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Mar 15, 2022 12:05 AM |
Meanwhile progress continues on the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, although the opening date is no longer certain to be Easter 2022 in April.
https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/03/st-...manhattan.html
The windows added to the west facade have glass that is reminiscent of the quality of glass that the original world trade center lobby glass had ( https://utdr.utoledo.edu/islandora/object/utoledo:2852, https://www.toledoblade.com/news/Wor...s/200109110068). A nice change from the endless sea of (often sky blue colored) mirror curtain wall glass imo.
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Originally Posted by jbermingham123
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Exactly my thoughts. Yet another politician just revealed herself as a sociopath. This has to be one of the clearest cases I've seen of invoking 9/11 survivors for political purposes, without any regard for what they want or think.
I mean first of all, remember quite a lot of 9/11 survivors had jobs in.. wait for it.. the world trade center. These werent just any run-of-the-mill "paper-pushers", these were high-achieving, highly-educated people, working for presigious companies; not excactly the types looking for affordable housing. Obviously the first responder survivors are a different story, as are building staff survivors. But it just shows this woman literally didnt even think about 9/11 survivors she was pretending to care about before saying this.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
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Also, all 9-11 victim's families received a seven-figure payment, courtesy of the American taxpayer, on top of any life insurance, corporate or legal claims. Why would they also get a subsidized apartment on a superprime location in the middle of Manhattan?
Can the craven politicians please stop milking this horrible tragedy?
Also, why would you build a 100% subsidized housing tower on some of the most valuable land on the planet? Completely idiotic. The tower should be 100% market rate, and if politicians want subsidized housing, fine, put it on less valuable land.
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All excellent points. I really hope that squabbling and politicizing the rebuilding process doesn't further delay the construction of 5 WTC. The Port Authority has even said they would lose money on such a deal of ensuring 100% affordable housing at 5 WTC:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220125...ort-authority/
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Originally Posted by TonyNYC
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5 WTC will be a nice addition to the WTC but it will not be complete until 2 WTC finally goes up.
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At this point it's more likely that construction will start on 5 WTC before 2 WTC does and be finished before then as well since 5 WTC is shorter than 2 WTC. Currently construction on 5 WTC is expected to begin in 2023 and be completed in 2028. In the meantime, a start date for above ground construction hasn't even been announced for 2 WTC, and priority in constructing that tower likely won't pick up until construction on the PAC is completed (which is expected to be late 2022 early 2023 at the earliest) and which is now only expected to open in fall 2023: https://www.archdaily.com/976581/wha...nues-look-like
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Innovative construction techniques, on the other hand, allow for new architectural landmarks to be built out of clean slates. The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, which is slated to open in the fall of 2023 on the World Trade Center site, emphasizes flexibility as its hallmark. The multidisciplinary venue will be composed of four reconfigurable theaters to accommodate various artistic choices and volumes of attendance. “The first venues to reopen after lockdown were those with flexible spaces, such as The Shed, Park Avenue Armory, or St Ann’s Warehouse,” noted the Perelman’s president, Leslie Koch. According to Koch, their interchangeable configuration, rather than the conventional fixed seat arrangement, helped her team to commit to their original construction plan.
The ambitious cultural venture—for which the leadership has tapped REX, Davis Brody Bond, Charcoalblue and Rockwell Group to oversee the design of various sections—will also introduce cutting-edge technology that connects stage arts with the digital realm. “We’ve witnessed new ways of connectivity through technology in the last two years, and the performance arts field can benefit from this broadened accessibility,” Koch notes. Equipped with built-in wiring, the venue will be a testing ground for tech-savvy shows which have the potential to include streaming of international performances, presentations in the metaverse, and experiments with gaming technology.
“Learning from the pandemic, we now believe we have to further strengthen the sense of place, purpose, and safe social interaction,” adds Hollwich. Chu notes that, “there is now the sense of safety that needs to be addressed for theater-goers entering a venue, from small details to the overall experience.” Koch concludes that awareness for innovation and adaptability is the key for tomorrow’s venues to “start new forms of access and interaction with the audience.”
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