The "Freedom" Tower

Like probably many of you, I've felt stuck between some fitting remembrance of what happened in lower Manhattan on 9/11 and yet being able to move on. But the designs for what was to replace the towers have left me cold.

The skeletal structure that will cost a king's ransom and won't serve much purpose seems beyond silly and wasteful. It was ridiculous to plan this.

So now, I'm in the rare position of saying Donald Trump's idea of replacing this idea with a much more useful building - on some of the world's most vaulted, expensive real estate - may be a much better way to go. Hell, leaving the site vacant would be better than the skeleton.

We don't need more symbols; we need more meaning and less waste.