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electric_blue68

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23. I hear you...

Reply to Polybius (Reply #21)

Mon Sep 14, 2020, 12:02 AM

Sep 2020

{hug}

I like it, ok, but I don't love it.

The angles do remind me of quartz crystals which is kind of cool. But the windows are I guess are darkened even as they are reflective - maybe energy saving hopefully.

But the lightness of The Twins is gone. Which I loved.

This wasn't even the originally decided on building. I'm going to have to find it the story again because I've forgotten.

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How I fell in love w the Twin Towers as buildings (before 9-11 fades for this year) [View all] electric_blue68 Sep 2020 OP

I was never a fan - tall, boxy, conformist Dennis Donovan Sep 2020 #1

Why don't you read how I did fall in love with... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #4

I did read what you wrote Dennis Donovan Sep 2020 #7

Ok 🙂 electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #8

Welcome to DU, fellow architectural fan! Dennis Donovan Sep 2020 #13

TY! electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #18

Sounds amazing MustLoveBeagles Sep 2020 #2

Awww, thanks : ) electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #5

I liked looking at them while walking south on 5th Ave BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #3

I know that view... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #6

I liked them too steve2470 Sep 2020 #9

Cool! Trying to remember whether... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #12

maybe it was Hors or Cellar in the Sky, cannot remember... if I had a pic, maybe I could steve2470 Sep 2020 #19

Once I went to Windows of The World... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #24

They were so absurdly tall BeyondGeography Sep 2020 #10

I understand... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #14

I like them much more after... LakeVermilion Sep 2020 #11

That was so amazing... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #15

In 1999 I accepted a position in NYC, moving after my 3 1/2 yr stint in the French Quarter... not_the_one Sep 2020 #16

You saw them like... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #20

My favorite view was driving down Victory Blvd. toward Bay Street on Staten Island Polybius Sep 2020 #22

That's a cool view... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #25

Radio Row: A tinkerer's paradise and makerspace, lost to the World Trade Center Klaralven Sep 2020 #17

I can not stand the new design Polybius Sep 2020 #21

I hear you... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #23

I can't say I loved them, but I didn't hate them either. Straw Man Sep 2020 #26

I can get that... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #27

I worked directly across the street from the South tower... SeattleVet Sep 2020 #28

Thank you Seattlevet for all your stories... electric_blue68 Sep 2020 #29

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