Freedom Tower name dropped for One World Trade Center. China influence?

Freedom Tower name dropped for One World Trade Center. China influence?

Maybe I am being conspiratorial. But as you read the story remember that the Chinese have signed the lease for 190,000 square feet of the building. Freedom is one of the words that is banned by Chinese internet users.

Freedom Tower name changed to One World Trade Center
BY CHAU LAM | chau.lam@newsday.com
11:08 PM EDT, March 26, 2009

The Freedom Tower is out. One World Trade Center is in.

The Port Authority, the agency that owns the building at Ground Zero, said Thursday that the signature skyscraper replacing the Twin Towers destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, will be more commonly known as One World Trade Center.

The reason for the name swapping? One World Trade Center is more marketable, said Steve Sigmund, a spokesman for the Port Authority.

"We believe there's been a good response in the marketplace toward it," Sigmund said Thursday.

The 102-story building, under construction at the 16-acre site, was named the Freedom Tower in the first Ground Zero master plan. At the time, officials said the tallest, most symbolic of five planned towers at the site would demonstrate the nation's triumph over terrorism.

In the end, the tower's address, One World Trade Center, is the one that is easier for people to identify with, said Anthony Coscia, Port Authority chairman.

On Wednesday, the agency announced that the first commercial tenant, a Chinese real estate company, has signed a lease for space in the building. The Beijing Vantone Industrial Company has agreed to lease five floors - 64 through 69 - for nearly 21 years.

The office tower is scheduled to be completed in late 2013.

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/news/ny-nyfree2712590972mar27,0,6084299.story

So folks we are doing everything to bury the memory of 9/11.

There is no more Global War On Terror, no more Islamic Terrorists, no more Enemy Combatives and no more Freedom Tower.

The Port Authority has given China the naming rights for our symbol of our resolve in our fight against terrorism.

I'm so ashamed.