9/11 Memorial
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- tfsmag0
hmmm my post was deleted out of this thread :/
all i said was something about the same thing as dave bxcar said :(
- robotron3k0
yes, the whole 9/11 thing is still unresolved, as we will probably never find out who those people were that brought it down. Except for being mostly Saudis, there has never been any confirmation of WHO the hijackers, except for Atta and a couple of others, the rest were stolen passports.
recently, there is an eary paralel, between 9/11 and Russia's Belsan tradegy. Of the 30 hostage takers, NONE where Chechen(!?). And like Afghanastan, Chechen has been unbeatable in wars because of it's terrain and, again, like Afghanistan, holds the largest untapped reserve of oil and other valuable resources that russia needs for the future.
1 million chechens have been bombed for years by moscow, here is a pic of downtown Grozny,
don't think they can hurt them much more... but we will seeafter i saw the towers fall from my brooklyn apt., for the following 2 months i had to keep my windows closed because of the smell of burning because the fires continued for 6 months afterwards, and now after all these years, i know, and after the usless war, that, mass death for mass death is not justifyable, not for any reason.
sorry just had to vent.
- reluct0
< see Daniel Libeskind doc post in PBS.
- robotron3k0
yeah, i'm not sure if libeskind had the best design for wtc (he just had the best story in the limited 20 presentation time-of his family coming to america through NY harbor), but he got publically screwed with his design, but that's the way it is in nyc ("la cosa nostra"), everyone has to put there hands in the jar regardless. at least calatrava will be doing the terminal http://www.calatrava.com/ and something on south street later on...
- mbr0
I am happy about Calatrava's rise to stardum. I've been a big fan for many years and think he's one of the best out there today.
I will say that Libeskind's museum here in Denver is looking pretty sharp (literally). I like it a lot and am enjoying watching the construction process.
His entry was mediocre at best, but if you saw the others (they had an exhibit for a while there), you'd see they had crap to choose from. Real crap. Some of the worst designs I've seen for contemporary high rises. The biggest joke was the Meier/Eisenamn/whoever entry. I still think it was a joke on the whole thing.
It was a mess from day one and it just got worse. His was the best design, though, out of those that contributed.
- spifflink0
9/11........my birthday......kinda a downer..........i came first though. i beat it by 17 whole years. but still....... no dice
- ribit0
Of course we should be talking about 11/9
crazy backwards US date system...