How to rebuild and remember after 9/11
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Date: 2019-09-12
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Amara Jordan
I was 12, in Tennessee. Second period English. My teacher wheeled a tv in. We saw the people jumping. We saw the towers fall. More people were in that area than my TOWN and we couldnt understand what was happening. The magnitude. My mom rehearsed what to say and how to say it in a way that didnt scare me all the way to pick me up, and was FURIOUS they showed us the tv all day. The teachers wanted to watch and couldnt leave us. That day I realized the world is a terrifying place. It will not pause to destroy you if you happen to be in the way. We are unprepared for that kind of evil. And for us, to see so many grown ups so helpless, it was a shocker. We all grew up that day and realized the world isnt safe, and I dont think we ever felt really safe ever again. Im happy that the memorial is so peaceful, and while its definitely contemplative and it gets across the scope of destruction, its not inherently sad. Im happy about that. Id not want the place Id go to feel close to a family member to be extremely maudlin, if I was in that position. Although, I do think people taking selfies and stuff there is just. so rude. It would be cool if they could have a no phones area, but I understand that would be difficult, so. lets just hope most people are sensitive. This was a wonderful video. I wish there had been a bit more about various design details and why they were changed or at least how, or more information in general about the buildings, but overall, it was very very solid. You did a great job.
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I was 12, in Tennessee. Second period English. My teacher wheeled a tv in. We saw the people jumping. We saw the towers fall. More people were in that area than my TOWN and we couldnt understand what was happening. The magnitude. My mom rehearsed what to say and how to say it in a way that didnt scare me all the way to pick me up, and was FURIOUS they showed us the tv all day. The teachers wanted to watch and couldnt leave us. That day I realized the world is a terrifying place. It will not pause to destroy you if you happen to be in the way. We are unprepared for that kind of evil. And for us, to see so many grown ups so helpless, it was a shocker. We all grew up that day and realized the world isnt safe, and I dont think we ever felt really safe ever again. Im happy that the memorial is so peaceful, and while its definitely contemplative and it gets across the scope of destruction, its not inherently sad. Im happy about that. Id not want the place Id go to feel close to a family member to be extremely maudlin, if I was in that position. Although, I do think people taking selfies and stuff there is just. so rude. It would be cool if they could have a no phones area, but I understand that would be difficult, so. lets just hope most people are sensitive. This was a wonderful video. I wish there had been a bit more about various design details and why they were changed or at least how, or more information in general about the buildings, but overall, it was very very solid. You did a great job.
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Steven Newman
Worked close by since 1980s and lived in Jersey Citym Brooklyn and Manhattan not very far. What was done is OK being generous to what was created. Could have been is hard to deal. We have a plaza that is park-like but park-like behavior is forbidden. Seating is squat granite cubes. You are not allowed to stand on one to gain a better view. The bottom of the inner center of the pools are not visible from plaza level. The pools seem more a memorial to the fallen tower than all the lives lost, no matter the name plaques. I am angry at former NY Governor Geo. Pataki's intervention in the master plan explicitly calling for no buidling on the the 'scared ground of the towers footprints. Have to say it there were dead bodies on and near the site for a distance. It was only a minority who wished the nothing would be rebuilrt. The pools are 2 giant drains. Please give us a fountain up or something, anything to inspire
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Worked close by since 1980s and lived in Jersey Citym Brooklyn and Manhattan not very far. What was done is OK being generous to what was created. Could have been is hard to deal. We have a plaza that is park-like but park-like behavior is forbidden. Seating is squat granite cubes. You are not allowed to stand on one to gain a better view. The bottom of the inner center of the pools are not visible from plaza level. The pools seem more a memorial to the fallen tower than all the lives lost, no matter the name plaques. I am angry at former NY Governor Geo. Pataki's intervention in the master plan explicitly calling for no buidling on the the 'scared ground of the towers footprints. Have to say it there were dead bodies on and near the site for a distance. It was only a minority who wished the nothing would be rebuilrt. The pools are 2 giant drains. Please give us a fountain up or something, anything to inspire
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DrDewott
Very nice video. Now I've been to New York City twice and both times, my groups went to see the 9/11 memorial and one of the times we went into the 9/11 museum. Though the second time we visited we, and all others at the packed memorial were shoved away by the police force due to what they called Daily bomb clearance I mean I know that this is an important site but I felt like that was a little over the top. Also I know this is kind of unrelated but have you considered making a video on Progress City/Epcot? The City design that Walter Elias Disney designed back in the 60's before his death and which he planned to put in the middle of the Disney World property. I feel like it would be a neat thing to research and to see if there's anything from it that could be used in modern city planning.
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Very nice video. Now I've been to New York City twice and both times, my groups went to see the 9/11 memorial and one of the times we went into the 9/11 museum. Though the second time we visited we, and all others at the packed memorial were shoved away by the police force due to what they called Daily bomb clearance I mean I know that this is an important site but I felt like that was a little over the top. Also I know this is kind of unrelated but have you considered making a video on Progress City/Epcot? The City design that Walter Elias Disney designed back in the 60's before his death and which he planned to put in the middle of the Disney World property. I feel like it would be a neat thing to research and to see if there's anything from it that could be used in modern city planning.
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Roland Tours
Two weeks ago, I passed through the Occulus (starchitect Santiago Calatrava's rail concourse cum shopping mall) and visited the Memorial. The Occulus is beautiful, but expensive. Its marble floors are hazardous when wet. The Memorial, surrounded by a park, is very effective. I felt very sad there because I lived through 9/11 and knew some of those killed at the prime of life. I remember the months and months of cleanup. Something not made clear at the Memorial is that 9/11 was not a natural disaster. It was an act of mass murder committed by Islamic terrorists, sanctioned by their religion and supported by Saudi Arabia.
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Two weeks ago, I passed through the Occulus (starchitect Santiago Calatrava's rail concourse cum shopping mall) and visited the Memorial. The Occulus is beautiful, but expensive. Its marble floors are hazardous when wet. The Memorial, surrounded by a park, is very effective. I felt very sad there because I lived through 9/11 and knew some of those killed at the prime of life. I remember the months and months of cleanup. Something not made clear at the Memorial is that 9/11 was not a natural disaster. It was an act of mass murder committed by Islamic terrorists, sanctioned by their religion and supported by Saudi Arabia.
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banana junior 9000
Several things. The tower is called One World Trade, not Freedom Tower and it is not a symbol of freedom but fear. It looks like a gin bottle with a funny thumbtack hat. It is not the tallest in the nation. Willis Tower [Sears] has the highest occupy-able floor. Libeskind's master plan was a beautiful composition. The site now however, is filled with un-associated glass and steel sculptures that do not recognize each other. The transit hub and plaza are successful, in my less-than-humble opinion.
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Several things. The tower is called One World Trade, not Freedom Tower and it is not a symbol of freedom but fear. It looks like a gin bottle with a funny thumbtack hat. It is not the tallest in the nation. Willis Tower [Sears] has the highest occupy-able floor. Libeskind's master plan was a beautiful composition. The site now however, is filled with un-associated glass and steel sculptures that do not recognize each other. The transit hub and plaza are successful, in my less-than-humble opinion.
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Shauday Smith
This memorial is not boring to me in the slightest It's conceptual and evokes personal interpretation. It is a good comparison to liken it to the Vietnam wall as that is a very conceptual piece that received a lot of flak during it's inception. While i would have liked to have seen the underground element come to life, what is there is a good representation of the emotional turmoil and literal physical loss.
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This memorial is not boring to me in the slightest It's conceptual and evokes personal interpretation. It is a good comparison to liken it to the Vietnam wall as that is a very conceptual piece that received a lot of flak during it's inception. While i would have liked to have seen the underground element come to life, what is there is a good representation of the emotional turmoil and literal physical loss.
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vadleany
my mom worked not too far from ground zero for years after, I literally grew up with the pit. It was a much more fitting memorial than the tourist trap up now: all the gnarled guts that were left were about the same depth as the memorial pools are now, and they represented the true grotesqueness of war and post traumatic paranoia better than any dignified memorial made to sell tour tickets ever could.
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my mom worked not too far from ground zero for years after, I literally grew up with the pit. It was a much more fitting memorial than the tourist trap up now: all the gnarled guts that were left were about the same depth as the memorial pools are now, and they represented the true grotesqueness of war and post traumatic paranoia better than any dignified memorial made to sell tour tickets ever could.
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Connor Amlee
That guy who owned the tower sounds like such an entitled jerk. Thousands died, and people want to honor the trauma it did to national sentiment and he wants to take control of the whole planning process and get a new office tower. Go build it somewhere else you prick, this is America's territory now. And I dont even care about 9/11 Just let them have their place
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That guy who owned the tower sounds like such an entitled jerk. Thousands died, and people want to honor the trauma it did to national sentiment and he wants to take control of the whole planning process and get a new office tower. Go build it somewhere else you prick, this is America's territory now. And I dont even care about 9/11 Just let them have their place
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Syrinx The Fox
i was in new york at the memorial the other month and this kid, probs like 10-12 was bottle flipping on the edge if the fountain with the names of the victims. the kids parents were not even doing anything about it. naturally i grabbed the bottle, finished it, and recycled it (cause we tryna save the earth. the kid looked at me like i did something wrong
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i was in new york at the memorial the other month and this kid, probs like 10-12 was bottle flipping on the edge if the fountain with the names of the victims. the kids parents were not even doing anything about it. naturally i grabbed the bottle, finished it, and recycled it (cause we tryna save the earth. the kid looked at me like i did something wrong
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Jan Sten Adámek
When I was there, I didn't really notice the One World Trade Center/Freedom Tower because it's so similar to other skyscrapers and the height difference can't be fathomed from the ground level. The rest is well done, the Transportation Hub is really cool and the memorial is very strong, much more than video can capture. The depth is just massive.
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When I was there, I didn't really notice the One World Trade Center/Freedom Tower because it's so similar to other skyscrapers and the height difference can't be fathomed from the ground level. The rest is well done, the Transportation Hub is really cool and the memorial is very strong, much more than video can capture. The depth is just massive.
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