Comments on: Architects and Builders

by: Garrett Moon

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:51:41 +0000

As an engineer and a former Marine I understand both the form and the substance of what the twin towers embodied; I also understand what our enemies were truly trying to destroy on 9-11. We owe those who were lost on 9-11, and we owe it to the cavemen who tried to destroy us, to rebuild the twin towers taller, stronger, bolder and more magnificent and defiant than ever.

by: John White

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:53:12 +0000

Rebuild the Towers! Better, greener, & stronger. The Dresden Frauenkirche was rebuilt decades after its useless destruction near the end of WWII. Why do some Americans lack the resolve to rebuild the twin towers? Why not dedicate a floor in each new towers at the impact location as memorials to those we lost on 9/11. A living museum is what need,not a silly park or a new icon.

Why do our leaders lack the vision and understanding to do so ? We must rebuild the towers.

by: Cindy Manis

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:06:09 +0000

I am a residential drafter. I love Historical Architecture and would love to see the towers built back as they were, in appearance. But, with better, more solid and safe construction.

by: Laurie Miller

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:01:13 +0000

No other design could ever be (or has been to date) as inspired as the original. The two towers were meant for this site.

by: Bob Keller

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:29:05 +0000

by: Alisha Lewis

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:59:14 +0000

If the walls inside the Empire State Building are marble, and the monuments and memorials in D.C. have these kinds of memorials, then why can’t we incorporate the two?

By engraving their names, and rebuilding our towers, we are saying that we will continue to live our lives the way WE choose, and NOTHING they do can change that, and those lost will be immortalized, and will be a permanent part of the foundation.

By changing the design, we are admitting that they have an effect on us, that we fear them, and that they can control us.

So why give them that power?

by: Tae Hong

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:02:15 +0000

I am one of the partners of Yamasaki Associates, the architect of the Twin Towers. We would love to see our building back on NY’s skyline.

by: Jay Sasser

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:55:29 +0000

by: Timm Boege

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:03:00 +0000

by: Adrian Fruct, P.E.

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:15:42 +0000

by: David Shumaker

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:44:07 +0000

Replace what was taken away. To those who believe rebuilding would only invite a third attack, I respectfully insist that the issue is not the design of the towers but our resolve to rid the planet of the menace of Islamist extremism. To aknowledge such fear is to understand that there is still much work to be done before we’re truly free. Anything short of rebuilding smacks of concession to the enemy and may well prove to be no more than a monument to caving into fear.

by: Kevin Hall

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:43:28 +0000

by: Gadi S Romem

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 05:31:13 +0000

Support rebuild

by: George Pytlik

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:53:22 +0000

by: Herbert Cannon

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:47:07 +0000

by: R. Anthony Steele

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:05:54 +0000

This was my first thought after the towers fell. We need to rebuild them, taller and stronger than they were before. Nothing will show our resolve more clearly, than to reconstruct what was taken from us on that day, as best we can.

No other construction or memorial on the ‘ground zero’ site will ever equal the statement that restoring the twin towers will make.

by: David Chayes {independent building contractor}

Wed, 10 May 2006 15:15:57 +0000

by: Eric Olson

Tue, 09 May 2006 06:35:22 +0000

by: Earl Parson

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:12:05 +0000

by: Matthew Gaetano

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:15:02 +0000

by: Steven Gaetano

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:54:12 +0000

I miss the skyline, the symbol of this great city. I agree to reconstruction and a memorial anything less will be a shame. Bring it back.

by: Chris Potter

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:11:13 +0000

by: Charles Bancroft

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:00:24 +0000

by: Jack Czyzewski

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:08:37 +0000

by: Michael Molinelli

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:45:01 +0000

by: James Deeds, P.E.

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:10:32 +0000

by: richard morin

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 01:58:24 +0000

by: Dennis Norton

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:26:52 +0000

I am proud to become a small part of your enormous endeavor. Though I may disagree with the design concepts, I agree that we must rebuild. May God enable us to create an awe inspiring tribute to the victims and their loved ones!!!

by: David Milazzo

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:51:19 +0000

by: G. Lorenzo Antonacci

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:44:27 +0000

New York skyline without twin towers is… a big nosense!!

by: Scott Hull

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:20:31 +0000

Rebuild the towers !!
Restore the skyline, erase this terrible deed. Get on with it…

by: Designexpo

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:24:51 +0000

Our country’s approach to the WTC site is fundamental flawed. The terrorists only objective is to instill terror in the living hopeing to create a shift in public policy. By leaving two gigantic voids in lower Manhattan we have played directly into the terrorist hands. Posters of “Reflecting Absence” will hang in every al-Qaeda cave as a monument to their success. In defiance of the terrorists we should create a Memorial that celebrates the lives of those lost instead of morn. Bottom line - I believe those we lost on September 11th are looking down on us hoping we stand tall and build something to inspire fellow New Yorkers and the World.

by: Elena Sturdza

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:40:53 +0000

The WTC Memorial looks like one designed by Bin-Laden, not by an American. Two holes in lieu of two majestic towers are exactly what he wished.

The entire 16-acre site should be developed above ground into a true 9/11 Memorial with the Twin Towers and their plaza as its centerpiece, and below ground into a 9/11 Museum and Mausoleums holding the unidentified remains.

A beautiful park with benches shaded by trees around pools of water reflecting the names of those who perished should cover the entire site at the base of new Memorial Twin Towers risen from their ashes in the memory of those who perished inside, and a new Memorial Austin Tobin Plaza built in the memory of those who jumped from the inferno above.

Every little corner of the towers and every square inch of the plaza are full of memories belonging not only to the loved ones, but to our nation�s history as well. This is the site of an event that changed the course of history. If we can rebuild the spaces where 3000 innocent Americans spent their last moments of their life, we definitely should.

Moreover, prior to September 11, the towers were the signatures of Manhattan�s skyline for over 30 years, complementing the statue of Liberty, standing tall by it as the proof of prosperity in a free society. We must rebuild the towers, not one, not five, but two, with their magical power of reflecting the ever changing sky, from sunrise to sunset.

by: Cherie L. Fernandez* Project AVATAR

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:00:07 +0000

The hope of America lies not in suburban sprawl, but in building tall. Let’s reach to the skies for inspiration. Innovative engineers stand ready to answer any challenge. Give us the chance and we’ll give greatness. Rebuild the Twin Towers taller!

by: Jason Bauer

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:50:31 +0000

by: Dunn Savoie Inc. Structural Engineers

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:49:21 +0000

Lets rebuild this thing today! The towers need to be rebuilt Bigger and Stronger. Say no to Terrorism.

by: Robert DuVal

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:48:32 +0000

Rebuild the towers

by: Keith Edwards

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:31:42 +0000

A RESTORATION PLAN FOR THE TOWERS