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DATE | 2002-08-18 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: [wwwac] Seeking designers for NY Soaring Towers Coalition
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On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 12:00:36AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > See the eeditorial on the forst page of > http://www.mrbrklyn.com > > It's so fustratingly obvious > > > On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 11:29:05PM -0400, Alex Santic wrote: > > Greetings WWWACies, > > > > I'm posting on behalf of the New York Soaring Towers Coalition. NYSTC was > > formed by participants from the Listening to the City dialogues that > > recently took place at the Javits Center and online. Our recommendations > > have been added to the public record and are being reported to the LMDC and > > public officials. > > > > The majority of participants in the online Listening to the City event > > strongly supported the idea that the skyline of Lower Manhattan should soar > > back to its previous heights. There are strong indications that New Yorkers > > in general feel the same way. NYSTC is dedicated to ensuring that the > > sentiment among ordinary citizens for rebuilding as tall or taller than > > before should not be ignored. > > > > The choices we make at this critical time will go down in history. The world > > and future generations will reflect on whether we were diminished by the > > terror attacks or triumphed over them. We are committed to the prospect that > > New York will not pass its peak of greatness in our lifetimes. In addition > > to a moving memorial, we believe that the best way to honor the victims of > > the 9/11 tragedy is to rebuild in a manner that stirs the spirit, respects > > the strengths and unique character of our city, and lays the physical and > > psychological groundwork for economic revitalization. > > > > As our organization is just getting off the ground, we would like to hear > > from talented designers who are sympathetic to our mission and would be > > interested in donating time to the cause. We are seeking design proposals > > for our logo, as well as a person to work on the graphic design of the > > website. > > > > If you are interested in contributing design expertise, write back to me > > directly at topofmurrayhill-at-yahoo.com and please include a link to your > > portfolio. > > > > If you have questions about the organization, you can write to the founder, > > Richard Krasney, at NY.soaringtowers-at-verizon.net. > > > > To follow our progress, learn about meetings and contribute ideas, you can > > register on the message board at http://www.soaringtowers.org. Please > > consider introducing yourself in the Newcomers topic of the General > > Discussion forum. > > > > Thanks for your attention. > > > > Alex Santic > > NY Soaring Towers Coalition > > "Taking Lower Manhattan back into the sky" > > http://www.soaringtowers.org > > > > > > > > > > ## Joint WWWAC Networking SIG/NYC-CHI Social Event -- Wednesday, 8/21 ## > > ## The World Wide Web Artists' Consortium --- http://www.wwwac.org/ ## > > ## To Unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: wwwac-unsubscribe-at-lists.wwwac.org ## > > -- > __________________________ > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > __________________________ > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > http://www.nylxs.com/radio - Free Software Radio Show and Archives > http://www.brooklynonline.com - For the love of Brooklyn > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > http://www.nyfairuse.org - The foundation of Democracy > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mp3/dr.mp3 - Imagine my surprise when I saw you... > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... > > 1-718-382-5752 > > >
> To the Editor: > > > I would like to respond to the editorial in your paper on July 31st, > 2002 on the current process for creating a new developement at the World > Trade Center site. > > While I agree that the previous attempts at drawing a new project at the > site is so flawed, and unimagination that it is amazing how it's been > allowed to continue as long as it has, I believe the basic outline the > Times is recomending is just a continuation of the same flawed approach. > > On the beuatiful and warm fall morniong of September 11th last > year, a huge scare was drivin into the collective psycy of our city. > Every morning, when I would cross the Manhattan Brige from Brooklyn, > the view of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Woolworth Building, and the Towers > presented a form of uplifting urban sculpture with a message of hope. > It represented a great city striving ever forward in both space and time. > > When comparing any of the plans for a replacement of the old towers, all > one needs to do is to compare their models to a picture of the original > towers, and it becomes instantly clear what we as New Yorkers, and > especially those of us most affected, those of us