Pataki: Freedom Tower Must Be Redesigned!

[Zim Hosein]

NEW YORK -- Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg met Wednesday with World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein and agreed that the Freedom Tower must be redesigned to address security concerns raised by the New York Police Department.

"We believe that a building that meets the NYPD standards can be built consistent with (architect) Daniel Libeskind's master site plan," Pataki said in a statement.

The meeting took place in Pataki's Manhattan office and included Lower Manhattan Development Corp. officials, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials and police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. It occurred after plans for the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower were thrown into disarray by a security assessment the police department provided to Silverstein last month.

Rebuilding officials have said the completion of the tower, scheduled for 2009, would be delayed by up to a year to address the security issues. The tower would be the tallest in the world.

Silverstein said the meeting with the governor and the mayor was extremely productive.

"I thank them, as well as the police commissioner and other rebuilding partners, for their personal involvement and outstanding leadership," Silverstein said.

A preliminary design for the tower will be released in the next several weeks, said Kevin Rampe, the LMDC president who is leaving at the end of the month.

The cornerstone for the tower was laid on July 4, 2004, but the police department's assessment forced the architects to rethink elements of the structure, including its location on the northwest side of the 16-acre World Trade Center site, which is owned by the Port Authority.

Police have declined to talk specifically about their concerns, citing security reasons.

Pataki: Freedom Tower Must Be Redesigned :Q

 

[ChickenStrips]

Have they even started building the Freedom Towers yet

 

[91TTZ]

That's a pretty worthless article considering that they can't even talk about the security reasons. All this secrecy doesn't stop our enemies, it only keeps the American public in the dark. Sort of like during the Cold War, if the US public wanted to know what their government was really up to, they just had to ask the Soviets.

They don't want to talk about the issues because they'll reveal just how inadequate they are.

 

[PHiuR]

what are they re designing?

 

[Shawn]

what was wrong with it?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: ChickenStrips
Have they even started building the Freedom Towers yet

Yes, On July 4, 2004

New York lays cornerstone for Freedom Tower

edit: I got the date wrong, thanks 91TTZ :beer:

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: ChickenStrips
Have they even started building the Freedom Towers yet

Yes, On July 6, 2004

New York lays cornerstone for Freedom Tower

It happened on July 4th. The article was written 2 days later.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
That's a pretty worthless article considering that they can't even talk about the security reasons. All this secrecy doesn't stop our enemies, it only keeps the American public in the dark. Sort of like during the Cold War, if the US public wanted to know what their government was really up to, they just had to ask the Soviets.

They don't want to talk about the issues because they'll reveal just how inadequate they are.

Here's another article:

WTC rebuilding plans sent back to drawing board

 

[Yossarian]

maybe they should have told them what the "security standards" were before they designed the fvcking thing.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
That's a pretty worthless article considering that they can't even talk about the security reasons. All this secrecy doesn't stop our enemies, it only keeps the American public in the dark. Sort of like during the Cold War, if the US public wanted to know what their government was really up to, they just had to ask the Soviets.

They don't want to talk about the issues because they'll reveal just how inadequate they are.

Here's another article:

WTC rebuilding plans sent back to drawing board

That one's better. Thanks :thumbsup:

 

[notfred]

It needs to be redesigned because it's ugly.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: notfred
It needs to be redesigned because it's ugly.

Tell me about it. And it's shorter, too. Only this time they claim the "official" height is higher because they're counting the antenna on this one, and didn't count the antenna on the last one.

The old one was 110 floors, the new one is only around 70 floors.