Freedom Tower

[Vitter]

Link (http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/101696|top|12-19-2003::12:28|reuters.html)

A twisting, shimmering, glass-encased skyscraper topped by a spire evocative of the Statue of Liberty, will replace the destroyed World Trade Center towers, officials said on Friday after months of heated argument between architects over the design.

The building dubbed the "Freedom Tower" will be the world's tallest at 1,776 feet when it is completed by the end of 2008 and is intended to reclaim part of Manhattan's famous skyline shattered in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"We will build it to show the world that freedom will always triumph over terror and that we will face the 21st century with confidence," said New York Gov. George Pataki

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A spire, symbolic of the Statue of Liberty's arm holding up a flaming torch, will rise a further 276 feet to 1,776 feet -- the height architect and site master planner Daniel Libeskind chose to represent the date of U.S. independence when he released his initial plan a year ago.

Libeskind described the spire at the top emitting a light into the sky at night, as one that would provide "a beacon of light and hope in a world that is often dark."

Let's hear it for the good ol' US of A.

[Corrosion]

Damn you beat me to making this topic, GO USA CAPITALISTS!

link to view of it: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/nyc-1libeskind360,0,4353076.realvideo?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

[Spider]

I say the canadian make a giant standing beaver right in the middle of toronto... and in mating season his crotch emits a bright light that can be seen as a huge wang from space!

[Veteran]

Why is the height of this structure of any relevance?

Oooh right, humans are infatuated with their own genitalia.

Freedom and genitalia... Now I get it.

[Strygun]

I am worried about the fact that it will be glass

[Spider]

May we have a replay vid of what happened last time they built big towers!?!?

That's right... planes crashed into them... now they put a shitload of glass steel... at even bigger height... gg idiots!

Oh and the big light on top doesnt say: "Here I am ram into me!"

[Vitter]

Spider.. do you have any grasp on reality?

[Everay]

no, but thats not his point, hes scared that it will happen a second time, a fear well deserved, however, id rather have this thing built a second time, and i belive that theyre gonna make it "plane proof" this time, if im not mistaken

[firecrackerNC]

we should build big AA-guns on top on it and SAM missles just in case

[Corrosion]

Yes, and nuke launchers too.

[Vick]

worst. name. ever.

[Bighoss]

Why is the height of this structure of any relevance?

Oooh right, humans are infatuated with their own genitalia.

Freedom and genitalia... Now I get it.

1776 feet... if you can't figure that out on your own I feel sorry for you.

[firecrackerNC]

I dunno about the nukes,but we could put a giant missle launcher that could blow up something from like thousands of miles away,and put AA-MAXs up there too

[Corrosion]

I was being sarcastic, they dont want this building to look like a national missile defense station.

[firecrackerNC]

well then they could hide it all on the top floor and when its needed the floor raises or something

[Corrosion]

Hrm... maybe

[Mr1337Duck]

Let's do what they did in Deus Ex.

For those that never played DX, the Statue of Liberty gets C-4d, and it then becomes the home for the elite counter-terrorist group, UNATCO.

Very close to the tower, maybe even a side extension, we put a building for some counter-terrorism place.

[Rbstr]

Cool tower but can we find a better name plz? Enough with the freedom stuff, call it the 9-11 memorile(sp) tower or somthing no more freedom named things.
That should hide a missle baterry or some AA guns in on of the machine levels, its so tall but only has 60 occupied levels.
And %20 of its energy comes from windmills on the top, thats sweet.

[Nimbus]

I think it should transform into a giant, terror fighting robot.

[Spee]

I think they should just rebuild the Twin towers. And this time, make it out of 2 foot thick concrete. And have AA guns mounted on it. And giant transofrming power rangers of death on top.

[Squick]

What do you think would happen if a plane got shot down over downtown New York? Bad things...

The better bet is to just make the building capable of withstanding several plane crashes, and the burning for hours... That is what they are going to do anyways.

[Bighoss]

wouldn't it have sucked if the WTC had fallen over instead of just collapsing, that would have been so crazy. 10 blocks would get destroyed

[AztecWarrior]

What the fuck? The Freedom Tower already EXISTS. And it's in Miami.

http://www.hispanicmagazine.com/2001/julaug/Panorama/
http://icuban.com/images/freedom_tower.jpg

I've actually seen this with my own eyes, it's near the coast and in the better part of downtown.

[Spider]

But does it have 1776 feet and a homing beacon for planes on top!?!? Oh and Windmills to power it!

And does it have 100 metric tons of glass attached to it's side?!

[Corrosion]

And does it have a nuke launcher on the top?

[Neon Apocalypse]

who the fuck cares about a friggin tower?

[Ait'al]

no, but thats not his point, hes scared that it will happen a second time, a fear well deserved, however, id rather have this thing built a second time, and i belive that theyre gonna make it "plane proof" this time, if im not mistaken

Yea but no invulnerable to a hammer! >< can see the guards chasing everyone with a tool belt!

They just better have a discount on freedom fries.

