The twin towers of the WTC were not just buildings to me but a symbol of solidarity, stability, innovation and most of all of home. I grew up watching the towers rise from across the river and I never shed my sense of wonder at their power and greatness. As I grew older they were always welcoming like an old friend greeting you and letting you know you were back in that place where you belonged. When my first son was born his bedroom window looked out onto the river and the towers loomed brig
The twin towers site leaves a hole in my heart . i grew up watching them being built, and lost several friends on 9/11. I believe we must rebuild while making sure to respect those lost.
My heart is full with emotion as I type…. I moved from NY (Bronx) to Florida in 2002, I was there when it all happened, I think I speak for my self and new yorkers….. rebuilding the towers will definetly bring some much needed healing to our hearts. Rebuild the towers, let’s let the world know our souls were shattered by a bunch of cowards on 9/11… but we are the greatest nation in the world and we are back, we are not afraid! and there will be twin towers again, GO TWIN TOWERS II!
I would love to see those towers back on the skyline. It would make NYC feel like NYC again. It would restate the city’s power, fearless strength and healing.
I am glad they have stopped construction on two of the towers in the present design. Now we have a real chance of seeing these buildings become a reality.
The Twin Towers have become synonymous to New York City. After 9/11, we were told not to let terror control us and to go about our lives as normal. But how can things ever be truly normal when the skyline is still incomplete? Rebuilding the towers would be the biggest sign to the world that New York and America will not let evil destroy us. Also, a memorial dedicated to the thousands of individuals lost that day, their stories and the artifacts crafted by families to honor them in the WTC site.
Bring back the original towers! The Freedom Tower is almost an insult, not only to the original design, but to the men and women who were murdered on 9/11. Rebuilding the towers as they were, in fact bigger and better, is the only fitting tribute.
They NEED to bring back the Twin Towers. The Freedom Tower is going to RUIN the look of New York City, and it is an INSULT to this City! The skyline wont look right with the Freedom tower in place. Now imagine, a skyline with some UGLY GLASS TOWER sticking out like a SORE THUMB! I, for one, support this plan to bring back the Twin Towers, and I would be pissed off if they build the Freedom Tower. It just doesn’t look right, especially for Manhattan, so support this plan and sign the petiton. -R
Having been born and raised in the city, the towers were always an icon of the majesty of scope of life in New York. I remember looking up in awe at them as a boy and as an adult, being comforted by seeing them from almost any point on the streets of the city. Since they’ve been gone, things haven’t been the same. I lost a cousin, a firefighter, in the towers and I know he would want them back the way they were.
It’s time for the families and the bureaucracy to step aside and bring the towers back.
I love New York and believe the original towers should be rebuilt with appropriate safety measures. NYC people will ALWAYS prevail and can will continue to rise above what happened in 2001.
I think not rebuilding the towers is a joke. They made the city. New York is tough and grimy. A bunch of pointy shiny structures in the middle of downtown just don’t fit in with the architecture or feel of the city. When I look at pictures of the city before 9/11 I just want to cry that it’ll never be like that again.
I would LOVE to see those two buildings re-built!
The Twin Towers is what makes New York what it is! Re-building them is the right thing to do! Don’t let the terrorists win, And as for the freedom tower? Scrap it! It’s an odd looking building that doesn’t belong in New York. Doesn’t fit in with the rest of the buildings, it doesn’t look good! Everyone wants the Twin Towers rebuilt. So do all the New Yorkers a favor and put the Twin Towers back were they belong! Make it happen!
That horrible Freedom Tower design is a sorry replacement for our Towers. We would be sending those responsible for that day a big F.U. by rebuilding the WTC as it was.
The twin towers should be rebuilt. Why should we have to settle for the Freedom Tower. Something was taken away from us by terrorists, it should be placed back to show them that we will not let them take anything away from our Country. They need to be built better and stronger so nothing can take them down.
When the Twin Towers were bombed in 1993 it was a sad day. When the Twin Towers were destroyed in 2001 that was a very sad day but we can’t let that happen again because no planes should fly over Manhatten. Twin Towers should be rebuilt with more steel NOT THE FREEDOM TOWER!!!!!!!!
Rebuild! The “freedom tower”, with it’s Orwellian name and graceless form, is an insult. Bring back the #1 most recognizable piece of architecture in the US!
