Re:A city for the rich, built poorly: The construction of Hu...
by mikeash on Saturday May 11, 2019 @08:01PM
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Lots of memorials in DC are on the Mall. Maybe they just misunderstood here....
Re:A city for the rich, built poorly: The construction of Hu...
by sonnyblarney on Sunday May 12, 2019 @12:55AM
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Mall (classical), not 'Shopping Mall'.
Re:A city for the rich, built poorly: The construction of Hu...
by ghaff on Sunday May 12, 2019 @08:28AM
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I assume they were referring to the Oculus which is a high-end shopping mall building in the rebuilt WTC complex.
Re:A city for the rich, built poorly: The construction of Hu...
by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday May 11, 2019 @09:50PM
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I've seen people taking selfies there with an insta approved smile. Word from a local university professor is that many of the current young adults who grew up in NYC don't even know what 9/11 is.
I was disgusted the last time I went there. I was there with someone who lost a family member in 9/11. They were clearly still emotionally burdened by their loss, even in 2017. Yet just a few feet away people were taking smiling selfies next to a literal memorial! I've been to many public memorials, and they are somber places. The 9/11 memorial feels like an almost fitting monument to crass 21st century capitalism.