a big deal), but were overshadowded by the Sears Tower a year later. They were also bland and looked very similar to the Amoco Building (now called the Aon Center) in Chicago, which was completed the same year. I'm not sure which design I would rather see built: A recreation of the original ugly twin towers or a the previously-selected avant garde Euro-eyesore. If it were up to me, I'd build a 1,700-foot (e.g., world's tallest) tower, similar in design to 900 N. Michigan in Chicago, but that's probably not going to happen.
May 20, 200520 yr QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ May 19, 2005 -> 02:44 PM) I wouldn't say it was "amazing." IIRC, the buildings were ~ 100 feet taller than the Empire State Building (not a big deal), but were overshadowded by the Sears Tower a year later. They were also bland and looked very similar to the Amoco Building (now called the Aon Center) in Chicago, which was completed the same year. I'm not sure which design I would rather see built: A recreation of the original ugly twin towers or a the previously-selected avant garde Euro-eyesore. If it were up to me, I'd build a 1,700-foot (e.g., world's tallest) tower, similar in design to 900 N. Michigan in Chicago, but that's probably not going to happen. Amoco and Sears Tower were very different buildings structurally. The openness of the inside of the WTC was what made it so special.
May 20, 200520 yr QUOTE(winodj @ May 20, 2005 -> 11:02 AM) Amoco and Sears Tower were very different buildings structurally. The openness of the inside of the WTC was what made it so special. IIRC, the Amoco (Aon Center) has the same type of architectural design.
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