r hettinga rahshipwrightcom begin pgp signed message hash sha1 say amen somebody wsj said appended wtc constructed confiscatory government boondoggle expropriated original preconstruction property owners behest thirdgeneration trustfundaristocrat good city owned authority looking something else coachhounds organized labor organized crime killed largest port worlds richest nation course get worse sins 40 years ago compounded hands two kinds literally irrational fanatics first religion government result large part 10 million square feet perfectly usable office space devoted least ostensibly commerce granted away potlatch government specialinterest communities stakeholders whatever cryptosocialist psychorabble call week organize perfection probably city country founded business explicitly purpose commerce religious fanaticism colonial expansion monarchs name commerce really wanted make point superstitious luddites collapsed buildings using probably sharp objects plane full governmentdisarmed passengers socalled authority disband sell property highest bidder let market cure luddism foreign domestic government superstitious decide new private owner wants sell give away space memorial fine could sell tickets donate money families dead injured probably great marketing property least lifetime anyone remembers event course new owner wants build something twice tall twice much space original 10 million square feet splendid whatever market bear days increasingly ubiquitous transnational geodesic internetworks strong financial cryptography exponentially decreasing transaction costs formerly monolithic industries economics freedom prevail superstition statism probably much hope actual market lower manhattan megarealestate prevail early game going happen sooner later whenever fitting memorial died world trade center cheers rah httponlinewsjcomarticle_print0sb103170521015975623500html wall street journal september 11 2002 review outlook living memorial write words look offices sixstory crater twin towers stood like everyone else want site rebuilt way honors died year ago also think best memorial perished would living one site world trade center calls forth many emotions especially today anger grief respect many acts heroism took place underlying memory enormous vitality distinguished towers attacked large reason targeted best expression spirit new york died would see thousands people dozens countries working meeting shopping eating engaged sort productive work play used take place osama bin laden allowed turned cemetery restoring memory discussion new york far one talking seriously vigorous rebuilding downtown manhattan lost 100000 jobs trade center fell instead discussion centers size scale memorial satisfying every political interest clamoring piece action new yorks political leadership financial media elites squandering historic chance rebuild better prosperous city part fault commission tasked figuring site consultation new york governor george pataki thinking primarily november reelection commission made decision focus first memorial manhattan institutes steve malanga argues commission would better setting aside limited space memorial getting rebuilding returning memorial essence pentagon successfully done rebuild immediately set aside two acres outdoor memorial design yet decided big part problem new york citys antidevelopment activists know opening see one want world trade center site even surrounding areas transformed enormous park political advocates plenty practice turning proposed development projects new york nightmare delay litigation world trade center site getting treatment worse cynically using bereaved family members advance antidevelopment agenda name honoring dead one family group even called press conference reject disrespectful proposed train line site experts designing war memorials confident gigantic park heart worlds financial center isnt appropriate choice died year ago great cities europe japan devastated world war ii rebuilt memorials integrated modern urban life perhaps powerful found rotterdam dutch port city reduced rubble german bombing survivors erected statue man hole heart used country practice names war dead inscribed walls institutions affiliated walk nassau hall princeton university youll find names 644 alumni died revolutionary war war 1812 civil war spanishamerican war world war world war ii korea southeast asia one thinks disrespectful dead life university goes around walls containing names new york would help political leaders looked beyond emotional tug victims families citys future rudolph giuliani hes office wants entire 16 acres devoted memorial governor pataki called structures footprints center site would severely curtail options mayor michael bloomberg initially raised voice favor commercial development bloodied press since ducked cover maybe things different anniversary past maybe responsible world trade center site start thinking next 50 100 years past 12 months best way honor dead reviving normal life commerce begin pgp signature version pgp 75 iqaawubpx9zd8pxh8jf3ohaeqi2aacgv7mtb5vktprj5mjqt1oyzyifzusan273 fgnkontna6smlo8tb4xybc2 09az end pgp signature r hettinga internet bearer underwriting corporation 44 farquhar street boston 02131 usa however may deserve respect usefulness antiquity predicting end world found agreeable experience edward gibbon decline fall roman empire wed 11 sep 2002 124758 0400 living memorial