December 31, 2001
From the desk of Jane Galt:They're opening a viewing platform
They're opening a viewing platform for the site
I walked by the new viewing stand yesterday on my way back from lunch & still don't know exactly where it is. But you could sure see the lines. While the article I linked to said the wait was two hours, I heard a woman talking to the cops on patrol, and he said it was more like three and a half.My personal advice is not to bother right now, unless you're only in town for a couple of days. Two or three hours is a long time to wait, I don't think they let you stay on the platform very long, and it's COLD here! The site pretty much looks like any construction site now, although there's a hole in the ground where you can see into the sub-basements.
The best reason to see the site is just to appreciate the vast scale of what was destroyed. You will still be able to see this in a month, when the crowds will hopefully have died down. Although I know that it would be economically devastating to downtown, and hence will not happen, I would like to see the entire area maintained as one flat green space, with perhaps a flat plaza in the middle, so that generations can see that emptiness.
Posted by Jane Galt at December 31, 2001 08:22 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links