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Originally Posted by kznyc2k
I'd much prefer One World Trade Center.. it's sounds so much more dignified and corporate (despite the baggage attached to the words World Trade Center), which is the image the gov't should be going for to make the building as attractive to private tenants as possible, and not just end up being a public subsidy in the name of symbolism and "American resilience."
Alas, Freedom Tower is here to stay.
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Even the Twins weren't known popularly as "1 WTC" and "2 WTC." They were known as the Twin Towers. The Empire State Building is named in celebration of the Empire State, New York, so named for its vast resources and wealth. When was the last time anyone objected to how "jingoisic" that name is? I don't see the difference between the two names at all, except that I think freedom is probably more worthy of celebration than mere wealth.