Banksy op-ed rejected by NYT

[KurtNYC]

43. I think this op ed hits too close to the nerve for the NYT

Because the WTC towers were brought down, all of the businesses withing them have moved. The towers were never an ideal location to do business and the feeling of power that tall buildings used to bring is replaced with vulnerability. On my scorecard there was a lot of foot dragging in building the new tower and questions like "what business wants to relocate into the new WTC?"

The tip of Manhattan was thick with accounting jobs in the 1920-1950s. Computers have made it easy and profitable to decentralize the financial business.

Sometimes it DOES feel like they are building that thing just so there won't be a hole there. We don't talk about doing great things in this country anymore. No more moon missions, no world peace, no tech breakthroughs that will improve living conditions for everyone on the planet. Now we talk about what we fear and how to avoid or just live through the next disaster.

My own taste would have been for something that updates the Deco era since that includes most of NYC's best buildings. Think Chrysler building on steroids.