Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:39:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis Epstein 
Subject: WTC Rebuilding:Hearings Continue,Etc


Staten Island's hearing was last night,I saw a little
television news coverage...memorial-oriented,but it
ranged from an overcome megamemorialist woman sobbing
about how could one consider building on sacred ground
and the whole 16 acres should be a memorial,to a male
survivor recommending something understated,with names
and an eternal flame,and "moving on".

Any firsthand reports?

Brooklyn's Phase I hearing is 6 PM tonight...Jen Thorpe is going,
will anyone else from the list be there?
(Site address and so forth are at http://www.put.com/wtc/ of
course).

The Gotham Gazette Java-chat with memorial coordinator Anita Contini
is at NOON TODAY (less than an hour and a half)...try visiting
http://www.gothamgazette.com/rebuilding_nyc/chat/index.shtml or
emailing rebuilding@gothamgazette.com with questions beforehand.

Issues that need addressing:
Urban context of memorial is determined by height of office buildings;
THIS shows whether the attack being memorialized was surrendered to or
overcome,and whether the victims are in fact honored or disgraced.
Leaving footprints empty severely affects possibilities for whole
site design,grants terrorists an inspiring,inviting "trophy",and
symbolically surrenders to them.
Memorials' life expectancy as tourist attractions should not be
overestimated...Empire State Building observation deck packs them
in after 70 years,contrast with Grant's Tomb in 1950s and Tompkins
Square Park in 1970s!
Think of more...

I will be at Federal Hall Saturday with some of the petition/literature
volunteers!...anyone want to join?

EVERYONE EVERYWHERE SEND IN PHASE I SITE PLAN COMMENTS TO THE
ADDRESSES LISTED ON THE WEBSITE!!!!

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