Interesting to not that New York State....

[MissTaken]

hasn't pulled the photo of the Twin Tours from their official website home page.

While Hollywood and other segments of the media have been very cautious in their NYC portrayals, it is interesting that NYS hasn't made the change.

How does anyone feel about this? Is it even an issue?

Just wondering.

 

[Kymberley]

very eerie

Just watch any reruns of Friends, Spin City, and other shows filmed in New York. The twin towers are still in the reruns.

 

[lobito]

as tragic as it is, it's also good to have them still somewhere, anywhere. I wear my Hard Rock New York City Shirt as often as I can, JUST so I can see the twin towers again and again. It's a reminder, however somber, that something important happened there.

 

[MissTaken]

Hmm Thanks.

I actually have been on the fence on this one.

When I saw the picture, I thought how beautiful the towers are. I have always thought so,.

Then, wondered how many people were in there at the time of the photo who didn't make it out. I realize that sounds like a gruesome thought, but I am in a blue frame of mind tonight.

 

[Phoenyx]

hollywood has ben pulling the images cause it does not want to seem to be in bad taste...HAH Hollywood wroorying about things bein in bad taste.

 

[MissTaken]

Good point!

but like lobito said, remembering isn't a bad thing!



It will be interesting to see how things play out.

 

[Calamity Jane]

I am on the fence on this one too. While I understand the desire not to seem insensitive by 'flaunting' images of the towers in movies, etc. in the near future, I don't think all images should be pulled. I watched Armageddon this week while camping, and saw a meteor take the top off of one of the towers (how ironic is that?). If anything the image was MORE powerful because of recent events.

I was actually thinking of designing t-shirts as part of a fund raiser. The shirts would feature the towers as the main graphic. We NEED to remember what happened, not pretend that the towers never existed.

 

[radius]

i still cannot believe it. i have been hesitating going into the city. i will be there on monday, so then i can have an opinion. as for now. i like to see the visuals that remain.

 

[Bubblegoose]

I was in NYC last week and it was amazing the amount of suffering that the city its self feels. Everywhere I went, people seemed sober. I am a Londoner so I am not used to the USA but I could still feel it. I passed by the remains of WTC and saw the pictures taped up, the flowers there, and I just began crying hysterically.

 

[shadowsource]

Leave 'em up -

I always hated those buildings - thought they were ugly and dangerous - but I hate the way our society rewrites history to make nice. They towered over us and they were erased and I see no reason why NYS, which essentially built and owned them 'til quite recently, should pretend that none of this ever happened. It's too much like not mentioning the weird, missing aunt at the holiday dinner.

 

[Samuari]

Re: Leave 'em up -

I always hated those buildings - thought they were ugly and dangerous - but I hate the way our society rewrites history to make nice. They towered over us and they were erased and I see no reason why NYS, which essentially built and owned them 'til quite recently, should pretend that none of this ever happened. It's too much like not mentioning the weird, missing aunt at the holiday dinner.

I would like to see them replaced with somthing equally "in your face", but really we can do better say something on the lines of the Chrysyler Building. We can can make a statement and still make it look good.

 

[Mensa]

Flipping the bird

Last I heard, the owner of the WTC property planned to replace them with four sixty-story buildings. Less symbolism.

I still like the idea of replacing them with five towers in the shape of a raised middle finger.

 

[Sateema Lunasi]

I think that instead of spending so much money on rebuilding the towers or putting some huge memorial there, the money that would have been used to do all that should go to the victims families, and to reputable charities in the victims' names. I think THAT should be their memorial.

 

[Mensa]

Noble sentiments

I think that instead of spending so much money on rebuilding the towers or putting some huge memorial there, the money that would have been used to do all that should go to the victims families, and to reputable charities in the victims' names. I think THAT should be their memorial.

You can't leave a prime piece of downtown Manhattan real estate empty with a huge hole in the ground. It just isn't practical or wise.

 

[Sateema Lunasi]

You are right. Very right. I just don't agree with the news stories I am hearing about building multi-million dollar memorials there.

 

[April]

There's a huge crunch for office space. Any memorial will, of necessity, be small and not take up much room.

 

[Samuari]

Something could be done at St Paul's, which is just accross the street, but was undamaged. It is a pretty little church, one of the oldest buildings in Manhattan, and owned by Trinity Parish on Wall Street, which has a long history of public service. The new buildings would be a memorial of a sort, just by being there.