Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:14:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Louis Epstein Subject: WTC Rebuilding...Safety Hearing Etc Cecil Shepherd forwarded something rather important about next week's hearing,for which the deadline to get on the agenda is tomorrow.We need voices there to remind people of the superior safety that comes with greater height and wider footprint! (I know email list members are on several continents, and some of my appeals are ones only NY area people can make use of,but it would be difficult to separate the list geographically.EVERYONE can send in site plan commentaries to the planners,though!) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 22:31:44 -0400 From: Cecil A. Shepherd Louis - Didn't know if you saw this notice in today's NY Times, Metro section, page 28: PUBLIC NOTICE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS WTC BUILDING CODE TASK FORCE A public forum is being held by the Department of Buildings World Trade Center Building Code Task Force August 13, 2002 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, One Bowling Green, New York, New York 10004. The World Trade Center Building Code Task Force has been reviewing current building design, construction and operating requirements to ensure public safety in new and existing buildings. The public is invited to present their concerns and recommendations at the forum by requesting a place on the agenda. Please visit the Department of Buildings web site for participation instructions, http://nyc.gov/html/dob/html/wtc.html. Requests are due no later than Tuesday, August 6, 2002. NYC Department of Buildings 280 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10007, Fax: 212-566-3784, WTCBCTF@buildings.nyc.gov. ---------- End forwarded message ---------- Christopher Beau has suggested an appropriate height for a new tower...2823 feet to antenna top,a foot for every victim. He plans to have renderings soon at his artsymphony.com site. It doesn't seem likely,certainly,but we can promote lofty visions. Online-LTTC dialogue continues,with rebuilding an agenda item through Wednesday.There is widespread dissatisfaction with the "taller or shorter" single option and other aspects of how they twist the polling questions so the organizers can draw the inference from the results.David Peterson reports that those rejected after registering CAN get their votes cast. Resource link list remains at http://www.put.com/wtc/ See you on the 111th floor on 9-11-11! -=-=- The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again, at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.