Man also rises

[Backlighting]

I've been meaning to post this pic for some time. It's another reminder for me that man does, indeed, also rise.
I was in NYC about a yr. & a half ago. Strolling through the financial district where I once worked, I had a decent view of the WTC. I love the design of that building. It was about 80% complete. As I gazed at it I recalled the scene towards the very end of the The Fountainhead when Roark was first seen atop of his building (Wyland). Awesome.
I also recalled Frank O'Connor's painting "Man also rises", which appeared, I believe, on the back of a Fountainhead edition.

[Francisco Ferrer]

Ho-hum, another cookie-cutter, reflective glass mediocrity.

Not what comes to mind when I think of Roark or the real-life genius who inspired him.

[moralist]

Was this it?

What impresses me more than buildings themselves is the goodwill and cooperation it takes to construct them.

Greg

[Backlighting]

Was this it?

What impresses me more than buildings themselves is the goodwill and cooperation it takes to construct them.

Greg

Thanks Greg. That's it.

AR said, if I recall correctly, that it's more difficult to write a novel than it is to construct a building.

Looking at the WTC I don't agree. Saw a documentary recently about the new WTC. It followed from the design of it to the almost complete (90%) structure. I was about a half a block from it when I snapped the posted photo. Here's a bit to confirm the cooperation you mentioned (and the pride), that was evident among all who were involved.

-Joe

[Backlighting]

Ho-hum, another cookie-cutter, reflective glass mediocrity.

Not what comes to mind when I think of Roark or the real-life genius who inspired him.

Not so fast Francisco. What you call reflective glass mediocrity is the contours of the bldg specifically designed that way to deflect the strong winds. No small task to design & implement it. Additionally, the foundation needed to be built with the task of retaining the water that is under & fronts it. Water is a formidible adversary. Ask the people of Northern Japan. Getting the concrete (which was special in & of itself), before it starts to harden, from Brooklyn & Queens, on the site & the ability to pump it up the structure is definitely not for the brainless. There's so much more involved that was meticulously thought out by the non-mediocre minds. Have you seen the structure in person? Have you seen the documentary?

-Joe:)

P.S. Without knowing the inspiration behind the design & construction how can one criticize such?

[BaalChatzaf]

Ho-hum, another cookie-cutter, reflective glass mediocrity.

Not what comes to mind when I think of Roark or the real-life genius who inspired him.

the one lone tower at the World Trade Center plaza is the extended middle finger of a handful of buildings surrounding the one lone tower.

Ba'al Chatzaf

[moralist]

Ho-hum, another cookie-cutter, reflective glass mediocrity.

Not what comes to mind when I think of Roark or the real-life genius who inspired him.

the one lone tower at the World Trade Center plaza is the extended middle finger...

...to the terrorists.

[Francisco Ferrer]

Ho-hum, another cookie-cutter, reflective glass mediocrity.

Not what comes to mind when I think of Roark or the real-life genius who inspired him.

Not so fast Francisco. What you call reflective glass mediocrity is the contours of the bldg specifically designed that way to deflect the strong winds. No small task to design & implement it. Additionally, the foundation needed to be built with the task of retaining the water that is under & fronts it. Water is a formidible adversary. Ask the people of Northern Japan. Getting the concrete (which was special in & of itself), before it starts to harden, from Brooklyn & Queens, on the site & the ability to pump it up the structure is definitely not for the brainless. There's so much more involved that was meticulously thought out by the non-mediocre minds. Have you seen the structure in person? Have you seen the documentary?

-Joe:)

P.S. Without knowing the inspiration behind the design & construction how can one criticize such?

I don't have to know anything about the designer or his thoughts to see that his work is another example of modern architecture's wasteland of graph paper sameness.

When Rand wrote The Fountainhead, modernists were bold and original. Today it's all run-of-the-mill me-tooism.

[moralist]

Was this it?

What impresses me more than buildings themselves is the goodwill and cooperation it takes to construct them.

Greg

Thanks Greg. That's it.

AR said, if I recall correctly, that it's more difficult to write a novel than it is to construct a building.

Looking at the WTC I don't agree. Saw a documentary recently about the new WTC. It followed from the design of it to the almost complete (90%) structure. I was about a half a block from it when I snapped the posted photo. Here's a bit to confirm the cooperation you mentioned (and the pride), that was evident among all who were involved.

-Joe

That little video is beautiful because you can see the goodwill in people working together towards a common goal. And the real goal is not the building itself. It serves a greater purpose... to provide the opportunity for people to manifest goodness in this world by their actions.

Greg

[Backlighting]