Originally, the pyramids(tombs), then the cathedrals were the highest
structures approaching the heavens.
Now it is World Trade.
The next towers, should they have anti-aircraft guns?
Tom
On Monday, September 17, 2001 at 19:40, Larry <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: [OM] [OT] Afghanistan thinking," saying..
> NYC doesn't build skyscrapers just for the heck of it, and to "show" how much
> power we have. NYC is the central financial center of the country, and it was
> logistical planning with the WTC to have many interacting agencies within
> walking distance of eachother. The only way to accomplish that efficiently is
> to build up. These particular buildings were not overbuilt with unused space.
> As we all know now, up to 50,000 people a day needed to be there.
>
> Hopefully the winning plan will be to build them visually exactly as they
> were.
>
> Larry
>
> Frank van Lindert wrote:
> >
> > - we have also come to think that it is normal to build skyscrapers
> > over a hundred floors high, to show which power we have over 'the
> > world'.
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