Thursday, September 8, 2011
Delivery boy Journalism
Always thought that the American media’s job is to shake every major news boat, if it is sinkable it will sink if it has what it takes to float it will. I always admired and believed the reporting of the American News Media. When it came to reporting the WTC rebuilding news, I believed my eyes that told a completely different story other than the one that was playing in media. The local media applied the "delivery boy journalism" live from ground zero just did not seem alive at all. Wondered if they would have been broadcasting from the studio yet did some research. All what the reporters did were reporting what was said, a simple delivery job rather than investigating and authenticating the news. The corrupted boat of the rebuilding process of Lower Manhattan seems to have made it unchecked to unload inferior architecture and an insignificant addition to New York skyline.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
An error reported in LA Times
Dear LA Times
Reading what was written on your paper on July 1, 2008,
Titled " World Trade Center construction faces more delays"
By Louise Roug
"Plans for the site in Lower Manhattan, where more than 2,600 people were killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, include the Freedom Tower, an office tower designed by Daniel Libeskind. The building, now under construction, has been sharply criticized by architecture critics and embroiled in disputes between government officials and Larry Silverstein, the developer who held the lease on the World Trade Center."
The truth is Daniel Libeskind didn't design this version of the Freedom Tower. I wrote this essay exclusively for LA Times describing the evolution of the Freedom Tower design, highlighting its three main versions.
The first version of the Freedom Tower was a part of the winning scheme of Daniel Libeskind. It is fair to say that was big part of the reason why the public voted for his scheme; however, it wasn't that popular with knowledgeable critics. Libeskind was the sole designer of this version. This version was deemed too impractical to build and was superseded by Version 2 of the Freedom Tower .
The second version was a result of a "bloody" collaboration between Libeskind and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)'s Childs. A negative scandalous collaboration that dominated the headlines of New York City tabloids. This collaboration was detailed in books about the rebuilding process and was the subject of a few absence published cartoons. The quality of the collaboration showed clearly on the quality of the design. This version wasn't built and was superseded by the third version of the Freedom Tower .
The third version of the Freedom Tower is what is under construction now after bieng altered few times. Here is a quote about this version of Freedom Tower 9 I call it Version 3) from "UP FROM ZERO" for author Paul Goldberger, page 266, "And Childs, who cared most about getting credit for the design, could say this time that the Freedom Tower was more fully his own, almost entirely free of Libeskind's influence." Page 267 "And this dull building (meant Freedom Tower 3rd version) bore absolutely no resemblance to Daniel Libeskind's original design,". It is fair to say that this version was completely designed by SOM's Childs.
After writing this letter the "dull" design of the freedom tower got a lot "duller" and the entire scheme of Libeskind was completely ignored not only the freedom tower. LA Times never corrected their error. The seriousness of this error is that the rebuilding process concluded with Libeskind scheme as winning scheme. Then this scheme never were built and will never be build which conclusively declare the national, expensive and years-long rebuilding process, a major failure.
Reading what was written on your paper on July 1, 2008,
Titled " World Trade Center construction faces more delays"
By Louise Roug
"Plans for the site in Lower Manhattan, where more than 2,600 people were killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, include the Freedom Tower, an office tower designed by Daniel Libeskind. The building, now under construction, has been sharply criticized by architecture critics and embroiled in disputes between government officials and Larry Silverstein, the developer who held the lease on the World Trade Center."
The truth is Daniel Libeskind didn't design this version of the Freedom Tower. I wrote this essay exclusively for LA Times describing the evolution of the Freedom Tower design, highlighting its three main versions.
The first version of the Freedom Tower was a part of the winning scheme of Daniel Libeskind. It is fair to say that was big part of the reason why the public voted for his scheme; however, it wasn't that popular with knowledgeable critics. Libeskind was the sole designer of this version. This version was deemed too impractical to build and was superseded by Version 2 of the Freedom Tower .
The second version was a result of a "bloody" collaboration between Libeskind and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)'s Childs. A negative scandalous collaboration that dominated the headlines of New York City tabloids. This collaboration was detailed in books about the rebuilding process and was the subject of a few absence published cartoons. The quality of the collaboration showed clearly on the quality of the design. This version wasn't built and was superseded by the third version of the Freedom Tower .
The third version of the Freedom Tower is what is under construction now after bieng altered few times. Here is a quote about this version of Freedom Tower 9 I call it Version 3) from "UP FROM ZERO" for author Paul Goldberger, page 266, "And Childs, who cared most about getting credit for the design, could say this time that the Freedom Tower was more fully his own, almost entirely free of Libeskind's influence." Page 267 "And this dull building (meant Freedom Tower 3rd version) bore absolutely no resemblance to Daniel Libeskind's original design,". It is fair to say that this version was completely designed by SOM's Childs.
