tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36864475.post3421742916126945472..comments2023-07-02T05:14:05.375-04:00Comments on The Clyde Fitch Report: Will Robert B. Tierney, Chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, Exposed in the New York Times, Resign?Leonard Jacobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14736316792887920991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36864475.post-86742023393853595592008-11-30T21:02:00.000-05:002008-11-30T21:02:00.000-05:00Ah, what to expect in these sad later days? This, ...Ah, what to expect in these sad later days? This, after all, the city that I love is also the city that let the Twin Towers be destroyed and did not rebuild them. There's your precedent: let true landmarks be blown up and left dishonored by not rebuilding them. In law, for instance securities law, the spirit of the law is as important as the letter of it. Our city violates the spirit of the landmarks regulations every single day that we do not rebuild the Twin Towers to their original appearance. How can you expect lesser landmarks to be protected after that? The answer is that you can't. Pearl Harbor was rebuilt and stands as an active Navy station, with its daily use standing as a tribute to those who were killed - side by side with an honorable memorial marker for us to visit and remember. New York has just shrugged and let new buildings take the place of what was stolen from us in an act more cruel than to even be graced with the label of "war." Too bad for stables, when the Twin Towers remain flattened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com