WTC were not the worlds tallest buildings.
Larry
"Tom A. Trottier" wrote:
> Originally, the pyramids(tombs), then the cathedrals were the highest
> structures approaching the heavens.
>
> Now it is World Trade.
>
> The next towers, should they have anti-aircraft guns?
>
> Tom
>
> On Monday, September 17, 2001 at 19:40, Larry <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote on "Re: [OM] [OT] Afghanistan thinking," saying..
>
> > NYC doesn't build skyscrapers just for the heck of it, and to "show" how
> > much
> > power we have. NYC is the central financial center of the country, and it
> > was
> > logistical planning with the WTC to have many interacting agencies within
> > walking distance of eachother. The only way to accomplish that efficiently
> > is
> > to build up. These particular buildings were not overbuilt with unused
> > space.
> > As we all know now, up to 50,000 people a day needed to be there.
> >
> > Hopefully the winning plan will be to build them visually exactly as they
> > were.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > Frank van Lindert wrote:
> > >
> > > - we have also come to think that it is normal to build skyscrapers
> > > over a hundred floors high, to show which power we have over 'the
> > > world'.
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