Freedom Lives

December 19, 2003

Freedom Tower design final

The two architects who apparently have been feuding over the design for months have settled on the details of the new tower at the WTC site.

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The building when completed in 2008 will be the tallest in the world.
I like the part about being the tallest in the world though I would have prefered at least two towers.
There will be a restaurant to replace Windows on the World, where I once took my mom for mother's day, among other visits and they will have turbines to generate up to 20% of the power from wind.
I don't know if the wind thing will work.
When the Citicorp building was put up in the late 70's the slanted roof was supposed to have an energy function but that never worked out.
It looks like it will be nicer than the original towers which were basically square and I am sure things could have turned out a lot worse.

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