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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/target_field_wind_veil.jpg?w=300&h=187" />A few weeks ago, it was revealed that <a href="/2011/real-estate/pretty-1-wtc-shattered-bunker-reality">the shimmering base of 1 World Trade Center was crumbling</a>, literally. The fancy glass facade meant to mask a 20-story concrete bunker at the base of the building was proving too difficult to manufacture, and an alternate solution needed to be devised. The next day, a reader emailed us with a novel solution, but <a href="/2011/real-estate/conde-signs-ready-set">only now</a> do we realize it is the perfect one.</p>
<p>A reader named Kevin sent along <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvzexLdu6Fk&amp;feature=related">a YouTube video</a> of a giant wind veil that had been constructed at Target Field, the year-old home of the Minnesota Twins. Measuring 285 feet long by 60 feet high, the sculpture by California artist Ned Kahn is stretched across a four-story parking garage--not typically the prettiest of structures. When the wind blows across <a href="http://hometownsource.com/2010/03/26/blaine-company-makes-tiles-for-target-field-artistic-wind-veil/">the 51,000 individual panels</a>, they ripple in dramatic fashion. At night, when most people are heading for their cars after the game, the screen is illuminated by color-changing LEDs. It's like a technicolor dream dress swishing its way down the catwalk.</p>
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<p>Which is why this would be the perfect solution to the unsightly problem of 1 World Trade's bomb-proof base. What better way to herald the arrival (in four years) of uber-chic <a href="/2011/real-estate/top-world-conde-signs-1-wtc">Cond&eacute; Nast at the building</a> than to stick a giant 20-story skirt on the bottom of the tower.</p>
<p><a href="/2011/real-estate/wtc-architect-obl-why-we-build">You're welcome, David Childs</a>.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="mailto:mchaban@observer.com">mchaban [at] observer.com</a> </strong>|<strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/MC_NYO">@mc_nyo</a></strong></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/target_field_wind_veil.jpg?w=300&h=187" />A few weeks ago, it was revealed that <a href="/2011/real-estate/pretty-1-wtc-shattered-bunker-reality">the shimmering base of 1 World Trade Center was crumbling</a>, literally. The fancy glass facade meant to mask a 20-story concrete bunker at the base of the building was proving too difficult to manufacture, and an alternate solution needed to be devised. The next day, a reader emailed us with a novel solution, but <a href="/2011/real-estate/conde-signs-ready-set">only now</a> do we realize it is the perfect one.</p>
<p>A reader named Kevin sent along <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvzexLdu6Fk&amp;feature=related">a YouTube video</a> of a giant wind veil that had been constructed at Target Field, the year-old home of the Minnesota Twins. Measuring 285 feet long by 60 feet high, the sculpture by California artist Ned Kahn is stretched across a four-story parking garage--not typically the prettiest of structures. When the wind blows across <a href="http://hometownsource.com/2010/03/26/blaine-company-makes-tiles-for-target-field-artistic-wind-veil/">the 51,000 individual panels</a>, they ripple in dramatic fashion. At night, when most people are heading for their cars after the game, the screen is illuminated by color-changing LEDs. It's like a technicolor dream dress swishing its way down the catwalk.</p>
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<p>Which is why this would be the perfect solution to the unsightly problem of 1 World Trade's bomb-proof base. What better way to herald the arrival (in four years) of uber-chic <a href="/2011/real-estate/top-world-conde-signs-1-wtc">Cond&eacute; Nast at the building</a> than to stick a giant 20-story skirt on the bottom of the tower.</p>
<p><a href="/2011/real-estate/wtc-architect-obl-why-we-build">You're welcome, David Childs</a>.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="mailto:mchaban@observer.com">mchaban [at] observer.com</a> </strong>|<strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/MC_NYO">@mc_nyo</a></strong></p>
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