The New York skyline, and the city in general would be far better off without the “Fear Tower” serving as both a massive white flag in the face of our enemies and as an eyesore that does no justice to what this great city is really all about. I honestly cannot express more support in only a few words….please, PLEASE help to get the towers rebuilt. New York City and America as well will be better off for it.
I don’t believe that we should be living in a state of paranoia or fear that this could happen again. If it will, then it will regardless of whether or not we restore the buildings to their former splendor or create a gigantic concrete structure that looks horrible and instills a quiet air of hostility to the people that have to walk by it every day. Give us a building, or rather a pair of them, that we can be proud of as New Yorkers.
This would be a symbolic effort to rebuild our great democracy — please restore the twin towers. It would help our nation heal. This would also be a step toward Truth and Reconciliation; please re-investigate 9/11! The truth shall set you free. No more lies. No more war.
This is our country! Why are we letting such a small group of people make such a large decision for the whole country. I have seen the proposed plans to build back the towers bigger & stronger than before. I think they are the best plans I have seen so far for the WTC site. The freedom tower is not very impressive. The WTC site is more than 16 acres it is still not late to build these landmarks & symbols of America back where they belong.
Rebuild the Towers exactly the way they stood in 2001. That would be the ultimate memorial to the many who died on that day. The cowards who did this to us should be denied the satisfaction of changing the skyline of New York forever. Every time I look at the NY skyline and see the void where the Towers were, I remember this cowardly attack. We should fix this and return the Towers to their glory. That would be a huge slap in the face for these idiot terrorists.
Rebuild the original Twin Towers not some space age modern nightmare. The Twin Towers were New York and that’s what should be in that area with respectful space provided for the friends, families, and co-workers we lost.
I refuse to accept the fact that the government is gonna replace our Twin Towers w/ the overbudget Freedom Tower cause some other culture filled with evil destroyed the Twin Towers.
The only right thing to do is rebuild the twin towers. Bigger and stronger than before! That’s the american way. It’s definitely the new york way! We can’t replace the towers with something that is “less than” what was originally there. The “freedom” tower is much less than the twin towers.
definately rebuild the towers. it does look like a Giant needle. it just shows a troubling case and trend of expediantcy mediocracy which has infected this counrty.
God I want my twin towers back. I was a child in the late 1970s. And a teenager in the 1980s. I grew up with the twin towers. I loved them. My heart broke on 9/11. And my heart still aches not seeing those buidlings today. I saw the interview of Chris Ward on 1600. Where is his courage? His Honor for those who died there? He’s a coward. Allowing Bin Laden and Al Qaeda to dictate what is built in NY. Bring back my twin towers. Heal my heart. If the FT is built my heart will forever be broken.
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Any other project for that land mass in Lower Manhattan is unacceptable and will waste space and money for the next century. Do the right thing, rebuild the towers for the next generation to know what we stood for.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS, BUT STRONGER & TALLER THAN BEFORE! RESTORE MANHATTAN’S SKYLINE TO ITS RIGHTFUL HONOR & PROVE TO THE TERRORISTS THAT THEY CAN NEVER BREAK THE AMERICAN SPIRIT!
Enough already! Enough decision-by-committee. Want to send a message? Build them back to the way they were on September 10th, 2001. Stop the madness. NYC suffered when 9/11 happened and it’s insane that the city is still suffering from a lack of leadership on this. The area is a business zone, a symbol of a free society…that is why it was hit and that is what it needs to become again…not some multi-purpose, politcally correct memorial that won’t be worthy of the lives that were lost there.
The only way to rebuild the World Trade Center is to have the twin towers once again even if they have to be placed 300 feet to the east of the original twin towers. New technology can make the new twin towers than the original ones. New twin towers will send a statement to terrorists saying we put back up what you knocked down.
The Twin Towers must be re-built exactly as they looked before the attacks in memory of those who died needlessly. If not, then the terrorists have won. The replacement Freedom Tower is unnecessary and with the recession, has no place in downtown Manhattan. I always loved to visit the outside deck on the 110th Floor. The new Tower would have no such outdoor deck as an observatory. The proposed observatory will have glass that reflects lights and will offer a poor view.
The twin towers of the WTC were not just buildings to me but a symbol of solidarity, stability, innovation and most of all of home. I grew up watching the towers rise from across the river and I never shed my sense of wonder at their power and greatness. As I grew older they were always welcoming like an old friend greeting you and letting you know you were back in that place where you belonged. When my first son was born his bedroom window looked out onto the river and the towers loomed brig
The twin towers site leaves a hole in my heart . i grew up watching them being built, and lost several friends on 9/11. I believe we must rebuild while making sure to respect those lost.
