Word: symbolics
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...finalists, the firm of Daniel Libeskind and the THINK team, led by Frederic Schwartz, Rafael Viñoly, Ken Smith and Shigeru Ban, were chosen, amid calls for a novel structure that would be a rejoinder, a memorial, a monument—a symbol and functional buildings and planning strategy. It is far from clear whether either of these proposals will ever be realized; what is apparent is that any plan must reckon with complex, and sometimes contradictory, public feelings about appropriate future uses of the site...
Vigorous debate will continue about the true meaning of a symbol, the proper definition of a monument, and the appropriate significance of a memorial. Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Richard M. Sommer has called the entire process “a form of public therapy.” It is also a form of requiem, New York-style. It is loud and shrill and full of invective as well as praise...
...analogy: this industry is a lot like personal trainers at the gym,” he says. “Twenty to 25 years ago, if you walked in with a personal trainer, you would have been laughed out of the gym. Now it’s a status symbol. It means you are really serious about working out.” Use It’s Just Lunch as a personal trainer for your romantic life, Dolan says, and it shows “you’re serious about finding someone...
Perhaps it is the densely-packed, regulation-filled pages that make the Constitution more of a symbol than a fascinating read. But maybe there just are not enough of them lying around, next to dentist chairs or in DMV waiting rooms, available for folks who have nothing better...
...fans trumpet it as a kind of national symbol, in much the same way that we associate purring BMWs with German efficiency, racy Ferraris with Italian passion, and big, loud SUVS with big, loud Americans. Like Thailand, the tuk tuk is noisy, smoky and sometimes dangerous. Like some of the kingdom's politicians, it's prone to sudden, inexplicable changes of direction. And like the Thai economy, it needs a lot of tinkering and sometimes its wheels fall off completely...