who live in Brooklyn, > and lived with the towers everyday, need in order to bring a closure to > the viciuos attack on our city. Nothing short of a replacement of the > grandure and spender of the origianl Towers is required for the health > and long term economic wellbeing of our city. > > We just need them a little taller. > > All the proposals for the memorial will end up with an under utilized > space which doesn't well serve the memory of our lost nieghbors, nor > will it help fix the most important economic issue that we face when > examining honestly, and without bais, the true cost to our city. If we > refuse to rebuild the towers our city will continue for decades to live > in fear and never be healed of the psycological scares which translate > into real financial losses as all our landmarks continue to loose rent > from the fear that they will be targeted next. > > What I would propose is not only Towers of similar design to the original > one, but we should add some important improvements. For one, the towers > should have expanded Sky Lobbies with Aviaries, Restaurants, and Art > Galleries embed in them. They should be redesgned as models of ecological > experieemntation, and the most modern of high tech communications. > And on the top floor, they need to and a new 5 story, open window and > open air exhibit as a memorial to the victems with an eternal flame and > a biography of each victem. And the last floor should be a celebration > of the spirit of NYC, with a full size theater for programs, and the arts. > > This will drive realestate prices downtown and attract world-wide tourism, > not to mention fix our ruined skyline. Our Skyline is New York City's > greatest economic asset, and we can not afford to allow it to remain > scared. > > In order to protect the Towers, we simply need to do what should have > been done years ago. New York City as a whole is a world wide target > of terrorists. Congress was repeatedly warned prior to attack last > fall of the unique nature and problems of Manhattan Island as a whole. > These problems do not disapear simply because we refuse to build our > Towers. Instead, the Empire State Building, the Crysler Builder, the > Statute of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, 26 Federal Plazza, the United > Nations and Verrazano Bridge are targets. > > New York Harbor is the most important strategic asset in North America. > It must be militarized, and it must become a no fly zone. To this day > it is without reason that commercial aircraft fly right over Manhattan > Island. This has to end, and the airspace over Manhattan must become > a no fly zone. Anything that flies over it must be shot down from our > traditional military posts in Fort Hamilton, Governors Island, Fort > Totten and Whitestone. > > In addition, our military response needs to me more forceful. It must > be made clear that the consequences of an attempted attack on American > Soil comes at a heavey price. We have not yet even begun to unfold > the might of the American Military on our known enemies who supported > this attack. This includes not just the terrorists in Afghanastan, > but also the military rulers of Iraq, Iran, North Korean and Syria. > And we must stop playing diplomatic games with nations like Saudi Arabia > and Egypt which continues to pump government spounsored anti-American, > and anti-semitic rhetoric into the daily press. > > Lastly, the New York TImes endorsement for the underground infrastructure > is bewildering. The initial description of the Downtown Subway system as > "disorganized web of subway lines" is just wrong. Those lines between > Brooklyn and Manhattan are smartly laid out for the purpose they were to > serve, which was connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan. Downtown Manhattan > has wonderful access with Brooklyn, the largest Borough in the City. > >From the financial district all the way to City Hall, one doesn't have to > walk more than a block to gain access to midtown or the outer boroughs. > Instead, the Times is suggesting to somehow rip up the currently easy > to access system and move the entire node to no mans land in the West. > In the process, what would happen is that Brooklyn would be effectively > cut off of our own city, and the convient servces from the Borough > Hall, and Altlantic Ave/Dekalb Ave hubs would become useless. This is > not acceptable. Stop wasting our money on such poor ideas. Instead, > build the 2nd Avenue Subway as it was originally designed, running all > the way to the Hoyt/Schermehorn super station and through Brooklyn, and > get serious about fixing the Manhattan Bridge. The only thing that needs > to be fixed under the World Trade Center site is a better designed node > that connects the A,E,N.R, and West Side IRT lines, and a rebuilding of > the Path Train Connection. > > > Ruben Safir > Co-founder and lead writer of Brooklyn on Line > 1600 East 17th Street > Brooklyn USA 11230 > 1-718-382-5752 > http://www.brooklynonline.com > >
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