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Vendaval -> Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:08:56 PM)
Certain city officials, but not the mayor, of NYC are changing the proposed name of the towers being built to replace the World Trade Center. And as can be expected, most New Yorkers are very angry about this. "New World Trade tower drops "Freedom" moniker" Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:55pm EDT By Joan Gralla "NEW YORK (Reuters) - The name "Freedom Tower" has been dropped for the skyscraper under construction in New York to replace the World Trade Center towers destroyed in the September 11 attacks, but some locals are not happy about it. Designed amid much fanfare to symbolize the city's revival after the attacks in 2001, the tower, which will be New York's tallest building, has been beset by delays and its developer has struggled to attract tenants, due partly to fears it could be targeted for another attack. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is building the 1,776-foot (541-meter) skyscraper, has admitted even its own workers do not want to return to the site where nearly 3,000 people were killed. On Thursday, it announced it planned to refer to the building by its address -- One World Trade Center -- because that was easiest for people to identify with. "As we market the building, we will ensure that the building is presented in the best possible way," Port Authority Chairman Anthony Coscia told reporters on Thursday. The plan was savaged by local tabloids. "Free Dumb Tower," was the New York Post's reaction, while the Daily News' front-page headline was: "No More Freedom." Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday he was disappointed. "I would like to see it stay the Freedom Tower but it's their building and they don't need me dumping on them," Bloomberg said on his radio show. "If they could rent the whole thing by changing the name, then they should do that," Bloomberg said, adding the most important part of the rebuilding was a planned memorial. "We're not going to forget what happened down there and in the end the real thing that will tell the story and memorialize and hopefully give us a lesson that this should never happen again is the World Trade Center Memorial," Bloomberg said. George Pataki, who was New York's governor at the time of the attacks, told the Daily News the name Freedom Tower was "symbolic of our commitment to rise above the attacks of September 11." He added the addresses 1 and 2 World Trade Center should never be used again since they were the names of the twin towers. The Port Authority announced on Thursday that after on-again off-gain talks, it signed its first commercial tenant, Vantone Industrial Co Ltd, which rented several floors for a new China Center." (Additional reporting by Ciara Linnane and Thomas J. Ryan; Editing by Claudia Parsons and Peter Cooney) http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE52Q6DS20090327

JstAnotherSub -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:16:09 PM)
id wager there will be such an uproar they will go back to freedom tower.....i think new york, hell the entire country, will raise hell.

vincent63 -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:19:14 PM)
was anyone there when IT happened? i saw the second plane hit

beargonewild -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:20:18 PM)
You'd think that with the new name would indicate a positive step forward in looking towards the future instead of being too focused on the past?

rulemylife -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:33:36 PM)
Personally I think the WTC name should be retained. Just to throw it back in the face of those who destroyed it.

Vendaval -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:37:11 PM)
Either the original "WTC" or "Freedom Towers" would be fine by me.

SpinnerofTales -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:40:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rulemylife Personally I think the WTC name should be retained. Just to throw it back in the face of those who destroyed it. Actually, I had that thought right after it happened, rule. I still believe that what we should have done is really fuck with the terrorist's heads. Rebuild the towers just the way they were, bolt by bolt....and then deny it ever happened. Just think of the results. "We blew up your world trade center!" "No you didn't" "We leveled it..both towers!" "No...it's right there where it always was." "But we have videos showing the destruction!" "I have a video showing bigfoot. It doesn't mean that it's real." We could have had them jumping up and down and going nuts...now THAT'S what I call psychological warfare!

rulemylife -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:42:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Vendaval Either the original "WTC" or "Freedom Towers" would be fine by me. Except re-naming it as the WTC sends a message that I think Freedom Tower lacks.

rulemylife -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:44:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SpinnerofTales quote: ORIGINAL: rulemylife Personally I think the WTC name should be retained. Just to throw it back in the face of those who destroyed it. Actually, I had that thought right after it happened, rule. I still believe that what we should have done is really fuck with the terrorist's heads. Rebuild the towers just the way they were, bolt by bolt....and then deny it ever happened. Just think of the results. "We blew up your world trade center!" "No you didn't" "We leveled it..both towers!" "No...it's right there where it always was." "But we have videos showing the destruction!" "I have a video showing bigfoot. It doesn't mean that it's real." We could have had them jumping up and down and going nuts...now THAT'S what I call psychological warfare! I couldn't agree more.

FullCircle -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:45:01 PM)
How can you call it freedom towers if there is only one of them anyway? Or is it Freedom towers above me like a verb? Where did those architect's get their inspiration from anyway? http://www.johnlewis.com/Home+and+Garden/Bathroom/Small+Accessories/Toilet+Brush+Holders/772/ProductType.aspx

rulemylife -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:49:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FullCircle How can you call it freedom towers if there is only one of them anyway? Or is it Freedom towers above me like a verb? Scroll up. I called it the Freedom Tower. Singular.

FullCircle -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:55:01 PM)
You did yes.

PanthersMom -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 4:58:59 PM)
i love the way you think Spinner, lol!!! PM

windchymes -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 5:00:13 PM)
I don't see why we can't call it both names. The Freedom Tower located at One World Trade Center. I also like the message retaining the name "World Trade Center" sends to the world.

LookieNoNookie -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 5:29:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Vendaval Certain city officials, but not the mayor, of NYC are changing the proposed name of the towers being built to replace the World Trade Center. And as can be expected, most New Yorkers are very angry about this. So what? It's a fucking building (or 5)....big deal. Call it the "Buildings that fell over" or..."the new buildings....I dare you fuckers to knock these things down".....or something else. It's a (group of) building(s). Important buildings....but buildings. It's real estate...symbolic of course...but in the entire scheme of things.... Buildings.

FullCircle -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 5:34:49 PM)
Buildings are important we invest a lot of emotion into them anyone who has ever moved house knows that.

Politesub53 -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 5:42:19 PM)
Its the symbolism that is important. Since the building will be on the same site as the Twin Towers, it will always be a target. Changing the name wont alter that, so I dont see why it shouldnt be called The Freedom Tower.

Vendaval -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 5:42:42 PM)
Lookie, Is it really surprising to you that people who live in the city where this happened have strong feelings about the matter? Come on now, they lost family and friends and lovers and business associates and neighbors and dealt with the dreadfull aftermath of the whole situation.

LookieNoNookie -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 6:08:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Vendaval Lookie, Is it really surprising to you that people who live in the city where this happened have strong feelings about the matter? Come on now, they lost family and friends and lovers and business associates and neighbors and dealt with the dreadfull aftermath of the whole situation. You know what? I was wrong. I apologize...profusely. These are much more than buildings. They defy description. It's impossible to find enough adequate words to define how wrong I was in my previous post.

pahunkboy -> RE: Name change for new World Trade Towers (3/28/2009 6:42:17 PM)
The sky scraper wont be rebuilt. Not in the next 20 years.

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