nypost.com - 3/27/2009
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> Freedom is out of fashion at Ground Zero. Once hailed as a beacon of rebirth in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the Freedom Tower has been stripped of its patriotic name -- which has been swapped out for the more marketable "One World Trade Center,"...
nypost.com - 3/27/2009
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nypost.com —
> Freedom is so passe at Ground Zero.
Once hailed as a beacon of rebirth in the...
aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the Freedom Tower's patriotic name has been swapped out for the more marketable One World Trade Center, officials at the ...
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PORT AUTHORITY DOING AWAY WITH FREEDOM TOWER NAME
nydailynews.com - 3/27/2009
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nydailynews.com —
'Freedom' out at WTC: Port Authority says The
Freedom Tower is now 1 World Trade Center By...
Douglas Feiden DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Updated Friday, March 27th 2009, 12:44 AM The Port Authority is taking the "Freedom" out of the Freedom Tower . Although ...
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'If We Can't Say the Word Freedom Out Loud, God Help Us'
JammieWearingFool —
... , this is only the logical next step . Freedom is out of fashion at Ground Zero. Once hailed as a beacon of rebirth in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the Freedom Tower has been stripped of its patriotic name -- which has been swapped out for the more marketable "One World Trade Center," Port Authority officials conceded yesterday. More than seven years after the terror attacks and amid an effort to market the tower to international tenants, sentiment gave way to practicality. "As we market the building we will ensure that the building is presented in the best possible way," ...
More Offensive Words — Freedom [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom —
... first commercial tenant at Ground Zero. It plans to create the China Center, a trade and cultural facility, in 191,000 square feet on floors 64 through 69. The negotiations with Vantone, which is closely affiliated with the Chinese Communist government, had nothing to do with the name change, PA officials insisted, but was based primarily on bottom-line marketing considerations. Yeah, that’s the ticket. How are those plans going on selling the Brooklyn Bridge? This more than just ‘freedom’ is out of fashion Debra Burlingame, whose brother Charles Burlingame was the pilot ...
Why Not "ChiCom Tower"?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... (at one or two removes). "Freedom Tower" has been decisively dropped as a name for the new building. "One World Trade Center" is more marketable, we are told . It would, of course, be absurdly over-suspicious to see any connection between these two news stories. ...
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airamerica.com 3/30/2009 — This morning the "Fox & Friends" crew ran out of things to get mad at Obama about and so they resurrected the zombie story from last week about the Freedom Tower being renamed One World Trade Center. Fresh out of trash to talk about Obama? Go after those darned liberals at the New York Port ...
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'If We Can't Say the Word Freedom Out Loud, God Help Us'
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 3/27/2009 — Sad to say, but freedom is on the way out. As in the absurd decision to rename the Freedom Tower. But considering terrorism is now a man-caused disaster and the War on Terror is now an overseas contingency operation, this is only the logical next ...
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No Freedom In New York
rhymeswithright.mu.nu 3/27/2009 — It seems that the Port Authority has forgotten 9/11 -- the powers that be have declared that the replacement building will not bear the name "Freedom Tower" as promised for so long. Instead, it will be called simply One World...
'Willis Tower' name will live in shadow of 'Sears Tower' -
chicagotribune.com 7/17/2009 — First came the puzzled looks. Then the confused glances. And finally the questions. "You mean the Sears Tower ?" On the day that the nation's tallest building was officially renamed Willis Tower, at least a few Chicagoans were still in the dark -- or, ...
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