Aerial photo of proposed 'Mosque' site and WTC

[Common Sense Party]

In 2001, in the 9/11 attacks after hijacked Flight 175 penetrated through a tower of The World Trade Center, part of the plane's landing gear and fuselage came out the north side of the tower and crashed through the roof and two of the floors of the Burlington Coat Factory at 45–47 Park Place, between West Broadway and Church Street, (600 feet (180 meters)) north of the former World Trade Center. The plane parts destroyed three floor beams, and severely compromised the building's internal structure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington_Coat_Factory

[Earth_First]

1. Hmmm, two blocks away...

:shrug:

[LostinVA]

2. Yeah, I don't get it either

:shrug:

[Warpy]

5. Minimum 3 blocks on foot

and totally out of sight of the area. :shrug:

Don't expect the hysterical Christian soldiers in the midwest to be impressed with facts, though.

[steve2470]

3. repost...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8950526#8952901

If the old World Trade Center site and its surrounding area (however far that is) were truly regarded as a national, secular hallowed ground (akin to Gettysburg), why didn't GWB and Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson, etc. try to buy up all that land and make it a national historic site ?

Yes, it would have been hugely expensive to do so (and perhaps impossible for some parcels), but.... you get my point. Instead, 99% of that land is dedicated to the gods of commerce.

The Cordoba House belongs anywhere ! Islam did not cause 9/11. Therefore, all opposition to it is based on false premises and blatant religious discrimination.

[LostinVA]

6. +1

Was this an OP? Should be. Terrific post.

[steve2470]

10. ooops, my bad, no it wasn't... i'll do it now nt

[Jennicut]

8. Why have a non profitable memorial when we can build a big skyscraper again!

This would be hysterically funny were it not so sad.

[baldguy]

4. New York Dolls one more block up.

It's good to have strippers on "hallowed ground".

[Inuca]

15. From an Ezra Klein tweet

http://daryllang.com/blog/4421

[slackmaster]

7. How absolutely horrible that the WTC site is still in such a state of destruction

It's a disgrace.

[qnr]

12. That photograph was taken 12 days after the attacks. n/t

[slackmaster]

13. Oh, that's different.

Never mind.

[qnr]

14. S'ok - I only knew it because I saw the info on the Wiki page :) n/t

[Deep13]

9. Yup, that's pretty close.

Anyway, will no one mourn for Burlington Coat? :D

[LostinVA]

11. That was a really big one, too