WTC Site

[gang$tarr]

What do you propose they do with the WTC site?

I think they should rebuild the twin towers, and make them a little bigger. Like 115 stories, then New York will regain the title of the Tallest building in the world. I think it would also boost the economy, with more tourism, etc.
Instead of just putting a memorial there, they can put the memorial inside the the new buildings


I've talked to some relatives that live in the NYC area and they all said that if Mayor Bloomberg doesn't rebuild or make new towers in the lower manhatten area then he's loosing many peoples votes

[Jimster]

I don't think they could rebuild them on the present site- it is too eavily damaged, the WTC should be in a Pentagon-like building, short but large

[gang$tarr]

i'd rather see them bigger...
lower manhatten doesn't need a small building, they need more space... that would make it boring
The skyline with the twin towers was amazing

i'm pretty sure they can rebuild the same spot, cause there have been talks about rebuilding the twin towers in the same spot.

plus land can't really get damaged can it? and they've cleaned up most of the mess

[Gonthrax]

Well I voted for a memorial, but now that I think about it I suppose they could put the memorial inside the buildings, they would be big enough

[b16a2si]

I think a memorial would be the best way to go. There is a possibility that another dumbfuck will try to do the same thing again if another tall building was built.

[NSX-R-SSJ20K]

if i had them rebuilt new york would be a no fly zone to planes helicopters aloud with proper authorisation and i'd have miniguns and missle launcher on top or a laser or something or maybe a giant net and electromagnetic pulse

[gang$tarr]

Originally posted by b16a2si
I think a memorial would be the best way to go. There is a possibility that another dumbfuck will try to do the same thing again if another tall building was built.

there are tall buildings being built all accross the world.... just because of what happened on 9/11 they're not stopping. That would show the terrorists that they have won, i don't want them changing our lives.

something like that isn't ever going to happen again, now we have tighter security, it just won't happen, especially since now pilots will fight to the death against terrorists (like on the pensylvania flight) people aren't just going to sit by and watch.

The government has to look for unexpected things to happen with terrorists..... now that we know something like that could happen, we're more prepared for it.

The sears tower in Chicago is still full of people working... that building is a bit taller than the twin towers. And London, England is building the tallest building in europe soon, it's going to be called "Shardes of Glass" or something like that.

Aswell as all the reall tall buildings being built in Asia.... They're around the hight of the twin towers aswell

If nothing's stopping the rest of the world, I don't think we should just stand by
America is all about building big, and we have to stick to that


I think all planes should have over rideable (is that a word?) controls, so that air traffic controllers on the ground, can over ride the controls if something is going on... then control the plane from the ground

[taranaki]

Presumably the land still belongs to the same people who owned it before the attack.It should be completely up to them what goes on the site.

[primera man]

I think a memorial should be put in its place

[crxlvr]

being from NY myself, id prefer if they were re-built in its present location, its just too wierd to look out my window at that void in the skyline.

[YogsVR4]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but how can the mayor dictate exactly whats going to be built on that spot? I didn't think the city owned the buildings or the site. Sure it can put zoning restrictions, but its not ultimately their call to make.

If I had a say in it, I'd like to see the buildings replaced with a memorial for the fallen officers and firefighters put in a prominent position.

[KatWoman]

I think it would be cool to rebuild the WTC on the same spot and have some kind of memorial out in a plaza. And instill a no-fly zone within a certain distance of the towers. I have never been to NY but I can only guess for the people that live there, having that big empty space in the skyline leaves a big empty space in everyone's hearts As far as the "ground" being damaged...it's not so much the dirt but all the concrete and reinforcements, plumbing/sewage lines, subway rails, etc etc. is what is going to have to be rebuilt again too. With the damage done to what still exists, it is not something they can just patch up again...I think they would have to tear it all down and rebuild it in it entirety. I think it took 7 years or so for the original WTC to be built

[KatWoman]

Originally posted by YogsVR4
Correct me if I'm wrong, but how can the mayor dictate exactly whats going to be built on that spot? I didn't think the city owned the buildings or the site. Sure it can put zoning restrictions, but its not ultimately their call to make.

If I had a say in it, I'd like to see the buildings replaced with a memorial for the fallen officers and firefighters put in a prominent position.

I don't think the mayor can dictate what goes on that site, but now with what has happened I am sure he can have more of a say in it than not. Also if there is any funding from the government as to what ends up going there, they will have a say since it is their money being used. But the gov't and the owner would have to agree upon it.

[gang$tarr]

The mayor has a big say in what happens there....
i also heard that they might use some airline bail out money

[Bean Bandit]

build a memorial park. where you can go and relax