After writing this letter the "dull" design of the freedom tower got a lot "duller" and the entire scheme of Libeskind was completely ignored not only the freedom tower. LA Times never corrected their error. The seriousness of this error is that the rebuilding process concluded with Libeskind scheme as winning scheme. Then this scheme never were built and will never be build which conclusively declare the national, expensive and years-long rebuilding process, a major failure.
Friday, January 4, 2008
My September 1, 2006 Letter for Oprah
In For a Dream?
September 1, 2006
Dear: Oprah
Anyone who wants to legitimize a significant cause turns into you Oprah, even presidential candidates who would like to legitimize their candidacy. I am writing this letter asking you to legitimize my cause as well. I expect you to do some topic-dissecting before joining the fight that is why I enclosed this CD (contained my manuscript) to make your job easier.
All the books that I noticed that you included in your book club were fiction books. My book is the Anna Karenina of the nonfiction books. My book is not even a book yet it is just a manuscript pending publishing. Yet I hope that my cause will compellingly convince her majesty the queen -Oprah- to turn her book club into a manuscript club for this one time.
The Oprah Show, obviously doesn’t like deception, yet you were deceived Oprah, when you let the architects of the LMDC run design competition appear in your show. You were misled to legitimize this corrupted process by allowing those architects to appear on your show. The short version of the story is that the designs which they promoted on your show were not and will never be built. The work of other architects is under construction as you are reading this. The detailed version of the story is included in the enclosed CD.
This CD include tens of objectively critical essays regarding the current rebuilding process . It also includes a DREAM of a national rebuilding approach that easily supersedes the current rebuilding approach.
As I was writing those critical essays I was sending them to the Oprah of the non fiction, I was sending them to the iconic Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes.
Oprah, are you in for a dream?
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Ramez A. George
September 1, 2006
Dear: Oprah
Anyone who wants to legitimize a significant cause turns into you Oprah, even presidential candidates who would like to legitimize their candidacy. I am writing this letter asking you to legitimize my cause as well. I expect you to do some topic-dissecting before joining the fight that is why I enclosed this CD (contained my manuscript) to make your job easier.
All the books that I noticed that you included in your book club were fiction books. My book is the Anna Karenina of the nonfiction books. My book is not even a book yet it is just a manuscript pending publishing. Yet I hope that my cause will compellingly convince her majesty the queen -Oprah- to turn her book club into a manuscript club for this one time.
The Oprah Show, obviously doesn’t like deception, yet you were deceived Oprah, when you let the architects of the LMDC run design competition appear in your show. You were misled to legitimize this corrupted process by allowing those architects to appear on your show. The short version of the story is that the designs which they promoted on your show were not and will never be built. The work of other architects is under construction as you are reading this. The detailed version of the story is included in the enclosed CD.
This CD include tens of objectively critical essays regarding the current rebuilding process . It also includes a DREAM of a national rebuilding approach that easily supersedes the current rebuilding approach.
As I was writing those critical essays I was sending them to the Oprah of the non fiction, I was sending them to the iconic Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes.
Oprah, are you in for a dream?
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Ramez A. George
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
I met Cynthia McFadden the ABC News’ famed journalist.
New York City is the capitol of the world the head quarters of the world. NYC also is the headquarters of the News industry and the publishing industry. Those two industries I am trying to reach. The idea of having my manuscript with me while driving the cab crossed my mind number of times yet postponed it. A postponement I came to regret after coincidently picking up Mike Woods of FOX 5 News. I did not have any materials to show or give him. After this, I always carried with me a printed early copy of my manuscript, with a cover letter addressed to prospective passengers who are working in either publishing or News reporting. I also started to carry few of my complete manuscript on a CD. Hoping that the lighting will strike again and I‘ll meet another newsperson to present for and hand my materials to.
