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World Trade Center Design Freaks Out Feng Shui Expert

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LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- The folks who are planning to rebuild the World Trade Center should trade up for a better design.That's the opinion of a feng shui expert in Los Angeles who claims the newly approved design has many odd angles that inhibit the flow of energy.
Angie Ma Wong says the odd angles of the proposed WTC buildings combined with the open pit to honor the old center put "too much yin in the yang and yang in the yin."
She says people who work there will constantly feel tense, nervous and "disharmonious."
Also, the weird building shapes do nothing to capture good fortune and Ma Wong expert fears "good luck will pass them by."
She hopes builders will consult with feng shui experts to maximize the WTC's tranquility level before groundbreaking commences -- perhaps by redesigning the buildings to look more "cathedral-like."
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In case you're wondering, this is not satire!

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well some feng shui makes sense. well i take it as a way to make a room feel good, interior design basically, but perverted with supernatural bs. the energy is kinda bull, but i can see why sitting with your back to a door or whatever is uncomfortable.🙂


that being said, any pansy ass design that doesn't incorporate two true towers upsets me. they should be replaced with something equivalent in height at the very least, not some park or museum bullsh*t.
 
hehe, with traditional Chinese parents, I grew up hearing this stuff, so I don't believe nor disbelieve it.....I know people will ridicule it, so I just don't really care. And hippies? What does feng shui have to do with hippies? 🙂
 
Originally posted by: EvilYoda
hehe, with traditional Chinese parents, I grew up hearing this stuff, so I don't believe nor disbelieve it.....I know people will ridicule it, so I just don't really care. And hippies? What does feng shui have to do with hippies? 🙂
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Do all the beds in your house must be line up the same? Because in our house they do or it will make my grandma unhappy. (As in all beds are perpendicular to the way of entry)
 
My favorite parts are:
She says people who work there will constantly feel tense, nervous and "disharmonious."
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good luck will pass them by
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Considering the previous building's history, and what the new one will stand for, I think these would be safe things for anyone to say about any proposed design. I don't really like the new design, but I don't think much of the feng shui stuff either...
 
Is this Hong Kong? No. This is freaking NYC. Anyone who doesn't alread constantly feel tense, nervous and "disharmonious" is merely a tourist on his first day.
 
Originally posted by: Mallow
I have yet to see a pic of the proposed design!
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Then climb back on the turnip truck 😉

In the time it took you to post that you know nothing, you could have visited cnn.com or read the front page of your paper.

Then you could have posted about how weird the design is 🙂
 
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
well some feng shui makes sense. well i take it as a way to make a room feel good, interior design basically, but perverted with supernatural bs. the energy is kinda bull, but i can see why sitting with your back to a door or whatever is uncomfortable.🙂


that being said, any pansy ass design that doesn't incorporate two true towers upsets me. they should be replaced with something equivalent in height at the very least, not some park or museum bullsh*t.
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Same height? Who'll work there? Who'll populate two huge towers being the #1 terrorist target on the planet? Because you KNOW they'll being trying to hit 'em again somehow.
 
Originally posted by: Mallow
I have yet to see a pic of the proposed design!
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Daniel Libeskind design page

Here are highlights of the winning design by Studio Daniel Libeskind of Berlin:

--Rises 1,776 feet -- including an airy spire -- surpassing Malaysia's 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers, the world's tallest.

--The centerpiece is a memorial site, sunken 30 feet to reveal the scarred, slurry wall of the original trade center excavation. The slurry wall, or "bathtub," holds back the waters of the Hudson River. Libeskind's original proposal called for the memorial site to be 70 feet below ground; He raised the floor to allow for an underground transportation hub and parking.

--Five starkly sloping, geometrical towers and several smaller cultural buildings clustered around the foundations of the fallen towers.

--The "Wedge of Light," the arrangement of buildings at certain angles to "capture the sun" every Sept. 11 between 8:46 a.m., when the first plane struck, and 10:28 a.m., when the second tower collapsed.

--A museum in the excavated pit honoring the nearly 2,800 victims who died there.

--Incorporates Fulton Street, cut off by the original trade center, into the commercial portions of the site.

--Cost estimate: $330 million.

 
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With nuclear bombs to blow us all sky high.
There's fools and idiots sitting on the trigger.
It's depressing and it's senseless, and that's why...

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They only come up to your knees,
Yet they're always friendly, and they're ready to please.

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There's nine hundred million of them in the world today.
You'd better learn to like them; that's what I say.

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They come from a long way overseas,
But they're cute and they're cuddly, and they're ready to please.

I like Chinese food.
The waiters never are rude.
Think of the many things they've done to impress.
There's Maoism, Taoism, I Ching, and Chess.

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I like their tiny little trees,
Their Zen, their ping-pong, their yin, and yang-ese.

I like Chinese thought,
The wisdom that Confucious taught.
If Darwin is anything to shout about,
The chinese will survive us all without any doubt.

So, I like Chinese.
I like Chinese.
They only come up to your knees,
Yet they're wise and they're witty, and they're ready to please.

All together.

[verse in Chinese]
Wo ai zhongguo ren (I like Chinese)
Wo ai zhongguo ren (I like Chinese)
Wo ai zhongguo ren (I like Chinese)
Ni hao ma, ni hao ma, ni hao ma, zaijien!
(How are you, how are you, how are you, goodbye!)

I like Chinese.
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Their food is guaranteed to please,
A fourteen, a seven, a nine, and lychees.

I like Chinese.
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I like their tiny little trees,
Their Zen, their ping-pong, their yin, and yang-ese.

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They only come up to your knees...
 
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo well some feng shui makes sense. well i take it as a way to make a room feel good, interior design basically, but perverted with supernatural bs. the energy is kinda bull, but i can see why sitting with your back to a door or whatever is uncomfortable.🙂 that being said, any pansy ass design that doesn't incorporate two true towers upsets me. they should be replaced with something equivalent in height at the very least, not some park or museum bullsh*t.
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Same height? Who'll work there? Who'll populate two huge towers being the #1 terrorist target on the planet? Because you KNOW they'll being trying to hit 'em again somehow.
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My 4 years old has made more attractive structures by dumping out Legos onto the floor. Looks plain ugly to me.

Too bad I dont have photochop. I would take this guy and put him in where the "tourist" was on the WTC. Looks like he belongs there.
 
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