Fighting Over the Space Between
Charles Johnson
Thu Apr 6, 2006 at 7:59 pm PDT • Views: 210
LawHawk has an excellent post about the ongoing political wrangling that has prevented the city of New York from creating something meaningful at Ground Zero in Manhattan: The Battle For Ground Zero, Part 116.
You mean to tell me that the City can’t find a chunk of change to get all the sides to agree on the deal and start the building at Ground Zero? Does no one at the City Council think it odd that they voted on a deal that will result in the city and state spending hundreds of millions on infrastructure at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and that they can’t find the money to get Ground Zero rebuilt? Curious. Where are their priorities? I can certainly understand the need to get infrastructure built in the South Bronx to improve traffic and help the economic development of that area, but when we’re talking about limited resources, shouldn’t they be directed at the area that needs it the most - Ground Zero?
Meanwhile, more bone fragments have been discovered at the Deutsche Bank building. The building is being prepped for deconstruction because it was severely damaged by the attacks and could not be salvaged. The reports that additional bone fragments were discovered comes on the heels of reports that other fragments were found earlier this year at the same site.
Here’s an LGF post from 9/11/2002, on architect Yves Rathle’s vision (and I still believe it’s one of the best designs offered) for the new World Trade Center: The Space Between. A direct link to Yves’ presentation: sYi - a space between.
Frank says: