WTC proposal for world's tallest tower
Rooftop and subterranean memorials among other elements proposed by architects.
November 22, 2002: 2:08 PM EST
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Proposals for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site include plans for the world's tallest building, a rooftop memorial for victims of the attack and a subterranean memorial in the footprints of the fallen towers, according to a published report.
The New York Times, quoting a member of the government body that is weighing proposals for the site, said that the new proposals are far more innovative and creative than the first proposals, which were criticized as unimaginative when first released to the public. The proposals now being weighed by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation have yet to be released to the public but should be unveiled next month.
One of the earlier proposals for the World Trade Center site. A member of the agency weighing proposals says the new plans are far more innovative.
"They're really good, and they did things that are so different from one another that it's astounding," said Roland Betts, a LMDC board member who heads the group's planning committee.
Neither Betts nor spokesmen for the LMDC returned calls seeking comments.
Betts said that all the proposals lean towards the high side of the range of office space set by the LMDC -- between 6.5 million and 10 million square feet. The World Trade Center had about 10 million square feet of rentable office space.
The paper said the plans were presented to the LMDC planning committee as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the bi-state agency that owns the site and built and leased the original towers, as well as the staff of New York Gov. George Pataki and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The paper said the LMDC and Port Authority have an uneasy relationship as they try to determine who will have what say over plans for the site. It quoted an unnamed member of the Port Authority as saying its own planning process would have to incorporate the design elements that emerge from the seven architecture teams hired by the development corporation.
Plans to rebuild Seven World Trade Center, a privately-owned skyscraper that stood just north of the twin towers that was also destroyed by the attack, were unveiled Wednesday by developer Larry Silverstein, who owned the lease to the twin towers as well.
Rooftop and subterranean memorials among other elements proposed by architects.
November 22, 2002: 2:08 PM EST
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Proposals for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site include plans for the world's tallest building, a rooftop memorial for victims of the attack and a subterranean memorial in the footprints of the fallen towers, according to a published report.
The New York Times, quoting a member of the government body that is weighing proposals for the site, said that the new proposals are far more innovative and creative than the first proposals, which were criticized as unimaginative when first released to the public. The proposals now being weighed by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation have yet to be released to the public but should be unveiled next month.
One of the earlier proposals for the World Trade Center site. A member of the agency weighing proposals says the new plans are far more innovative.
"They're really good, and they did things that are so different from one another that it's astounding," said Roland Betts, a LMDC board member who heads the group's planning committee.
Neither Betts nor spokesmen for the LMDC returned calls seeking comments.
Betts said that all the proposals lean towards the high side of the range of office space set by the LMDC -- between 6.5 million and 10 million square feet. The World Trade Center had about 10 million square feet of rentable office space.
The paper said the plans were presented to the LMDC planning committee as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the bi-state agency that owns the site and built and leased the original towers, as well as the staff of New York Gov. George Pataki and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The paper said the LMDC and Port Authority have an uneasy relationship as they try to determine who will have what say over plans for the site. It quoted an unnamed member of the Port Authority as saying its own planning process would have to incorporate the design elements that emerge from the seven architecture teams hired by the development corporation.
Plans to rebuild Seven World Trade Center, a privately-owned skyscraper that stood just north of the twin towers that was also destroyed by the attack, were unveiled Wednesday by developer Larry Silverstein, who owned the lease to the twin towers as well.
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