I'm sorry if this also pisses people off, but from the start, I should have been a supporter for rebuilding the Twin Towers taller and better than before. If the change of the spire is actually going to be done, then I can't be happy with this tower no matter how new or advanced it may be. I always had a problem with 1 WTC, from the absence of an outdoor observation deck to the fact that it will be only 104 or 86 floors tall when the buildings before it were 110 floors each and also included an outdoor deck. The WTC was already good the way it was before 9/11. They practically took an idea for a taller proposal in Lower Manhattan and reverted to some mere replacement for what was there before, and if anyone is wondering what that proposal was, it was the NYSE tower, that would have went to 1,776 or more to the roof and 2,000 ft via a spire. It was suppose to succeed the Twins and become not only the tallest in the city and country, but it would have returned the WTB title to the USA if 9/11 never happened. When this building was first proposed, it was supposed to be the tallest in the world as well, but years of delays and retarded disputes have made it be only the 3rd tallest in the country and in the global stage, just behind some Chinese supertall nobody really knows about. This would have been taller than the Sears by rooftop if they just stayed with the spire and made a skypod similar to what's in the CN tower, and to a lesser extent, the 102nd floor of the ESB, which are both counted toward roof height. This complex was suppose to be ground breaking, but now it's just some cheap-ass crap you see around Times Square. I believe the reason why New Yorkers and Americans in general don't care anymore is because most of them still want the Twins to be rebuilt. They were the landmarks of Lower Manhattan and of NYC at the time, and now a underachiever is taking their place. 1 WTC will never be the WTB, it will never be America's tallest, and it won't even be NYC's tallest for a good amount of time. 432 Park will succeed it, but it's not worthy of hold that title. I truly want the Metlife North Building to be built to be the tallest in the USA by a good chunk, but not many see this happening. The way I look at it, the only thing to be happy about in the new WTC right now is the memorial plaza, but even that has its faults since the waterfalls flowing down to two pairs of holes seem to repeating the same action that happened on 9/11. Unless the spire is being built as planned, I deem this whole project a piece of shit compared to the original WTC. Too many great aspects were put down for nothing when they could have easily reconfigure the building, like they disappointingly did just now. I have lost hope and for the moderators that might delete this point because of my many references to the old WTC, so be it.The least they could have done with the spire is made it similar to the old one in the North Tower. The one they're trying to make us accept does not blend in with the bloody design of the rest of the tower at all. It's some skinny syringe that has no place in New York's tallest. Dunst would be shot dead. Yeah, I'm serious. This is an eyesore every person in the Tri-state area on this part of the Eastern Seaboard will have to look at and face every damn day. Again, if this is official, I could honestly care less now. I'm all for Twin Towers, either in this city or another somewhere else. Wouldn't even care if someone crashes a plane into this tower, as it isn't worth shit anymore to me. It isn't worth shit to anyone. Sorry to curse, but I know for a fact everyone is equally pissed off at this travesty. There is hope, but that would require many to care, and whenever I go to an article or a video with comments online for 1 WTC, barely anyone sees the importance of this tower.
But, it's all good. I won't be looking forward for anything for this nation. As Zapatan said, America is just gonna fail one day because of the greedy bastards in Wall Street, and they have finally won in messing up 1WTC for the rest of us.
Had to rant. Because it bothers me that things could have went better after the recent height gain, but instead went bad. Hopefully that re-design SOM is doing will include something other than the radome, but that's slim. At this point until something good comes up, I don't give a damn.
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What.... the hell?!?!?!?!??!?!??!
Hell no! Those bastards need to be kicked out of the project immediately. If they are too lazy to manage the spire, then they need to leave 1 WTC and settle for the Hudson Yards or any of the projects popping up in the West Side. This is just too pitiful to deal with.
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