Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:39:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Louis Epstein
Subject: WTC Rebuilding #139:Approaching Silverstein,Etc.


Has anyone seen a website for the Gilchrist plan?
It's covered at
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/living/article/0,1651,TCP_1043_1557586,00.html

(might be possible to get him into our architectural competition?)

News today has highlighted the plans for the new 7 WTC,which are
pretty much what was announced months and months ago.Perhaps the
bank lenders have been armtwisted into letting Greenwich Street
through now.(An AP headline has been "Plans Set for 1st Rebuilt
WTC Tower").

As to what Silverstein plans for the 16 acres,we know his announced
preference for five smaller buildings,Greenwich Street all the way
through,empty footprints...basically giving the pressure groups he
is exposed to (official and not) enough of what they want so he can
make money.An illuminating look at the situation,though is in this
article from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12791-2002Nov19.html

This indicates again the big rush of letters that he received
urging him to rebuild at least as tall,as mentioned on the CNN 16 Acres
show...but tries to ascribe such sentiment to the past,and diminish it
as emotional (as if the "hallowed ground" argument were anything else).
The article also implies that public sentiment is for building small.

It seems important to me that he continue to receive pro-tall-towers
letters...our views are not a thing of the past!

Be polite,of course...be firm but not aggressive.Should he prove an
obstacle to the new Towers being very tall in the future that would
be the time for confrontation,but now is the time to push the positive
things about fully restoring what was lost,the honor to the fallen
that can not be done otherwise.Consider the judgement of history on
our willingness to rise again.

The survivors/family-of-victims among us would be ESPECIALLY important
in making their voices heard to him.I think he has lately moved his
offices from 521 Fifth to 530 Fifth,not sure if the ZIP code is the same.

Don't drop the ball...keep your eyes on the prize in the skies.

-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.