My heart is full with emotion as I type…. I moved from NY (Bronx) to Florida in 2002, I was there when it all happened, I think I speak for my self and new yorkers….. rebuilding the towers will definetly bring some much needed healing to our hearts. Rebuild the towers, let’s let the world know our souls were shattered by a bunch of cowards on 9/11… but we are the greatest nation in the world and we are back, we are not afraid! and there will be twin towers again, GO TWIN TOWERS II!
I would love to see those towers back on the skyline. It would make NYC feel like NYC again. It would restate the city’s power, fearless strength and healing.
I am glad they have stopped construction on two of the towers in the present design. Now we have a real chance of seeing these buildings become a reality.
The Twin Towers have become synonymous to New York City. After 9/11, we were told not to let terror control us and to go about our lives as normal. But how can things ever be truly normal when the skyline is still incomplete? Rebuilding the towers would be the biggest sign to the world that New York and America will not let evil destroy us. Also, a memorial dedicated to the thousands of individuals lost that day, their stories and the artifacts crafted by families to honor them in the WTC site.
Hands down, the best proposal for the World Trade Center.
Bring back the original towers! The Freedom Tower is almost an insult, not only to the original design, but to the men and women who were murdered on 9/11. Rebuilding the towers as they were, in fact bigger and better, is the only fitting tribute.
They NEED to bring back the Twin Towers. The Freedom Tower is going to RUIN the look of New York City, and it is an INSULT to this City! The skyline wont look right with the Freedom tower in place. Now imagine, a skyline with some UGLY GLASS TOWER sticking out like a SORE THUMB! I, for one, support this plan to bring back the Twin Towers, and I would be pissed off if they build the Freedom Tower. It just doesn’t look right, especially for Manhattan, so support this plan and sign the petiton. -R
Having been born and raised in the city, the towers were always an icon of the majesty of scope of life in New York. I remember looking up in awe at them as a boy and as an adult, being comforted by seeing them from almost any point on the streets of the city. Since they’ve been gone, things haven’t been the same. I lost a cousin, a firefighter, in the towers and I know he would want them back the way they were.
It’s time for the families and the bureaucracy to step aside and bring the towers back.
Agreed. Nothing more inspiring. I want my city back. This is the perfect way to do it, while honoring those that lost their lives on 9/11.
I love New York and believe the original towers should be rebuilt with appropriate safety measures. NYC people will ALWAYS prevail and can will continue to rise above what happened in 2001.
The proposed WTC plan is a national embarrassment. The towers should be rebuilt.
I think not rebuilding the towers is a joke. They made the city. New York is tough and grimy. A bunch of pointy shiny structures in the middle of downtown just don’t fit in with the architecture or feel of the city. When I look at pictures of the city before 9/11 I just want to cry that it’ll never be like that again.
God Bless
I would LOVE to see those two buildings re-built!
The Twin Towers is what makes New York what it is! Re-building them is the right thing to do! Don’t let the terrorists win, And as for the freedom tower? Scrap it! It’s an odd looking building that doesn’t belong in New York. Doesn’t fit in with the rest of the buildings, it doesn’t look good! Everyone wants the Twin Towers rebuilt. So do all the New Yorkers a favor and put the Twin Towers back were they belong! Make it happen!
That horrible Freedom Tower design is a sorry replacement for our Towers. We would be sending those responsible for that day a big F.U. by rebuilding the WTC as it was.
The twin towers should be rebuilt. Why should we have to settle for the Freedom Tower. Something was taken away from us by terrorists, it should be placed back to show them that we will not let them take anything away from our Country. They need to be built better and stronger so nothing can take them down.
When the Twin Towers were bombed in 1993 it was a sad day. When the Twin Towers were destroyed in 2001 that was a very sad day but we can’t let that happen again because no planes should fly over Manhatten. Twin Towers should be rebuilt with more steel NOT THE FREEDOM TOWER!!!!!!!!
Rebuild! The “freedom tower”, with it’s Orwellian name and graceless form, is an insult. Bring back the #1 most recognizable piece of architecture in the US!