On the evening of septemper 5th 2006 I was driving my cab in the west side of Manhattan. It was raining heavily. As I was looking for passengers, a lady with big dark glasses and a partially covered hair hailed me. I stopped for her. Since she got in the cab from the vicinity of ABC News, immediately after she told me her destination, I asked; do your job has anything to do with reporting the news? Yes, she answered. It was a one word conclusive answer loaded with a dash of how dare you don’t know me? I looked in the rear view mirror trying to see if I can identify her and she was Cynthia McFadden the famed ABC News’ national journalist. Yes, lighting can strike twice and this time it struck much brighter. Her destination was close there was no time to digest the “shock” of having her in my cab. She was in the phone constantly giving instructions to various recipients, as if she was still in her office. She seemed and sounded like a person with a lot of responsibilities and authority. I started presenting my design concept for Lower Manhattan for her using the drawing in my printed manuscript every time we stopped at a red light. It seemed like I was able to catch her attention she started to come closer to the cab’s partition window. I told her that the rebuilding process of lower Manhattan is corrupted. As we were ready to reach our destination she said give me this (the printed book) and I have a very good investigator to look at it. Instead, I handed her my manuscript on a CD that was a more advanced version of the printed manuscript. I regretted doing this; I should have given her both the printed copy and the CD. As we arrived, I ended by reminding her of how very successful she is in the new format of “Night Line”. She nodded proudly.
Almost a year later I picked up Eyewitness News’ Scott Clark, I showed him my manuscript and with out him asking I hand-delivered a printed copy of my manuscript to his office in ABC's Eyewitness News.
here are some excerpts from the letter i hand-delvered to her on septemper 6 , 2006
During a stop in a red light I presented to you the cover page of my book that highlights one of my schemes to expand Lower Manhattan. You answered “give me this (the book) and I will hand it to a very good investigative reporter to look at it. I suggested that you take a CD that has a lot more information than the book. I was surprised while you were multitasking and talking on the phone in the backseat of the car you asked the most important question reading the entire topic “Is it doable?” You asked , I answered “certainly is, I would still be in school if it was not”. I can elaborate more to tell you that both Lower Manhattan and Governors Island have long history of land-fill started in the 1600s and going on until present time. Diagrams highlighting this land-fill history are included in the CD I handed to you yesterday.
If you decided to examine the national rebuilding process of Lower Manhattan, you will realize that you will need help from someone with architecture background. The good news is you got the help you need already in the CD that I gave you . It includes tens of objectively critical essays regarding the current rebuilding process . It also includes a national rebuilding approach that easily supersedes the current rebuilding approach.
Both the letter and the CD I handed you are enclosed one more time here.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Ramez A. George
On the evening of septemper 5th 2006 I was driving my cab in the west side of Manhattan. It was raining heavily. As I was looking for passengers, a lady with big dark glasses and a partially covered hair hailed me. I stopped for her. Since she got in the cab from the vicinity of ABC News, immediately after she told me her destination, I asked; do your job has anything to do with reporting the news? Yes, she answered. It was a one word conclusive answer loaded with a dash of how dare you don’t know me? I looked in the rear view mirror trying to see if I can identify her and she was Cynthia McFadden the famed ABC News’ national journalist. Yes, lighting can strike twice and this time it struck much brighter. Her destination was close there was no time to digest the “shock” of having her in my cab. She was in the phone constantly giving instructions to various recipients, as if she was still in her office. She seemed and sounded like a person with a lot of responsibilities and authority. I started presenting my design concept for Lower Manhattan for her using the drawing in my printed manuscript every time we stopped at a red light. It seemed like I was able to catch her attention she started to come closer to the cab’s partition window. I told her that the rebuilding process of lower Manhattan is corrupted. As we were ready to reach our destination she said give me this (the printed book) and I have a very good investigator to look at it. Instead, I handed her my manuscript on a CD that was a more advanced version of the printed manuscript. I regretted doing this; I should have given her both the printed copy and the CD. As we arrived, I ended by reminding her of how very successful she is in the new format of “Night Line”. She nodded proudly.
Almost a year later I picked up Eyewitness News’ Scott Clark, I showed him my manuscript and with out him asking I hand-delivered a printed copy of my manuscript to his office in ABC's Eyewitness News.
here are some excerpts from the letter i hand-delvered to her on septemper 6 , 2006
During a stop in a red light I presented to you the cover page of my book that highlights one of my schemes to expand Lower Manhattan. You answered “give me this (the book) and I will hand it to a very good investigative reporter to look at it. I suggested that you take a CD that has a lot more information than the book. I was surprised while you were multitasking and talking on the phone in the backseat of the car you asked the most important question reading the entire topic “Is it doable?” You asked , I answered “certainly is, I would still be in school if it was not”. I can elaborate more to tell you that both Lower Manhattan and Governors Island have long history of land-fill started in the 1600s and going on until present time. Diagrams highlighting this land-fill history are included in the CD I handed to you yesterday.
