Freedom Tower

Vitter · 2003-12-20, 10:51 AM

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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 · 2003-12-20, 10:55 AM

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

link to view of it: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wi...-regional-wire

Spider · 2003-12-20, 11:06 AM

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 · 2003-12-20, 11:43 AM

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 · 2003-12-20, 11:58 AM

I am worried about the fact that it will be glass

Spider · 2003-12-20, 12:25 PM

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 · 2003-12-20, 12:45 PM

Spider.. do you have any grasp on reality?

Everay · 2003-12-20, 01:22 PM

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 · 2003-12-20, 01:26 PM

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

Corrosion · 2003-12-20, 01:30 PM

Yes, and nuke launchers too.

Vick · 2003-12-20, 01:31 PM

worst. name. ever.

Bighoss · 2003-12-20, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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

firecrackerNC · 2003-12-20, 01:33 PM

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 · 2003-12-20, 01:40 PM

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

firecrackerNC · 2003-12-20, 01:44 PM

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