Sunday, March 29, 2009

Editorial #3

This editorial is about what the name of the structure replacing the world trade center should be. A lot of people are worried that, if it is named "Freedom Tower", that it will instantly become a terrorist target, as it would be an ideological symbol of American freedom.Now, quietly and sensibly, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is promoting the place as One World Trade Center, its legal address, as it seeks to market leases in the building. Governor Pataki, aware that tenants will be reluctant to rent space in the new tower, promised that state offices would move into the tower when it is finished in 2013. But the authority would do better to find more profitable commercial tenants, like the Chinese real estate company that agreed this week to lease six high floors for at least 20 years.

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