A Sign of Renewal and a Reminder at Ground Zero

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Fiterman Hall didn't exactly overshadow the official opening of 7 World Trade Center today (the sun was in the wrong position for that) but the ragged remnant of 9/11 offered a silent reminder of how much more work there is to do.

With its shattered walls and missing windows, its emptied floors behind shroudlike nets, the 15-story Fiterman Hall played silent counterpoint — like the unwanted party guest that everyone notices but no one acknowledges — to the candied-apple exuberance of a plump Jeff Koons sculpture that was unveiled by Larry A. Silverstein, the developer of 7 World Trade Center, outside the building's front door on Greenwich Street.

The nine-foot-high, multilobed, stainless steel sculpture, "Balloon Flower (Red)," sits in a circular fountain in a new triangular park, about one-third of an acre, designed by Ken Smith Landscape Architect. It is framed by planters filled with azaleas and boxwood and by small groves of sweet gum trees.

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"Balloon Flower (Red)" mimics on a colossal scale the twisted balloon creations that are a staple of children's parties. It is meant as a bit of fun in an otherwise somber setting. "We thought everybody would walk by it and smile," said David M. Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the architects of 7 World Trade Center.

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Nice sculpture. :)

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1. It looks like a trio of labia.

I've got to get my mind out of the gutter.

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3. My first reaction was that it was

an attempt at an electron shell model (the good ol' spd business), but my exposure to my two-year-old saved the day with 'it looks like one of those balloons hideously deformed by rabid clowns.'

Personally, I think your interpretation at least shows the possibility of acquiring a life.

on edit: My brain's rotted enough that I can't type two sentences without improperly using an apostrophe.

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5. I see it! A silicon tetrahedron!

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6. Yes!

:)

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4. With an apple in the center!

Think of the possibilities. :evilgrin:

(PS, i'm sure you're not the first to think so, and you won't be the last!)

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2. its ugly