Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 00:44:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Louis Epstein To: robbruce@ Subject: Re: Re: We Must Rebuild the WTC Towers! On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 robbruce@ wrote: > > I agree 100%. If they are rebuilt they can be made > > stronger, with more interior support and NOT flammable > > aluminum siding. Also, with the antenna the building > > was 1,725 feet. Since a spire counts in the building > > height but an antenna doesn't, a spire could make it > > easier. > > That, to me, counts as cheating. To me America must show it is going > back to be a "CAN DO" nation, no more trivialising or notpicking about > whether the glove fitss or inhaling or whether the 1 in 10 billion > chance constitutes real doubt or whether the evidence was observed 100% > of the time it was held or any other excuse making rubbish the lawyers > have fostered on you (and I hate to say ours are trying to do to us). There will certainly be an antenna on one tower, I don't see the point of a spire...in any case, the base of it would be at least the 1,368 foot level of the old tower. The Sears Tower's 110th floor rises higher than the WTC's did...topping it would involve adding several more floors to the WTC.As I suggested,the added part could take the form of a setback.A spire or antenna would go on top of the set-back portion. > > Many have criticized the WTC in the past as ugly > > boxes. The only redeeming quality was they were so > > massive, they imposed their will on Lower Manhattan > > (which is a bad point to some). Perhaps twin towers > > with a large base, tall central shaft, pyramidal top, > > and spire would look great. > > Personal belief only but I would like to see them built with the > highest publicly accessible level in the world. A logical goal,if we can just sell the powers that be on it. > The top level is then dedicated to those who died and would house a > restaurant called "View of the Heavens" (if I recall correctly from > some years back the restaurant was called "View of the World" but I > could be wrong). "Windows on the World". None of its employees who were at work have been accounted for...a senior employee was known to my parents at his previous job. This was on the 107th floor of the North Tower. There were observation decks on the 107th and 110th floors of the South Tower. > Said restaurant would NOT be allowed to become mega-expensive, it would > be available to all with reasonably priced coffee and meals and any > profits would go to charity. WotW of course WAS expensive,and had a legendary wine cellar(lost in the collapse,of course). Not sure how to allocate the top spaces...I suggested a memorial garden at the level of the tops of the former towers,with some set-back stories above that that could include restaurants and observation decks. I do think a public observation level should go above any pay-to-get-in facility.But with two towers to work with,would the tops of both be used the same way? > Rob