What will rise at Ground Zero? Anxious Texans Hold Breath.
source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-09-06-groundzero-plans_N.htm
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NEW YORK — The five skyscrapers were all supposed to rise by early next decade to replace the ravaged World Trade Center, with the city's tallest towers set in a spiral evoking the Statue of Liberty's torch.
They would frame a massive memorial in a tree-filled park, plus a theater and a transportation hub with uplifted wings — one of several symbols intended to defy the terrorists who destroyed the 16-acre site in under two hours.
Standing on the site now — a multi-level labyrinth of concrete and steel, from the entrance resembling the rooftops of an underground city — the sweeping design unveiled 6 1/2 years ago still hasn't materialized.
It's not a pit," Ward said. "Now, it's a sense of rebirth." (-heh-)
Its history is "too sad to even really think about progress," said the 48-year-old Austin, Texas, insurance worker. But "I am a little surprised — I thought there'd be something built there.
When will there be?
They would frame a massive memorial in a tree-filled park, plus a theater and a transportation hub with uplifted wings — one of several symbols intended to defy the terrorists who destroyed the 16-acre site in under two hours.
Standing on the site now — a multi-level labyrinth of concrete and steel, from the entrance resembling the rooftops of an underground city — the sweeping design unveiled 6 1/2 years ago still hasn't materialized.
It's not a pit," Ward said. "Now, it's a sense of rebirth." (-heh-)
Its history is "too sad to even really think about progress," said the 48-year-old Austin, Texas, insurance worker. But "I am a little surprised — I thought there'd be something built there.
When will there be?
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Cletus the slack jawed yokel could dig and stack bricks faster. (and he JUST MIGHT have better fashion sense.)
Well, lets make that "landscaping" or "interior design",...he might have attended a course or two at night school at a community college in Waco. Seriously,...that community isn't SHAMED!?! BOOTSTRAP IT! GIT-ER-DONE! (PREFERABLY "WELL") - 2 years ago
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