About Face
Photo: The Twin Towers Alliance
City Journal
“The Port Authority’s Cloudy Future“
Transportation Nation
“Tolls Rise On NY-NJ Port Authority Crossings Despite AAA Lawsuit“
The Chief
Talking Turkey
Photo: The Port Authority of NY & NJ
For almost 200 years “talking turkey” has meant “to discuss a problem in a serious way with a real intention to solve it.” But the first three items above are examples of how facts are an endangered species at Ground Zero…
The Star-Ledger piece on the “spire” is one of the few reports that call into question the assumption that the Freedom Tower will ever be able to legitimately claim to be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, with a roof height that is almost one hundred feet shorter than the Willis/Sears Tower. Most “reports” just ignore the obvious and dutifully call the antenna a “spire” as if people don’t have eyes in the heads, or brains.
The latest Silverstein scam to hold the airlines responsible for the damage to WTC 7 is another example of contortionist thinking. Silverstein would much rather pick the flying public’s pocket to force the airlines’ insurance companies to “finally” “pay up in order to finish the rebuilding of the World Trade Center” when he has yet to account for all the insurance money that has already passed through his hands and yet there is so little to show for 3.5 billion dollars. Mr. Silverstein’s schnorrer routine is offensive and the public deserves a full accounting of what he has invested versus what he has received.
The HuffPo piece is a lame effort to deflect attention from the elephant droppings at the 9/11 Museum — the horrifying loss to priceless artifacts that would have happened if the Museum had opened on schedule. Burying the museum underground at exorbitant cost that has been and will continue to be subsidized by the public was not just willful, it was reckless. There is only one way to handle the calls from 9/11 Families to reexamine the direction of the museum — take them to heart.
The Star-Ledger
“World Trade Center spire en route from Canada“
USA Today
“Judge removes United from World Trade Center case“
The Huffington Post
TIME Magazine
“China Plans to Build the World’s Largest Skyscraper in Just 90 Days“
A Dose of Reality
New York Times
Variety
“16 Acres“
Until we write a comprehensive review of “16 Acres–The Movie” here is the short version:
This documentary does an impressive job of documenting opinions as if they were facts.
What is Past is Prologue
Photo: National 9/11 Memorial and Museum
Wall Street Journal
“Protecting 9/11 Artifacts From Floods “
WNYC News
“Some Large Artifacts at 9/11 Museum Exposed to Sandy Flood Waters “
The New York Times
“9/11 Museum Memorializing One Catastrophe, Learning From Another“
Associated Press
Hell and High Water
CNN.com
“Gov. Cuomo: Sept. 11 museum filled with water“
Crain’s New York
“World Trade Center flooded with 20 feet of water“
BuilderOnline.com
“Flooding at the World Trade Center site“
The Real Deal
“Sandy floods World Trade Center site; damage assessment underway“
Reuters
“Floodwater pumped from New York’s Ground Zero“
The New York Observer
“Army Corps to Begin Pumping Water Out of Lower Manhattan Tomorrow“
CNN.com
“Gov. Cuomo: Sept. 11 museum filled with water“
The New York Post
WNYC News
“WTC Site Floods, But Officials Say Buildings Will Be Hurricane-Proof “