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Edward B. Childs, a cook in Adams House, said that even though he is against “four more years of Bush,” the reason he attended was to focus on the issues.
But scary fun all the same. After 9/11, skyscrapers first have to be places where people can feel comfortable on those high, exposed floors. Military-style security has re-entered the thinking of civilian architects in a way not seen since the Middle Ages, when every castle was a castle...
Down below, in the occupied floors, the building will incorporate a whole spectrum of new, post-9/11 defensive features. Exit stairways will be wider and will open directly onto the street. There will be dedicated stairwells for use by fire fighters. Air filters will block chemical or biological agents...
For its main structural support, the Freedom Tower will also employ an increasingly popular triangular-grid trusswork. From a defensive standpoint, structural strength, even more so than fire safety, is the most important consideration for tall buildings. "A square is not a geometrically stable shape," says Childs. "A triangle is...
On the day the world Trade Center fell, the Empire State Building once again became the tallest building in New York City. In the months that followed, six of its commercial tenants ran off. They did not want to be in the tallest anything, anywhere, anymore. At a time when...