r/WorldTradeCenter

I know the whole Ground Zero situation was a legal and political nightmare to sort out, and One World Trade Center isn't a bad-looking building on its own. But it just feels incomplete. It lacks that iconic twin-tower "Steinway" effect that defined the NYC skyline for decades.
To me, the current memorial setup feels way too flat and sterile. Just two big black squares with water going down a drain. It completely lacks the raw emotion of what actually happened there.
Years ago, there were alternative proposals thrown around—including the "Twin Towers II" idea that people like Donald Trump backed at the time—and I honestly think that direction would have been infinitely better. Imagine a setup where they kept pieces of the actual steel ruins/facades in place as a permanent, haunting reminder, mixed with flags and the names of the victims, while building two brand-new, taller, and much stronger twin towers right next to or around them. Give them a modern glass design, keep the iconic footprint, put the antenna on one, and call it WTC II.
Building back the skyline bigger and bolder while keeping the actual ruins visible would have felt like a genuine, unapologetic "fuck you" to the terrorists. It would show that you can't erase what happened, but you also can't break the city.
Does anyone else feel like the current minimalist layout missed a massive opportunity for a much stronger statement?

Are there any pictures or more details of these loading docks close up or even inside the docks, under the promenade on the southwest side?

I always wondered what they were mostly used for (obviously unloading trucks, yes but like more details lol) and their layout and if there was access to the main lobby from inside the docks. I know the main shipping ramp was on the NE side of the North face, for the whole complex.

There's the famous video taken on 9/11 in between collapses where the footage inside the lobby was filmed, and inside the loading docks was briefly filmed as the cameraman moved across Vesey St. There were people appearing to move a stretcher out of the loading area.

I also know that the diesel fuel oil for the base building system tanks were below the loading dock, and I believe the main pumps were located in a room off to the west of the loading docks.

I just really like WTC7 and love learning about that building. It was a very interesting and good looking building.