Well, WTC 7 is a Start, Albeit a Slow One

Count me as one of the advocates of rebuilding the twin towers exactly the way the were in their old illustrious glory. But, as usual, politics and the allmighty dollar get in the way of real progress on the ground zero site.

One must remember that it only took 13 months to build the Empire State building, and granted, it wasn't being rebuilt due to the destruction of a city's heart by a bunch of radical Arabs. Hopefully this will lead to bigger better things.

This is what I would like to see built there: Not one, but two Freedom Towers

First Rebuilt Skyscraper at WTC Opens: "NEW YORK -- The first destroyed skyscraper to be rebuilt since Sept. 11 opened Tuesday but attracted few tenants, despite offering state-of-the-art safety features that developers say will be part of all office towers to rise at the World Trade Center site.
Developer Larry Silverstein officially opened the 52-story 7 World Trade Center for business by unveiling a sculpture outside the building and hosting a concert featuring Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega.

7 World Trade Center, right, the last building to collapse as a result of the World Trade Center attacks Sept. 11, 2001, and the first to be permanently rebuilt, rises in the skyline above ground zero at dusk, Monday, May 22, 2006, in New York. The building is set to officially open Tuesday.

'We've come a very long way,' said Silverstein, who built the first 7 World Trade Center nearly 20 years ago and has struggled to rebuild destroyed office space at the 16-acre site for more than four years. 'What you're looking at today is just the beginning.'"

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