And waht aztec said about the name!

wouldn't it have sucked if the WTC had fallen over instead of just collapsing, that would have been so crazy. 10 blocks would get destroyed

It could have fallen into the water or along the coast though 8) and its little area around hte towers would have covered the first 20 floors 8)

[Onizuka]

I never get Ait'al. Theres more links in his sig then well... links in my sig. meh point being theres a lot of links in his sig. And everything he says makes no sense... srry buddy

[Ait'al]

Im commenting on several comments earlier in the thread.Youll have to read it again to get it! And your insulting everyone who has a link in there sig cause you dont have any links in your sig. Not just me 8)

[Belerion]

I think that placing a memorial in regards to 9-11 is a great idea. That was a day to be remembered for future generations. But the epic monument that's going to be placed there is just asking for terrorists to strike us again. I think that remembering the brave men and women is important, but not going out of our way to make memorials potential future terrorist targets should be the main concern.

"Fool me once, shame on you... Fool me twice, shame on me."

We shouldn't get to that point.

:cool:

[Ait'al]

I think that remembering the brave men and women is important, but not going out of our way to make memorials potential future terrorist targets should be the main concern.

anything that we make is a potential terrorist target. even a gravestone!


I think that placing a memorial in regards to 9-11 is a great idea. That was a day to be remembered for future generations. But the epic monument that's going to be placed there is just asking for terrorists to strike us again.
Or a pigeon to try to fly through it!

[Corrosion]

I never get Ait'al. Theres more links in his sig then well... links in my sig. meh point being theres a lot of links in his sig. And everything he says makes no sense... srry buddy

You've just sumed everyone's thoughts up there Oni. +10 Corrosion points.

[Ait'al]

Double Post: ignore

[Belerion]

anything that we make is a potential terrorist target. even a gravestone!

Not necessarily... the people who made the attack on the WTC didn't start out with attacking a gravestone then switch to the WTC...

[Ait'al]

Quote: no, but thats not his point, hes scared that it will happen a second time, a fear well deserved, however, id rather have this thing built a second time, and i belive that theyre gonna make it "plane proof" this time, if im not mistaken

Yea but no invulnerable to a hammer! >< can see the guards chasing everyone with a tool belt!


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Misc. conmment about hte subject:

They just better have a discount on freedom fries.

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Comment on what someone else said, read below:

And waht aztec said about the name!





------------------Quote: wouldn't it have sucked if the WTC had fallen over instead of just collapsing, that would have been so crazy. 10 blocks would get destroyed

Comment on quote, self explanatory:



It could have fallen into the water or along the coast though 8) and its little area around hte towers would have covered/taken the first 20 floors 8)

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Quote: Originally Posted by Ait'al
anything that we make is a potential terrorist target. even a gravestone!
Not necessarily... the people who made the attack on the WTC didn't start out with attacking a gravestone then switch to the WTC...


But its a momument to what happend and could easily induce terror if implamented correctly. Like waiting for people to think noone will attack it. Or blow it up in a way noone thinks wil specificaly happen. Thats how they think sometimes.

[Spider]

For fuck's sake... it's french fries not freedom fries no matter how much the idiot in the white house insists on calling them freedom fries. All I have to say is: Bush is a fucking moron I hope he doesnt get re-elected.

[firecrackerNC]

As long as a democrat aint elected then it dont matter to me

[OneManArmy]

Can't wait to see it finished. Gotta rebuild, and make it bigger, otherwise the terrorists won. You can't live in a state of fear. I could ramble on forver about this shit but bottom line tower = t3h win!

oh and they're gonna have ninjas to protect the tower silly... power rangers was soo 5 years ago..... its jewish ninjas of doom now!!!!!

[Belerion]

From the article itself...

"He said the building would probably be the world's safest, with extra strong fireproofing, biological and chemical filters in the air-supply system and other emergency features."

I don't see shatterproof...

[Peacemaker]

So is it realy gonna have only 60 stories that can be used and the rest is just like reinforced stuff or something?

[firecrackerNC]

no the rest has secret weapons and chemical monkeys for protection in it

[Ait'al]

From the article itself...

"He said the building would probably be the world's safest, with extra strong fireproofing, biological and chemical filters in the air-supply system and other emergency features."

I don't see shatterproof...

Thats exactly what i was saying! why was that so hard to understand. lol

[Belerion]

Which is why I made the comment about why we are erecting a monument that's even more of a terrorist target than the WTC was itself...

**Boggle**

[Ait'al]

Were just an enigma arent we!

[Belerion]

:rofl:

[arctik]

If you think building a monument is just asking for more terrorist attacks then maybe the U.S.A should stop building all together and start living underground. because you can never stop terrorist strikes all together even if they build a mc.donalds in place of the WTC.

[Belerion]

If you think building a monument is just asking for more terrorist attacks then maybe the U.S.A should stop building all together and start living underground. because you can never stop terrorist strikes all together even if they build a mc.donalds in place of the WTC.

You are correct. I just am taking the concervitive point of view. :D We really can't bow down and say that we are afraid of anything happening. As soon as we do, we're fucked as a country.

Good point. You make a very good point Arcitk

[Onizuka]

You've just sumed everyone's thoughts up there Oni. +10 Corrosion points.

Can I spend those on sex toys or anime?

[martyr]

worst. name. ever.