1st WTC Proposal Looks Like Ca-Ca
The New York Times today unveiled the first of seven proposals for Ground Zero in New York City. Here's a photo:
Yuck! First of all, nothing will look good on this spot. Basically they will be building on top of the grave of thousands of people. They should leave the spot alone like one would a ship that has sunk.
Here's my idea: create a large empty plaza where the two buildings once stood. As a person comes up to the the building perimeter they step down a couple steps. There, white marble covers the entire ground except for the building outline and a sample diagram of one of the floors. This diagram would be black marble and would show where the elevators were, office doors, offices and cubicles. It will be a stark reminder to all what once stood there, a permanent memorial to those that perished and not just another office building. In a town where real estate is a premium, the best memorial is to not build anything.
