southsider2k5 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7322400/#050512a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I always thought they should rebuild it the same way they were before too. Just seems right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 "I’d use the original blueprints and design the “new” Trade Center exactly as it had been. But I’d insist that one of the towers be exactly 229 feet, four inches shorter than the other. It’s an uncomplicated gimmick to guarantee remembrance. Because, as long as these new towers would stand, someone unaware would ask, “why is one of them shorter than the other?” Whereupon an old-timer could explain, solemnly, that the difference between the heights of the towers is intentional - it’s exactly 2,752 inches. One inch for each of the victims. It’s all the memorial we really need." That gave me chills.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 QUOTE(Steff @ May 12, 2005 -> 04:31 PM) "I’d use the original blueprints and design the “new” Trade Center exactly as it had been. But I’d insist that one of the towers be exactly 229 feet, four inches shorter than the other. It’s an uncomplicated gimmick to guarantee remembrance. Because, as long as these new towers would stand, someone unaware would ask, “why is one of them shorter than the other?” Whereupon an old-timer could explain, solemnly, that the difference between the heights of the towers is intentional - it’s exactly 2,752 inches. One inch for each of the victims. It’s all the memorial we really need." That gave me chills.. He worded that a bit confusingly to me. 229 feet x 12 inches/foot = 2,748 inches. So if you add four inches to that, then the bigger tower is 2,752 inches. It's not really the difference between the height of the towers, but the height of the tallest tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 QUOTE(Spiff @ May 12, 2005 -> 03:40 PM) He worded that a bit confusingly to me. 229 feet x 12 inches/foot = 2,748 inches. So if you add four inches to that, then the bigger tower is 2,752 inches. It's not really the difference between the height of the towers, but the height of the tallest tower. I think he wants it an inch tall for each victim... but was wrong on the feet. Thought was in the right place.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Oh oh oh, I get it now. It was more a punctuation thing that was confusing me. Nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 QUOTE(Spiff @ May 12, 2005 -> 03:57 PM) Oh oh oh, I get it now. It was more a punctuation thing that was confusing me. Nevermind. I had to read it a few times before I got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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