The New York skyline, and the city in general would be far better off without the “Fear Tower” serving as both a massive white flag in the face of our enemies and as an eyesore that does no justice to what this great city is really all about. I honestly cannot express more support in only a few words….please, PLEASE help to get the towers rebuilt. New York City and America as well will be better off for it.
I don’t believe that we should be living in a state of paranoia or fear that this could happen again. If it will, then it will regardless of whether or not we restore the buildings to their former splendor or create a gigantic concrete structure that looks horrible and instills a quiet air of hostility to the people that have to walk by it every day. Give us a building, or rather a pair of them, that we can be proud of as New Yorkers.
This would be a symbolic effort to rebuild our great democracy — please restore the twin towers. It would help our nation heal. This would also be a step toward Truth and Reconciliation; please re-investigate 9/11! The truth shall set you free. No more lies. No more war.
This is our country! Why are we letting such a small group of people make such a large decision for the whole country. I have seen the proposed plans to build back the towers bigger & stronger than before. I think they are the best plans I have seen so far for the WTC site. The freedom tower is not very impressive. The WTC site is more than 16 acres it is still not late to build these landmarks & symbols of America back where they belong.
Rebuild the Towers exactly the way they stood in 2001. That would be the ultimate memorial to the many who died on that day. The cowards who did this to us should be denied the satisfaction of changing the skyline of New York forever. Every time I look at the NY skyline and see the void where the Towers were, I remember this cowardly attack. We should fix this and return the Towers to their glory. That would be a huge slap in the face for these idiot terrorists.
Rebuild the original Twin Towers not some space age modern nightmare. The Twin Towers were New York and that’s what should be in that area with respectful space provided for the friends, families, and co-workers we lost.
I refuse to accept the fact that the government is gonna replace our Twin Towers w/ the overbudget Freedom Tower cause some other culture filled with evil destroyed the Twin Towers.
do it big.
This is the view I was born and raised with, this is the view that was taken away from me, this is the view that should return!
The only right thing to do is rebuild the twin towers. Bigger and stronger than before! That’s the american way. It’s definitely the new york way! We can’t replace the towers with something that is “less than” what was originally there. The “freedom” tower is much less than the twin towers.
definately rebuild the towers. it does look like a Giant needle. it just shows a troubling case and trend of expediantcy mediocracy which has infected this counrty.
God I want my twin towers back. I was a child in the late 1970s. And a teenager in the 1980s. I grew up with the twin towers. I loved them. My heart broke on 9/11. And my heart still aches not seeing those buidlings today. I saw the interview of Chris Ward on 1600. Where is his courage? His Honor for those who died there? He’s a coward. Allowing Bin Laden and Al Qaeda to dictate what is built in NY. Bring back my twin towers. Heal my heart. If the FT is built my heart will forever be broken.
“Just real estate” my a**!
How is it allowed that so few people can be so dismissive of what so many want?
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Any other project for that land mass in Lower Manhattan is unacceptable and will waste space and money for the next century. Do the right thing, rebuild the towers for the next generation to know what we stood for.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS, BUT STRONGER & TALLER THAN BEFORE! RESTORE MANHATTAN’S SKYLINE TO ITS RIGHTFUL HONOR & PROVE TO THE TERRORISTS THAT THEY CAN NEVER BREAK THE AMERICAN SPIRIT!
Enough already! Enough decision-by-committee. Want to send a message? Build them back to the way they were on September 10th, 2001. Stop the madness. NYC suffered when 9/11 happened and it’s insane that the city is still suffering from a lack of leadership on this. The area is a business zone, a symbol of a free society…that is why it was hit and that is what it needs to become again…not some multi-purpose, politcally correct memorial that won’t be worthy of the lives that were lost there.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
The only way to rebuild the World Trade Center is to have the twin towers once again even if they have to be placed 300 feet to the east of the original twin towers. New technology can make the new twin towers than the original ones. New twin towers will send a statement to terrorists saying we put back up what you knocked down.
The Twin Towers must be re-built exactly as they looked before the attacks in memory of those who died needlessly. If not, then the terrorists have won. The replacement Freedom Tower is unnecessary and with the recession, has no place in downtown Manhattan. I always loved to visit the outside deck on the 110th Floor. The new Tower would have no such outdoor deck as an observatory. The proposed observatory will have glass that reflects lights and will offer a poor view.
It would be a real shame if we do not rebuild what was lost. Let us show them that they can’t change America. Rebuild our national symbol!