Rude observation on 'world's biggest aluminum siding job'

[austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net]

> the WTC buildings were not great architecture. what if
> the terrrrorrrrists had a Western sensibility to good
> architecture? they might have picked the Chrysler
> building which is almost as tall and is a masterpiece
> with its stainless steel Art Deco gargoyles.
>
> in the operational planning of it, 2 100 storey buildings
> at the south tip of Manhattan, highjacking 2 fully fueled
> up airliners and navigating under considerable
> stress while practicing Islamic meditation therapy and
> mummbling prayers, hitting the WTC towers was their
> way of trying to plant a dagger into the heart of their enemy,
> America the Great Satan.
>
> but what if they had instructed the their highjackers to
> aim for midtown Manhattan? fly down the Hudson from
> high enough to see the whole Manhattan conurbation
> and aim for the tallest collection of skyscrapers which
> is just below the south end of easily spotted Central Park
> from 59th street to 34th street where the Empire State
> building stands.
>
> now THAT would have been a dagger in the heart!
>
> i visited so-called Ground Zero last summer and
> it is a teeny tiny bit of real estate surrounded by
> a chain-link fence. big fucking deal! 40,000 neighbors
> meet death on the highway ever year colliding in their
> absurd road chariots and they are just blips on the
> local TV news.
>
> and the new highest highrise in Austin (36 stories)
> according to its architect was inspired by the Chrysler
> building. if only it were 3x as tall! I can just see it from
> my living room. so please drop by & have a beer with
> me this month for Auld Lang Syne. phone # is 479-6290
>
> Mike
>

I remember very well the aesthetic and community concerned opposition when
they first planned those beasts for lower Manhattan. It was truly
architorture, business in-your-face arrogance, and they contributed about
as much aesthetic appeal as a couple of aluminum bars.

I wonder if anyone has surveyed all the thousands of people who, about
this time of year, must be secretly enjoying all that sunshine they were
denied by monster shadows, since 1970.

Good riddance, I say.

And I've had the same thought about all the wailing and gnashing: American
cars kill 4,000 a month and nobody wants to go bomb Detroit or Dearborn.

Hippie-krits.

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