Freedom Tower

PT said:
So what, the planes are just gonna glance off the side of it next time?
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The article details the extra measures:

The tower's cubic base will be clad in luminous materials — probably a mixture of stainless steel and titanium — that will be shimmering and light-reflective as well as blast-resistant, according to an online description of the redesign issued by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.
The strengthened structure, as proposed in the original design, will exceed city fire code requirements and include extra fireproofing, as well as biological and chemical filters in its air supply system.

Other safety features from the original design will include extra-wide emergency stairs, a dedicated staircase for firefighters, enhanced elevators housed in a protected core, and "areas of refuge" on each floor. Stairs, communications, risers, sprinklers and elevators will be encased in 3-foot-thick walls.
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I know, that's not going to prevent a plane from flying into it but how is a building supposed to prevent that?

You know what, I'm glad it looks more like the old towers did. It's a good mixture of the old and the new. I really wish they would build two of them, side by side, as a big FUCK YOU! We've lost enough already, why put one tower where there used to be two?

But yea, costs and political squabbles can't even get a groundbreaking scheduled for ONE tower, much less two. Fucking politics and Bloomberg. What a bunch of weenies.

The interest in the building of this tower is going to be tremendous for NY'ers. A further healing for everyone, I think. I can't wait until they get off their asses and start it. I know it's estimated to last until 2009 but they just need to get started.
 
greenfreak said:
The article details the extra measures:


I know, that's not going to prevent a plane from flying into it but how is a building supposed to prevent that?
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How about a couple anti-aircraft batteries on the roof? I know I'd feel safer.
 
HomeLAN said:
How about a couple anti-aircraft batteries on the roof? I know I'd feel safer.
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I was thinking the same thing. :lol:
unc said:
I still say it needs to be a huge 5 piece building with a nice gleaming middle finger pointing towards the east.
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:grinyes:
 
You don't have to like him to like his idea. (rebuild one story taller)
 
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