Daniel W. Drezner

The freedom tower

I confess that I have not followed the debate over replacing the World Trade Towers in Manhattan. But, the proposed tower was unveiled today — a curving, simple spire of 1,776 feet to be called the Freedom Tower. Here’s how the proposed replacement will look: 1776tower.jpg Go check out the New York Times and Los ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry.
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I confess that I have not followed the debate over replacing the World Trade Towers in Manhattan. But, the proposed tower was unveiled today -- a curving, simple spire of 1,776 feet to be called the Freedom Tower. Here's how the proposed replacement will look:

I confess that I have not followed the debate over replacing the World Trade Towers in Manhattan. But, the proposed tower was unveiled today — a curving, simple spire of 1,776 feet to be called the Freedom Tower. Here’s how the proposed replacement will look:

1776tower.jpg

1776tower.jpg

Go check out the
New York Times
 and
Los Angeles Times
 for the backstory. ABC has a lovely picture of the future skyline. My reaction is akin to how Montgomery Burns felt about Marge Simpson’s portrait of him in “Brush With Greatness“:

“You know, I’m no art critic, but I know what I hate. And… I don’t hate this.”

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry. Twitter: @dandrezner

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