9-11 has come and gone for the sixth time, but the REAL ESTATE where the Twin Towers stood is still a hole in the ground.
Progress is being made for the Freedom Tower and surrounding complex.
What will be built? Not merely a memorial, although history will require it. Not only a tribute, such as we have in Oklahoma City, although broken hearts need a place to grieve and remember.
In addition to these things, the Freedom Tower will be a vibrant, useful center of human interaction and commerce standing tall once more behind the Statue of Liberty.
With the 2008 presidential election already underway, this should be something that brings us together as a nation. Are you a Democrat? A Republican? It just doesn't matter. Neither Liberty nor Success belong to a political party.
We don't try to destroy each other in business. Why should we in politics? It makes little sense. Your success is no threat to my survival. Together, we build each other up. Look what Active Rain has done for our communities of business--it's nothing short of phenomonal.
The rendering to the right is the proposed view of the Freedom Tower from the Ground Zero Memorial, courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.
I was on the Jersey side of the Hudson River in 2001, the day the towers were destroyed. I want to be there before too long to look up at a new Manhattan landmark. Will you join me?
Edit: Thank you to Debi Wright for commenting. The Freedom Tower is actually underway!
Mike in Tucson
content copyright Michael W. Jones
