This is Not the Freedom Tower: Money Trumps Patriotism in the Name Change to 1 WTC

New York Post ^ | March 27, 2009 | Tom Topousis

[Sergeant Tim]

Freedom is out of fashion at Ground Zero.

Once hailed as a beacon of rebirth in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the Freedom Tower has been stripped of its patriotic name -- which has been swapped out for the more marketable "One World Trade Center," Port Authority officials conceded yesterday.

More than seven years after the terror attacks and amid an effort to market the tower to international tenants, sentiment gave way to practicality.

"As we market the building we will ensure that the building is presented in the best possible way," said PA Chairman Anthony Coscia.

"One World Trade Center is its address. It's the address that we're using. It's the one that's easiest for people to identify with, and, frankly, we've gotten a very interested and warm reception to it."

Debra Burlingame, whose brother Charles Burlingame was the pilot aboard American Airlines Flight 77 that was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon, said the renaming of the tower is one more example that the nation is forgetting 9/11.

"If we can't say the word freedom out loud, God help us," she said.

"I understand the decision from a marketing point of view. But it saddens me that it's no longer economically viable to declare who we are."

[American Quilter]

Relocating the U.N. was another FReeper’s idea, so I can’t take credit, but I thought it was excellent.

I’m watching Rush on the videocam for the first time. This is fun!

[anniegetyourgun]

ONE WORLD?

The newspeak that is taking over is staggering to see.

[Beaten Valve]

“Sounds like they are going to get Chinese and Islamic money to pay for it. I don’t know this...but would not be surprised.”

The Chinese are slated to take 6-floors in the new building.

They apparently have said that they *will not* occupy those six-floors if the name “Freedom” is used..

[rom]

Freedom from Want? Freedom from Fear?

Things that sound good, but the only way to Freedom from Want is a socialist “paradise”.

And Freedom from Fear? How is someone going to achieve that?!

If a couple of homosexuals or Islamists tell me they’re afraid of my religion ... does my church get outlawed, and do I go to jail?

[Jeff Head]

FDR wanted those extras. Here's the freedom worth fighting for...

Speech, no-state sponsored religion, freedom to defend yourself, trial by jury, no unwarranted search and seizure, free and open election of representatives, etc., etc.

IOW, the things ennumerated in the US constitution and Bill of Rights.

IMHO, those added by Rockwell in FDRs time are constructs that allow the state to do the very things we are defending against.

Obama is all for this. He speaks of those same types of "freedoms" all the time. It is not surprising. He is an abject marxist ideolog.

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NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES

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THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING

IT'S TIME FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD SCHOOL

WRITE YOUR GOP SENATORS TODAY!

[FewsOrange]

Why not both.

Building: Freedom Tower
Address: 1 World Trade Center

just like

Building: Empire State Building
Address: 350 Fifth Avenue

[Jeff Head]

Thanks. It’s not surprising. I figured as much.

[Beaten Valve]

“Agreed. I, for one, still think that we should have rebuilt the towers with the original design.”

I have an associate in NY whose job it was to scan all of blueprints for the World Trade Center on to the computer.

The original plans were scattered all over the place, and they were worried in the event that if the towers were ever damaged they didn’t have a complete set of plans in any one place so they could re-build it if necessary.

They never did finish getting all of the original plans located and scanned.

The project was called “Plan A”...

[Syncro]

I guess they will also rename this a 'Domestic Contingency Operation'

No, but it's a fact that there are no more terrorists attacks.

So Islamic Muslim Terrorists fly planes into the World Trade Center...a symbol of financial freedom all over the world...and that was no longer a terrorist attack.

It was a Man Made Disaster.

Saul Alinsky’s plan is working, along with the implementation of the Communist Manifesto.

William Ayres and George Soros must be getting Matthew's poofter tingle down their legs big time.

[a fool in paradise]

Obama claims that middle Americans “cling to religion” and cannot move beyond it to accept the liberal perspectives on homosexuality and abortion. He is NOT tolerant of faith.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Yes, it was the COMMUNIST CHINESE who refused to rent floors in the Tower because of the word FREEDOM

Thank you everyone who supports Free Trade with COMMUNIST CHINA....you should be very proud right now. Commies

[UCFRoadWarrior]

What is wrong with “Freedom”?

I think One World Trade Center is quite un-American

But, the America-hating Commie Free Trader Globalists probably wanted to appease the ChiComs

[Smokin' Joe]

Ne, neither, now that I look at it. It is a matter of emphasis.

[TheThinker]

These Communist One Worlders just get more and more bold.

One World Trade Center my ass.

[Smokin' Joe]

Sounds like they are going to get Chinese and Islamic money to pay for it. I don't know this...but would not be surprised.

When your enemies build castles in the midst of your villages, it is a sign of conquest and dominion, not freedom. YMMV

[TheThinker]

What bothers me is that these Leftists controlling the name change use the slaughter of 9/11 to make the tower a symbol of unifying the world, including the radicals that brought the tower down in the first place, instead of dedicating it to the bravery and sacrifice of those on 9/11 and this sovereign country which the attack was directed towards with the evil intent of destroying and dis-unifying.

[Munz]

why not just name it the politically correct

“New World Order Trade center”

[Arkinsaw]

Freedom Tower is a little corny, really.

I actually liked the original design. It was designed to evoke the Statue of Liberty and serve as a reflection of it. The 1776 feet was symbolic as well. The original architect's version fit well with "Freedom Tower".

However, various constituencies jacked around with the original design and converted it to a boring building with little symbolism at all. So I am fine with them changing it to whatever.

[cameraeye]

The story is that the Chinese won’t buy any luxury suites until the word “Freedom” is removed.