We must rebuild the World Trade Center as soon as possible. It is irrelevant whether it ever serves again as an office building. We must perform restorative plastic surgery on one of the world's great skylines, replacing what was stolen from one of the world's great cities. The proposed replacements, a spire, a twisted tower, whatever, are like replacing a nose with an ear: what might look fine in it's place looks hopelessly out of place. Let's not leave this gash as a testimony to the terrorists' misguided act. Upon viewing the city's skyline now, our eyes are drawn southward to answer: pre- or post-9/11? We must again be able to view the city without the pang of the missing towers. It is far better that we only wonder: are they the originals or their twins?
Monday, February 19, 2007
Twin Towers' Twins
We must rebuild the World Trade Center as soon as possible. It is irrelevant whether it ever serves again as an office building. We must perform restorative plastic surgery on one of the world's great skylines, replacing what was stolen from one of the world's great cities. The proposed replacements, a spire, a twisted tower, whatever, are like replacing a nose with an ear: what might look fine in it's place looks hopelessly out of place. Let's not leave this gash as a testimony to the terrorists' misguided act. Upon viewing the city's skyline now, our eyes are drawn southward to answer: pre- or post-9/11? We must again be able to view the city without the pang of the missing towers. It is far better that we only wonder: are they the originals or their twins?
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