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Originally Posted by weatherguru18
Question: why was the diamond design taken out of consideration? I apologize if this has already been answered. I only lurk periodically.
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I'm not sure, may have to do with floor layout?
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Frankly, the entire redevelopment of lower manhattan has been a disaster. Not a single one of the buildings is iconic in any way. IMO, they lack in imagination, inspiration, and fall short of paying tribute to the twin towers. I realize that office vacancy’s and dollars are the gate keepers to huge developments, but this is a very special situation and I feel like this could have really been a global landmark that replaces office space and paid tribute to the victims (although I love the foot prints).
This may be New York but it’s a city that stands for us all and it’s sad that the best they could come up with to rebuild better and stronger was 4 uninspiring buildings, one with a crappy antenna with no cladding.
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I partially agree, they could have done better. I think 1WTC has a lot of potential but I dislike the mechanical floors where the plane hit and hate the unfinished top. If you factor those out it's a cool building.
If they ever finish all five buildings I'll be happy. It's certainly better than some of the other proposals for the site.