Somebody Dial 911!
Okay, ever since the World Trade Center dissipated into tiny, FDA-approved asbestos particles, I'd been wondering what they were going to build in its place. And I get this. What the hell is that supposed to be? The shape is nice enough. The twisting east and west sides are pretty neat, but where the fuck is the rest of it? Did the designers run out of plaster when they were building the model and accidentally present this as the final plan? When this is all done, it's going to look like we were too lazy to complete the fucking thing, stuck some turbines in the unfinished top half and called it a day. Way to reinforce the worldwide sterotype of the lazy American, douchebags. I seriously cannot believe that this is what's going to be built. Daniel Libeskind needs to take off his oh-so-trendy tinted uber-emo glasses and take a good look at what he's doing.
Another thing that sucks is that they're hyping this as the world's tallest building. Technically, yes, but you could also stick a 2000-foot pole on my house, and it would be "the world's tallest building", you assholes. The building would stand at a cutely patriotic 1,776 feet, but that includes a 276 foot spire. So if you subtract the height of the pole from the rest of the building, that leaves you with 1,500 feet, making it the third tallest building in the world. "Oh, well, I still can't wait to see New York from 1,500 feet!", you say? Oh, wait, no. I forgot, there's still that pesky little 300 or so feet of nothing. 1500-300=1200. The farthest you can go is 70 stories, then it turns into Spider-Man's personal jungle gym. Shit, the Empire State building is 1,250 feet high with 102 stories. The Chrysler building (AKA the most badass skyscraper in America) is 77 stories. I can get a better view from a building that's over 70 years old. What the hell, people? Then there's the matter of the upcoming Central India Tower. At 2,222 feet, this thing is going to stop all over the Freedom Tower and then piss on its grave. And this thing doesn't wuss out at 1200 feet like the Freedom Tower does. The top floor is actually at the top of the building. How much ass is the 224-story Central India Tower going to kick? Almost as much ass as the Freedom Tower sucks, and that's a lot of ass.
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