http://www.MakeNYNYagain.comThis is really awesome! The towers will look like the originals, but there will be structural changes to make them much stronger and safer. The original footprints will remain and memorials will be placed on them - the new towers will be set back 300 feet. A 9/11 Memorial Musuem will inter over 10,000 unidentified remains.
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http://archrecord.construction.com/news/wtc/archives/040310teamtwin.aspWhile similar in form to the Twin Towers, the new design, the team says, is built to be much safer. It has a steel skin built in two layers – a tube within a tube- that has much heavier columns and much greater, and redundant, structural support. The design also calls for larger windows for comfort and much improved fireproofing over the original. Other elements include two five-story memorials made of the original steel skin (with replicated steel), access to bedrock, and a list of victims’ names etched in granite.
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http://www.MakeNYNYagain.comThe footprint-based memorials would be delineated with the first five stories of skin from the original Twin Towers or a replica. This, combined with the rebuilt Towers in the background would leave no doubt as to what happened, resulting in a powerful memorial. Within each footprint would be a circle containing half the flags of the 88 nations that lost people during the attacks and a granite wall with a non-hierarchical listing of those who died in that particular building. The north footprint could feature an arbor garden, while the south could feature a fountain. Both would be on a raised platform, shielding visitors from the noise of traffic below.
The 9/11 Memorial Museum would feature a Hall of Heroes where the actions of both uniformed service workers and civilians would be documented. This hall could feature the inducted heroes' photographs, each with a plaque bearing their name, and a synopsis of their actions that day.
Within the proposed 9/11 Memorial Museum, it is possible to inter the 10,315 unidentified remains of 9/11 victims, as well as the fine ash in Fresh Kills suspected of containing unidentified remains. The remains could be hermetically sealed and located in special vaults inside the building.
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This really seems to satisfy the needs of everyone. Those who believe the towers should be rebuilt will get that. Those who believe the footprints should be preserved and/or a memorial should be built on them, will get that. The way this particular memorial is designed, with the steel skin surrounding the footprints, it seems so much more powerful because instead of a lot of empty space with a monument on it, we'll be able to see exactly where those towers stood and where those people died. JMHO :-)