The design for New York's new Freedom Tower has been finalized at last, and now construction begins...
"Freedom Tower, World Trade Center"
From Construction begins at ground zero:
...After months of disputes over the future of ground zero, state and city officials finally brought in the heavy equipment and began construction Thursday on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower that will rise at the World Trade Center site.
"It is going to be a symbol of our freedom and independence," Gov. George Pataki said after three yellow construction trucks - driven by workers wearing hard hats emblazoned with the American flag and the words "Freedom Tower, World Trade Center" - rolled down a ramp to applause from politicians...
The Freedom Tower is scheduled to open in 2011, and officials said Wednesday's deal means all five towers could be built by 2012. Construction has also begun on the memorial...The Freedom Tower will be as high as the 110-story World Trade Center towers. But an illuminated spire will stretch the building to the symbolic 1,776 feet envisioned in the original Freedom Tower design. That would be taller than any building in existence...
Thursday was the second time officials tried to start construction on the tower, which has been designed three times. Architect Daniel Libeskind drew the first Freedom Tower, a twisting glass skyscraper with an off-center spire meant to evoke the Statue of Liberty.
David Childs produced a sleeker version of Libeskind's design, then reworked it again last year after police expressed concerns that the building was not sturdy enough to withstand a truck bomb...
I had rather liked the original, off-center design better. This new design reminds me a bit of a perfume bottle. Not that it's ugly... it's just not as unique as the original version. Still, not a bad design, and at least they have finally argreed on something. Good! Let the construction begin...
Hat Tip to Tammy Bruce.com
Related link:
Freedom Tower (wikipedia)
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