by Lionel Bascom — January 28th, 2007 — 1 comment
The blog, u2r2, reports the Freedom Tower will be protected by a state-of-the-art electro-magnetic shield dubbed the “Liberty Forcefield.”
Writing for U2r2, author Alex Terrieur says the force field may be protecting an empty building, if the past is any indication.
“Problems arose once officials realised that office space on the WorldTrade Center site was not necessarily in high demand. Before the destruction of the three skyscapers in 2001, including 47-story World Trade Center Building 7, the city had trouble finding tenants for the towers. Moreover, the towers were considered a liability due to the asbestos used in their construction, and they were slated to be dismantled by 2009 at a cost of several billion. Fortunately, the towers were destroyed by Al Qaeda terrorists and therefore costly cleanup and management was unnecessary. However the problems of building new office space and new terrorist threats remained. The replacement for World Trade Center Building 7 was completed in early 2006, and remains at about 10 percent occupancy.”
May the Force be with the tenants who do occupy Freedom Tower
11:02 PM in Uncategorized, Ground Zero, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, Neighbourhood
Well, something is definitely empty, but I’m not sure it has anything to do with the Freedom Tower per se.
The fact that there is only a 10% occupancy of Building 7 only indicates that many possible corporate tenants are suffering from a lack of foresight and fortitude as the result of our current government’s foreign, economic and environmental policies. What happens in Washington affects the general mindset of the entire country, in this case, New York City’s World Trade Center complex and its possible tenants.
There’s your emptiness. It exists in the mind and heart of those in whom many have placed their trust. A change is in the offing. Let’s hope we don’t drown before we get there.
Jeanne · January 28th, 2007 at 11:33 pm