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Ancient_Return430 t1_je3ttf1 wrote

Reply to comment by SleepyHobo in Proposed new MSG by WatchesAndNYC

They chose the wrong place for Oculus. They thought tourists would flood the mall because of The One, but it never happened. It is far as fuck, they wasted so much space inside, and left all the stores pretty much on the sides, but wtf? Wrong place for a mall; terrible interior design. The exterior taste is subjective. Would have been better if they did the interior better and put this mall elsewhere.

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ChipsyKingFisher t1_je4tclt wrote

The oculus is an eye. It’s in its location because every year on 9/11 from 8:46am to 10:28am, the sun moves directly over the opening where the glass is and fills the oculus with light.

It’s a beautiful building, IMO. Most people I’ve met IRL seem to think so too but Reddit loves whining about it for some reason.

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down_up__left_right t1_je55fbp wrote

The real reason for the location is the Port Authority owns the land and used post 9/11 support to build a very expensive underground mall under the guise of rebuilding a PATH station that was destroyed on 9/11.

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crek42 t1_je73uo2 wrote

Reddit whines about everything. Doubly so in this sub.

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OIlberger t1_je4zgxk wrote

> every year on 9/11 from 8:46am to 10:28am, the sun moves directly over the opening where the glass is and fills the oculus with light

IDGAF

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