You thoughts on the 9-11 memorial

**imported_Jefe** · 09-13-2011, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by chassisman

What do you think of the design of the waterfall feature(s) of the memorial? It kinda gives me the creeps, the falling water at each footprint brings to mind the falling buildings which is not a pleasant thought for me.

BTW, chas - I read somewhere that that's kinda the point of the waterfalls, to remind you of the buildings coming down. Never forget, and all that. It's not exactly supposed to be a pleasant memorial.

**hairballxavier** · 09-13-2011, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by Jefe

Good to know. Ordinarily, I wouldn't care so much about something like this, but for the 9/11 memorial, I'd rather it had been designed by Americans.

Same here. It was in really bad taste to outsource the project.

And BTW Jefe, your new avatar has me perplexed. What is that?

It looks kinda like an old Gibson Firebird, but it has a really weird tailpiece on it.

**imported_Speakeasy** · 09-13-2011, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by hairballxavier

Same here. It was in really bad taste to outsource the project.

I have yet to see any evidence that anything was outsourced.

**imported_Jefe** · 09-13-2011, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by hairballxavier

And BTW Jefe, your new avatar has me perplexed. What is that?

It looks kinda like an old Gibson Firebird, but it has a really weird tailpiece on it.

It's a custom made Fender Jazzmaster (body from Allparts, vintage Fender vibrato tailpiece), belongs to this guy: The Sonic Youth Gear Guide I'm not a huge Sonic Youth fan, I just happen to like the color scheme - I've got a similar guitar & I'm thinking about refinishing it like this one.

**imported_Denis** · 09-13-2011, 11:22 PM

I really like it, very symbolic and respectfull for the families.

Nice Jazzmaster Jefe

**adaher** · 09-14-2011, 08:06 AM

While it was being built we didn't have a serious unemployment problem and having a "made in the USA" requirement would have gummed up the works even more and we wouldn't have a finished memorial in time for the 10th anniversary.

The Made In America and Davis-Bacon requirements were part of what killed the stimulus. When you need something, you get it, from whoever is selling it, whoever can deliver it to you. At the best value.

**imported_Speakeasy** · 09-14-2011, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by adaher

While it was being built we didn't have a serious unemployment problem and having a "made in the USA" requirement would have gummed up the works even more and we wouldn't have a finished memorial in time for the 10th anniversary.

The Made In America and Davis-Bacon requirements were part of what killed the stimulus. When you need something, you get it, from whoever is selling it, whoever can deliver it to you. At the best value.

Just out of curiosity, do you have anything that shows that we outsourced parts of the project? Not saying we didn't, but I've come up short trying to find evidence that we did.