Pat, What about these?
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/04/1062548970248.html?from=storyrhs http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/04/1062548963324.html http://news.ninemsn.com.au/World/story_31787.asp http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=3348 http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/abc/20031220/10/business/1013968.inp http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newstories/RANewsStories_1014049.htm http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,8224090%255E904,00.html http://afr.com/articles/2003/12/21/1071941605640.html http://www.apesma.asn.au/dailynews/archive/03_12_11.htm http://members.dodo.net.au/~creyes/2003/12/21.html Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2004-01-01 13:50 Subject: [USMA:28065] Re: Freedom Tower > Dear Nat, > > You will be pleased to know that the Freedom Tower is mostly referred to in > the Australian press as a 541 metre (or sometimes as 540 metre) tower. Only > occasionally, say once in 10 mentions, is the figure 1776 mentioned at all. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Geelong, Australia > > Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online newsletter, 'Metrication > matters'. You can subscribe by sending an email containing the words > subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > > on 2004-01-02 03.52, Nat Hager III at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Well, at least there's some reference to the true building height... > > > > Nat > > > > Though the Freedom Tower, the first and tallest of the planned trade > > center skyscrapers, is routinely described as a 1,776-foot design, it > > will be, in the eyes of most of the world, a 541-meter building. That > > suggests a reference not to the year of American independence but to the > > year that Totila became king and the emperor Justinian extinguished the > > Roman consulship. > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/01/nyregion/01BLOC.html?hp > > > >
