Whenever I travelled to/through New York City and New Jersey, I thrilled at the sight of the World Trade Center, the Twin Towers. To me, in a sense, they were New York. Even the briefest glance at any photo of the skyline including them let me know immediately what city it was. And while the Empire State and the Chrysler Buildings are awesome, they just don't seem to have the same impact.
Most of us know by now what the original WTC is being replaced with on-site....the Freedom Tower (which I believe has been renamed WTC 1 or something similar) along with its other silly-looking, matching little flunky-buildings.
What I didn't realise was that most of us--"us" being the general American public--don't approve of or even like the new design! So how on earth did it get approved and become, as one journalist put it, a "sinkhole" of money?
I knew of the other plan for the WTC, the one that would essentially replace the old towers; and I can see why some people might resist this. But after surfing around a bit, it seems that many more people are resisting the current plan?
So what's all this babbling about? What am I getting at? As you may have noticed, the title of this blog post refers to a petition--and that petition is to get the WTC rebuilt as it should be! So, if you're interested in signing the petition--or even just curious--visit this site:
The Twin Towers Alliance
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