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This morning, Donald Trump unveiled his design for the World Trade Center site, the Twin Towers rebuilt. I was actually impressed. I didn’t think the Freedom Tower looked all that bad. I actually liked the thing, even though it was shaped kind of wierd, but after seeing Trump’s model on the news and being reminded of what the WTC towers looked like, it gave me a sense of pre-9/11 nostalgia.
Honestly, I don’t think the twin 70’s-style megaliths are all that pretty, but they’re big, and they’re New York. While I’ll be happy with whatever they decide to build on the site, I think the idea of a rebuilt Twin Towers would be really darn cool. Two identical towers built with 2005 technology, each one story taller that the originals, is very audacious, and very American.
In spite of my disaproval of Trump’s morals, his business philosophy, and his taste in architecture, I like the guy. He seems to have that bold American spirit (or maybe he just has lots of money and thinks too much of himself). His plan for the WTC site probably won’t go anywhere, but you never know. Still, anything is better than a big hole in the ground.