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October 11, 2003
Tallest structure
Ananova reports the possibility of a structure much taller than the 1776 feet envisioned in Daniel Libeskind's proposed construction on the site of the World Trade Center.
After a meeting Mr Libeskind, Roland Betts, a director with the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, told the New York Post: "The reception is better at 2,000ft." Sources at the LMDC, which was formed to oversee the redevelopment of , said Libeskind's latest drawings show the building rising to at least 2,000ft, and possibly as high as 2,100ft.
Yes, please. 1776 has an obvious symbolic value but I believe the sight of the tallest structure in the world would make an even stronger statement.
A minor quibble... the 1483ft Petronas Towers are (just) the tallest buildings in the world (and only because their masts are a permanent part of the structure in comparison with the Sears Tower's antennae which for some reason do not count as such). They are the tallest regularly inhabited "buildings" but not the world's tallest "structure." This remains, for the moment, Toronto's much taller CN Tower at 1815ft or 553m.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 11, 2003 11:15 AM
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Yeah, let's bring this building into the future! Tallest is the best, and lets make it look like all those sci-fi geeks dream of. Something out of Blade Runner, but shinier.
Posted by: jkrank at October 11, 2003 02:21 PM
I don't see much point in trying to build the "tallest building in the world." Sooner or later someone else will build something taller. What I would like to see is a beautiful building (or buildings) rising proudly above the NY skyline. Libeskind's design is stylized wreckage. What kind of statement is that?
Posted by: Lynn S at October 12, 2003 09:28 AM
I am all in favour of something Blade Runneresque. How about a couple of those giant ziggurats?
I was not happy about the Libeskind design initially but it has grown on me... I like the way his tower is a reflection of the Statue of Liberty.
Posted by: Nicholas Packwood at October 12, 2003 11:07 PM