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9/11 changed architecture and urban design forever

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Re: 9/11 changed architecture and urban design forever

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Post by jan_Inkepa »

KaiserPro wrote: post #12
m-i-l wrote: post #3

In the UK we had the IRA bombings[0] up until the mid-1990s which changed architecture and urban design. If you worked in the financial district in London, for example, you would have had to pass through the "ring of steel"[1] to get to work, none of the buildings had large car parks underneath (that's one of the things that surprised me on my first visit to New York - some of the tall buildings had several floors of…

100% we used to have toilets on the tube, but the IRA kept on sticking bombs in them. the "troubles" were utterly destructive, and left permanent scars in the UK. However it nothing to the sheer destruction that occurred in NI/6 counties. The Financial Times only recently(~2010) began receiving post at their HQ because the amount of suspicious shit that used to mailed to them and other press outlets. All of the glass…

For those out of the loop, NI/6 counties = counties in Northern Ireland (the UK part)

Re: 9/11 changed architecture and urban design forever

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Post by KaiserPro »

jan_Inkepa wrote: post #21
KaiserPro wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

100% we used to have toilets on the tube, but the IRA kept on sticking bombs in them. the "troubles" were utterly destructive, and left permanent scars in the UK. However it nothing to the sheer destruction that occurred in NI/6 counties. The Financial Times only recently(~2010) began receiving post at their HQ because the amount of suspicious shit that used to mailed to them and other press outlets. All of the glass…

For those out of the loop, NI/6 counties = counties in Northern Ireland (the UK part)

Sorry, yes I should have been more explicit.

In the UK we call it Northern Ireland, in some/most[1] parts of Ireland its called "the 6 counties".

[1] I only have a limited frame of reference here

Re: 9/11 changed architecture and urban design forever

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Post by OJFord »

KaiserPro wrote: post #22
jan_Inkepa wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those out of the loop, NI/6 counties = counties in Northern Ireland (the UK part)

Sorry, yes I should have been more explicit. In the UK we call it Northern Ireland, in some/most[1] parts of Ireland its called "the 6 counties". [1] I only have a limited frame of reference here

I've also heard 'the Northern counties' or just 'up North' for what it's worth.

Re: 9/11 changed architecture and urban design forever

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Post by dekken_ »

KaiserPro wrote: post #22
jan_Inkepa wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those out of the loop, NI/6 counties = counties in Northern Ireland (the UK part)

Sorry, yes I should have been more explicit. In the UK we call it Northern Ireland, in some/most[1] parts of Ireland its called "the 6 counties". [1] I only have a limited frame of reference here

Being from the ROI I call NI a third world country.

Re: 9/11 changed architecture and urban design forever

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Post by shillforhumanty »

The Taliban write their dates 11/09/2001 so this would have been 11-9 to them which is wild why they didn't pull this off on Nov 9th. Also 9/11 is meaningless in a country that doesn't even dial that number for emergency services. Therefore 9/11 seem very likely to be planned by a Western organization who didn't mind sticking it to the Arabic world (cough Zion). So it's been super fun to see silly people believe in sophisticated cavemen. Great money in FUD. Covid is the next FUD, go get jabbed and please put a permanent tattoo on yourselfs too so we can tell you apart kthx

Re: 9/11 changed architecture and urban design forever

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Post by jmkni »

dekken_ wrote: post #26
KaiserPro wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, yes I should have been more explicit. In the UK we call it Northern Ireland, in some/most[1] parts of Ireland its called "the 6 counties". [1] I only have a limited frame of reference here

Being from the ROI I call NI a third world country.

lol, parts of Dublin are worse than anything I've seen in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is far from a third world Country, don't believe everything you see on TV, come up and visit us and see for yourself :)

Re: 9/11 changed architecture and urban design forever

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Post by h2odragon »

So many places with obtrusive security presence, security checkpoints, etc; still have a side door propped open around back somewhere that lets you wander through the "controlled" area freely.

The "defensive design" things like bollards and big planters that block walkways are like rung 1 (or 0.2, perhaps) on the "defensive earthworks" ladder. Its a well studied field and there's counter-actions available for most of that kind of thing. An attack may become more expensive to prepare and require more resources in flight but the bollards and defenses can be hit first and removed.

Judging by the results off all the upgraded security measures since 9/11; we can see what is actually feared.

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