-Caveat Lector-
>From Times (of Londonstan)
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001382289,00.html
Via
http://www.americanfreedomnews.com/
>>>Wellllll, along with a bunch of used foreign policy ... <<<
}}}>Begin
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 03 2001
London urged to give Dome to New York
BY ANDREW PIERCE AND CHRIS AYRES
THE troubleshooter brought in to rescue the Millennium Dome urged
Tony Blair last night to give the structure to New York to conceal
the horrors of the salvage operation at the World Trade Centre site.
Officials in the New York Mayor’s Department have already been in
contact with engineers and designers of the Greenwich building for
advice on how to build a dome.
The need to cover Ground Zero has been driven by the rapid onset of
winter and complaints that the site is being turned into a ghoulish
tourist attraction.
New Yorkers on their way to work in the financial district, and
people who live near by, are upset that they have to confront the
tragic scene each day. Salvage workers also need protection from the
elements.
The dome proposal has already been discussed at senior levels in New York. Robert
Adams, safety dir
ector for the Department of Design and Construction, told a city committee earlier
this week that e
xperts involved in the
Dome project had been contacted.
David James, the businessman personally appointed by the Prime Minister to save the
Dome when it wa
s only 20 minutes from closure, said last night: “It would be a wonderful gesture on
the part of th
e Government to give th
e Dome to the City of New York. It would be a marvellous means of seeing the
Millennium Dome having
a meaningful purpose to its life.”
Mr James was backed by Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, the Frenchman who was brought in to run
the visitor att
raction and whose enthusiasm for the Dome visitor attractionwas praised by the Prime
Minister.
M Gerbeau said: “I lost a couple of friends in New York on September 11 and I think
anything we can
do to help should be considered. It would be a wonderful idea in principle to move
the Dome to Gro
und Zero. I am not sure
about the practicalities, but if it could be possible we should consider it.”
While there would be huge practical and logistical difficulties the Greenwich Dome,
which is 325 me
tres in diameter, would comfortably fit the site of the twin towers tragedy.
Matthew Monahan, an assistant commissioner at New York’s Department of Design and
Construction, sai
d last night that the need for a dome was “less a consequence of the low temperatures
and more to p
rotect it from rain tha
t freezes”. He said the city was concerned about the cost of a dome on the site and
whether it coul
d be built in time for winter. Temperatures in New York are still in the 70s, but are
set to plunge
over the next three we
eks.
Mr Monohan added that a Ground Zero dome would be “more of a covering for the site
than an enclosur
e” so that trucks and workers could get in and out easily. New York City officials
have already com
e up with a nickname fo
r the project, “Dome of the brave”.
The operation to move the Greenwich structure would cost around £40 million, provided
practical pro
blems could be overcome.
According to people involved in its design, it can be moved easily. But the
complications would eme
rge trying to reposition it on the New York site. The Dome is held together by 12
giant pylons. A D
ome source said: “The d
ifficulty would be embedding those pylons in the wreckage of the towers. I’m not sure
that it could
be done.”
Since it closed on December 31, the Dome has proved almost as much of an embarrassment
to the Gover
nment as when it was open.
The empty structure costs around £500,000 a month in insurance and security costs. At
one stage, it
was costing up to £1 million a month.
Ministers are desperate to off-load the controversial structure but almost a year
after the doors w
ere closed for the last time, no firm plan has been drawn up for its disposal.
One senior Whitehall source said last night: “We are desperate to get
shot of the Dome and would look seriously at anything that could draw
a line under the affair.
“I am not sure it is practically possible to shift the Dome to New
York lock, stock and barrel, but if there was a way I am sure
ministers would look sympathetically at it. We are market testing the
entire 63-acre site and the adjoining 60 acres of land which is ear-
marked for development. I think you will find a commercial buyer will
end up with the site, even though New York sounds like a good idea on
paper.”
Prime contenders to buy the site are the Welcome Trust, who want to
use it to build a biomedical research laboratory. Another leading
bidder was the Duke of Westminster’s property consortium, Grosvenor
Estate Holdings, but reports last night suggested that the company,
together with Stanhope, another property developer, was pulling out.
Copyright 2001 Times Newspapers Ltd.
End<{{{
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material
is distributed without charge or profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information
for non-profit research and educational purposes only.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking
new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe
simply because it has been handed down for many generations. Do not
believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do
not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not
believe in anything merely on the authority of Teachers, elders or wise men.
Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it
agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all.
Then accept it and live up to it."
The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sutta
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled
one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller,
German Writer (1759-1805)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that
prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
"Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart
information and ideas through any media and regardless
of frontiers."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will
teach you to keep your mouth shut."
--- Ernest Hemingway
<A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A>
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are
sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis-
directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with
major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.
That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and
always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no
credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html
<A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
<A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A>
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