If you decided to examine the national rebuilding process of Lower Manhattan, you will realize that you will need help from someone with architecture background. The good news is you got the help you need already in the CD that I gave you . It includes tens of objectively critical essays regarding the current rebuilding process . It also includes a national rebuilding approach that easily supersedes the current rebuilding approach.
Both the letter and the CD I handed you are enclosed one more time here.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Ramez A. George
Saturday, October 13, 2007
My letter to ABC Eyewitness News’s Scott Clark
September 28, 2007
Attention Scott Clark
Eyewitness News
Mr. Clark
I drove you home Wednesday night,9-26-2007. When I handed my book to you, I was impressed when you read it in the back seat of the cab despite the dark. I knew with certitude that you deserve to be the reputable journalist that you are when you started to ask intelligent questions regarding the indirect-expansion scheme. You asked about the proposed signature bridges to connect the expansion with Lower Manhattan. As I promised you, I assembled a printed book for you.
You can share this printed copy with any of your friends at Eyewitness news or ABC News. I am available to explain the entire book or any portion of it. I will be more than glade to supply any additional materials or answer any of your questions. When you are done with the book please contact me to come and pick it up.
I consider myself lucky to have met and spoke with you. Thank you for your time and considerations.
Blog: http://SaveNewYork.blogspot.com
Web site: http://inforadream.com
Attention Scott Clark
Eyewitness News
Mr. Clark
I drove you home Wednesday night,9-26-2007. When I handed my book to you, I was impressed when you read it in the back seat of the cab despite the dark. I knew with certitude that you deserve to be the reputable journalist that you are when you started to ask intelligent questions regarding the indirect-expansion scheme. You asked about the proposed signature bridges to connect the expansion with Lower Manhattan. As I promised you, I assembled a printed book for you.
You can share this printed copy with any of your friends at Eyewitness news or ABC News. I am available to explain the entire book or any portion of it. I will be more than glade to supply any additional materials or answer any of your questions. When you are done with the book please contact me to come and pick it up.
I consider myself lucky to have met and spoke with you. Thank you for your time and considerations.
Blog: http://SaveNewYork.blogspot.com
Web site: http://inforadream.com
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Lies In New York , my letter to Oprah
Lies In New York
October 17, 2006
Ms.: Oprah Winfrey
Dear: Oprah
Re: Truth in America broadcast aired on October 12 , 2006
I always respected the American media, its independence, its honesty and its entrepreneurism. The media in New York took the reporting of the rebuilding process of Lower Manhattan as a national task. It certainly is. The reporters often seemed proud to report the rebuilding news. Reporting this news, the media always seemed to report inaccuracies and promote a very personal project as a national project. The media was honestly reporting what they were called to report the problem lies in the content of the materials that they were called to report. This time the media’s reliable sources weren’t all that reliable.
“The Media played along” (using your terminology) misleading the public offering inferior corrupted architecture as a national one. This time wasn’t about politics just serving the purpose of a couple guys. In fact your show was used to legitimize the corrupted process of rebuilding lower Manhattan when you allowed the architects to appear on your show promoting their designs.
I was admitted to the Master of Architecture program at SUNY, Buffalo in 1998 and graduated in the year 2000. My M-Arch’s thesis proposed expanding Lower Manhattan. This expansion is to be done by infilling Lower Manhattan’s encompassing waters incorporating the near by Governors Island. My thesis outlined few expansion schemes and conceptually devised transportation plans expanding Subways and vehicular transportation to serve and connect the new expansion. I see the rebuilding of the new World Trade Center and constructing a significant memorial in the context of this complete national rebuilding process. My project wasn’t sponsored by the government, yet it is a far superior and a far national by comparison to the current project that squandered the government resources. My project was authenticated by more than three design professors and one faculty member. I was never heard despite trying for thousands of times over a number of years.
In New York’s rebuilding-process, corrupted is the new honorable.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Blog: http://SaveNewYork.blogspot.com
Web site: http://inforadream.com
October 17, 2006
Ms.: Oprah Winfrey
Dear: Oprah
Re: Truth in America broadcast aired on October 12 , 2006
I always respected the American media, its independence, its honesty and its entrepreneurism. The media in New York took the reporting of the rebuilding process of Lower Manhattan as a national task. It certainly is. The reporters often seemed proud to report the rebuilding news. Reporting this news, the media always seemed to report inaccuracies and promote a very personal project as a national project. The media was honestly reporting what they were called to report the problem lies in the content of the materials that they were called to report. This time the media’s reliable sources weren’t all that reliable.
