people bitch about the cross-bracing gone . .
that missing bit was merely transformed . .
into the zig-zag suspenders . .
the only very cool part of the building,
besides its height . .
pinstripes on the north & south faces . .
they do so little, they hardly matter. . .
its the distinctive fierce 4-spiked crown . .
that would've been viewed from every direction . .
that I sorely miss . .
Nevertheless . . whenever I see 3 WTC . .
I will always see Rogers's sharp 4-corner finials . .
rising as dignified phantoms into the sky . .
knowing that miserly Silverstein bastardized
the monumentality of America's 911 recovery . .
I will be elevated by the memory . .
of their visionary excellence in my imagination . .
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artSpook
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