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Old Posted May 6, 2007, 8:14 PM
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No doubt about it: Libeskind's vision is being realized to a far, far greater degree than anyone could have predicted when his plan was first adopted.

The FT at 1,776 feet with a symbolic "SoL" referencing-spire, the ascending swirl of towers... not to mention that 2 WTC looks a lot like one of his "placeholders!"
Libeskind's "vision" was for the site plan itself, and that has never really been in doubt (except for moving the Freedom Tower a bit). Everything is where it has always been planned. It was Libeskind's desire to actually design the buildings that got him shut out. The 1776 ft was Libeskind's all the way. But I didn't buy that SOL reference from either of the last versions, and I certainly don't buy it now. Also, a lot of people think Fosters Tower 2 looks a lot like Libeskinds placeholder. But I think it actually has as much or more in common with the Freedom Tower that's being built now.
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Libeskind's "vision" was for the site plan itself, and that has never really been in doubt (except for moving the Freedom Tower a bit). Everything is where it has always been planned. It was Libeskind's desire to actually design the buildings that got him shut out. The 1776 ft was Libeskind's all the way. But I didn't buy that SOL reference from either of the last versions, and I certainly don't buy it now. Also, a lot of people think Fosters Tower 2 looks a lot like Libeskinds placeholder. But I think it actually has as much or more in common with the Freedom Tower that's being built now.
The whole architectural "contest" was sadly just a dog and pony show for Silverstein to build the exact design he proposed a week after 9/11. I am sorry, but the WTC designs are just god awful dreck. Each is pure 1980's Houston in style. David Childs is a hack so his design is to be expected, but what is really disappointing is Foster's awful design. This is the same man that reinvented the skyscraper with the Gherkin? Who built the Hearst building in Midtown? The other two designs may be salvageable, but both are obviously bloated by Silverstein's desire to maximize floorspace.

Please check how the new skyscrapers that are being built and proposed in Chicago, Paris, London and Dubai and tell me with a straight face that the new WTC designs are anything but utterly banal. They would have been interesting in 1985 not 2007. They represent an utter failure of civil society and vision in New York and are an insult to those who died that day.
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The whole architectural "contest" was sadly just a dog and pony show for Silverstein to build the exact design he proposed a week after 9/11. I am sorry, but the WTC designs are just god awful dreck. Each is pure 1980's Houston in style. David Childs is a hack so his design is to be expected, but what is really disappointing is Foster's awful design. This is the same man that reinvented the skyscraper with the Gherkin? Who built the Hearst building in Midtown? The other two designs may be salvageable, but both are obviously bloated by Silverstein's desire to maximize floorspace.

Please check how the new skyscrapers that are being built and proposed in Chicago, Paris, London and Dubai and tell me with a straight face that the new WTC designs are anything but utterly banal. They would have been interesting in 1985 not 2007. They represent an utter failure of civil society and vision in New York and are an insult to those who died that day.
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The whole architectural "contest" was sadly just a dog and pony show for Silverstein to build the exact design he proposed a week after 9/11.
That's easy to say, but the facts prove otherwise. For a long time it was not even certain Silverstein would remain in charge or build anything. Nothing being built now is as Silverstein proposed a week after 9/11. In fact, Silverstein didn't propose anything. There was talk of building a group of 50-story towers, but that was just theoretical talk of how to replace 2 110-story buildings.

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Please check how the new skyscrapers that are being built and proposed in Chicago, Paris, London and Dubai and tell me with a straight face that the new WTC designs are anything but utterly banal. They would have been interesting in 1985 not 2007.
You have your opinion. Others have theirs. But either way, I'm neither concerned with, nor care about what designs are being proposed or built in Chicago or any of those other places. Let those cities have two 110-story towers destroyed in a terrorist attack, then get back to me about the fantastic designs. Like it or not, there are real issues with the WTC rebuilding, and I think we are lucky to be getting what we are under the circumstances.

I'll take my chances with this:

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The whole architectural "contest" was sadly just a dog and pony show for Silverstein to build the exact design he proposed a week after 9/11. I am sorry, but the WTC designs are just god awful dreck. Each is pure 1980's Houston in style. David Childs is a hack so his design is to be expected, but what is really disappointing is Foster's awful design. This is the same man that reinvented the skyscraper with the Gherkin? Who built the Hearst building in Midtown? The other two designs may be salvageable, but both are obviously bloated by Silverstein's desire to maximize floorspace.

Please check how the new skyscrapers that are being built and proposed in Chicago, Paris, London and Dubai and tell me with a straight face that the new WTC designs are anything but utterly banal. They would have been interesting in 1985 not 2007. They represent an utter failure of civil society and vision in New York and are an insult to those who died that day.
Fosters awful design? Don't make me laugh. Go away troll.
     
     
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There are opinions and then there are people deliberately trying to start a fight. please don't bite and start 3 full pages and back and forth
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There are opinions and then there are people deliberately trying to start a fight. please don't bite and start 3 full pages and back and forth
I'm not biting. I just saw the bait and wanted to label it as such, in order to prevent people from wasting their time taking it seriously.
     
     
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^ Bait or not, I have a low tolerance for ignorance. Opinions are fine. But facts are facts, lets not confuse the two, or accept it from others.
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Fosters awful design? Don't make me laugh. Go away troll.
Yes, Foster's design, especially compared to his WTC proposal is uninspired at best. I find it dated and uninventive.

Most architectural critics, New York Times, New Yorker, Metropolis, panned the Silverstein's final designs. I had very high hopes for these buildings, as did most New Yorkers.

They will most likely be perfectly respectable corporate headquarters, but they do not provide a vision for the World. They could have.

They should have.
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Yes, Foster's design, especially compared to his WTC proposal is uninspired at best. I find it dated and uninventive.

Most architectural critics, New York Times, New Yorker, Metropolis, panned the Silverstein's final designs. I had very high hopes for these buildings, as did most New Yorkers.

They will most likely be perfectly respectable corporate headquarters, but they do not provide a vision for the World. They could have.

They should have.
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From this cam shot, you can see work continuing on the sites of towers 2, 3, and 4, as well as the Freedom Tower...(and Goldman Sachs)

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Wow...nice rendering. Too bad that 2 WTC is blocked from this angle.
     
     
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It's so nice... and not realistic. Like in a cheap sci-fi movie.
     
     
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Wow...nice rendering. Too bad that 2 WTC is blocked from this angle.
How is it blocked when we can clearly see it? It will be blocked by certain angles but not this one.
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Tho isn't WTC2 under-represented in that render? the top will be really close the WTC1's roof...
/I'm also missing WTC5, Goldman-Sachs, 111 & 123 Washington St.
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