“The Media played along” (using your terminology) misleading the public offering inferior corrupted architecture as a national one. This time wasn’t about politics just serving the purpose of a couple guys. In fact your show was used to legitimize the corrupted process of rebuilding lower Manhattan when you allowed the architects to appear on your show promoting their designs.
I was admitted to the Master of Architecture program at SUNY, Buffalo in 1998 and graduated in the year 2000. My M-Arch’s thesis proposed expanding Lower Manhattan. This expansion is to be done by infilling Lower Manhattan’s encompassing waters incorporating the near by Governors Island. My thesis outlined few expansion schemes and conceptually devised transportation plans expanding Subways and vehicular transportation to serve and connect the new expansion. I see the rebuilding of the new World Trade Center and constructing a significant memorial in the context of this complete national rebuilding process. My project wasn’t sponsored by the government, yet it is a far superior and a far national by comparison to the current project that squandered the government resources. My project was authenticated by more than three design professors and one faculty member. I was never heard despite trying for thousands of times over a number of years.
In New York’s rebuilding-process, corrupted is the new honorable.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Blog: http://SaveNewYork.blogspot.com
Web site: http://inforadream.com
My letter to FOX 5 News’s Mike Woods
I hand delivered it with my Book on CD toFOX5 News’s Messenger center,
I never received an acknowledgment or an answered
Please Save New York
October 13, 2006
Mike Woods
FOX 5 News
Dear Mr.: Woods
There are millions of residents in New York, there are twelve thousand cabs in New York one of which is driven by a driver who holds a Master of Architecture degree from a reputable American school. This driver wrote his Master of Architecture thesis regarding Lower Manhattan. This driver was putting the final touches in a book he just wrote regarding the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan and looking persistently for a reputable news cast to report his story. What are the chances that this driver has a member of a reputable newscast as one of his passengers? I am this driver and it was 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. a couple months ago when I was driving a cab and picked you up from around 13th street and drove you to FOX 5 News.
I usually give my passengers a balanced short presentation about both my idea for Lower Manhattan as it was rendered on my M-Arch thesis and how corrupted the current rebuilding process of Lower Manhattan is. I spoke with you almost exclusively about how corrupted the rebuilding process of Lower Manhattan is. You didn’t seem very enthusiastic to hear it, however you acted academically and wrote me two phone numbers and a name to report my story to FOX5 News. An enlarged copy of what you wrote is enclosed.
The fact that you seemed irritated just because someone asserted that the rebuilding process is corrupted -in a way- tells that you are a good American. However you are likely to be disgusted when you read the vivid details of the corruption highlighted on the accompanied CD. This time I will not be the subject of disgust.
You may wonder what a Master of Architecture holder does, driving a New York City cab, I will answer you this is the price of telling the truth. The cruelty of the demotion from an architect to a cab driver corresponds with how brutally honest and exposing the truth I am trying to convey to FOX5 News, is.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Blog: http://SaveNewYork.blogspot.com
Web site: http://inforadream.com
I never received an acknowledgment or an answered
Please Save New York
October 13, 2006
Mike Woods
FOX 5 News
Dear Mr.: Woods
There are millions of residents in New York, there are twelve thousand cabs in New York one of which is driven by a driver who holds a Master of Architecture degree from a reputable American school. This driver wrote his Master of Architecture thesis regarding Lower Manhattan. This driver was putting the final touches in a book he just wrote regarding the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan and looking persistently for a reputable news cast to report his story. What are the chances that this driver has a member of a reputable newscast as one of his passengers? I am this driver and it was 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. a couple months ago when I was driving a cab and picked you up from around 13th street and drove you to FOX 5 News.
I usually give my passengers a balanced short presentation about both my idea for Lower Manhattan as it was rendered on my M-Arch thesis and how corrupted the current rebuilding process of Lower Manhattan is. I spoke with you almost exclusively about how corrupted the rebuilding process of Lower Manhattan is. You didn’t seem very enthusiastic to hear it, however you acted academically and wrote me two phone numbers and a name to report my story to FOX5 News. An enlarged copy of what you wrote is enclosed.
The fact that you seemed irritated just because someone asserted that the rebuilding process is corrupted -in a way- tells that you are a good American. However you are likely to be disgusted when you read the vivid details of the corruption highlighted on the accompanied CD. This time I will not be the subject of disgust.
You may wonder what a Master of Architecture holder does, driving a New York City cab, I will answer you this is the price of telling the truth. The cruelty of the demotion from an architect to a cab driver corresponds with how brutally honest and exposing the truth I am trying to convey to FOX5 News, is.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Blog: http://SaveNewYork.blogspot.com
Web site: http://inforadream.com
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