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Indeed, I am certain that Libeskind’s design is aesthetically superior to that of the other finalist. In his preservation of the sunken pit at the base of the towers??€™ foundation, where the deep slurry walls still hold back the Hudson, there is at least his concession to the incapacity of architectural addition. The most powerful part of his design is that in which he has done nothing. In the pit, there are few flourishes. There is only Libeskind’s realization that the solemn ruins of death are made banal by calling attention...
...fulfilled his commitment to optimism. The hope with which his design reaches upwards, sitting like the curled hand of God around the footprint of the two towers, its index finger stretching towards the sky—taller, indeed, than any building in the world, save a few telecommunication towers??€”is important, even necessary in what is to be our revisioning of Manhattan. It is as much an immigrant’s vision of the endless possibility that marks our most American of American cities as it is an American vision of that city’s determined continuity...
...Best Picture slate, and this year will likely see that trend continue. Gangs of New York’s Martin Scorsese, Chicago’s Rob Marshall, The Pianist’s Roman Polanski, The Hours’ Stephen Daldry and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers??€™ Peter Jackson will most likely make the category. The category’s underdogs are led by Adaptation’s Spike Jonze, Far From Heaven’s Todd Haynes and About Schmidt’s Alexander Payne...
...ensure their even production; the holes are where the rods once were. Who’s says there’s not symbolism in every beautiful Mather crevice? Perhaps the denizens of New Quincy and Leverett Towers, about which Carlhian cracked, “Those, incidentally, are not towers??€”they’re just stupid slabs...
Neighbors, strongly opposed to Harvard’s original plan—and still angry over the University’s other buildings in the area, such as Peabody Terrace and Mather Towers??€”asked the City Council for a moratorium on all new development in the summer of 2000. This move led the way for the area to be rezoned to restrict the height of any new buildings...