Friday, March 27, 2009

Sign of the Times

Meh.

The agency that owns the space where the World Trade Center towers stood is freeing itself of the term “freedom” to describe the signature skyscraper replacing the buildings destroyed on September 11, 2001.

The change from Freedom Tower was revealed Thursday at a news conference where the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced the signing of the first commercial lease in the building to a Chinese company. The building is expected to be completed in late 2013.

“We’ve referred to the primary building planned for the site as One World Trade Center—its legal name and street address—for almost two years now, as well as using the name the Freedom Tower,” said Stephen Sigmund, a spokesman for the Port Authority, in a statement released to CNN. “Many will always refer to it as the Freedom Tower, but as the building moves out of the planning stage and into full construction and leasing, we believe that going forward it is most practical to market the building as One World Trade Center.”

(3) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1856 hrs
Culture

  1. It could be worse they could have changed it to the Beijing Industrial Tower.

    Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 27, 2009 at 2118 hrs


  2. Beijing Industrial Tower

    of Chinese Hospitality.

    otherwise known as B.I.T.C.H.

    Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 28, 2009 at 1326 hrs


  3. here we go again with the cheap anti American prostitutes.

    they don’t need money, they need a clawhammer smacked into their teeth.

    Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 28, 2009 at 1603 hrs


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