peor que nunca | 2002-12-18 - 8:51 p.m.

Can you believe it's been twenty d�as since I last ranted in this public forum? Veinte d�as sin diario, in which I have been amused and horrorizada in turn by the shameless commercialism of the temporada and recent events in Washington. My, how time flies.

I see I am in good compa��a. Three of my diaristas preferidas, perhaps in sympathy with me, have joined the 20 day club. Huelga decir, even the venerable throcky has a charter membership in the club, with a record 40 d�as de ausencia.

For my espectacular homecoming entry, I was going to comentar on all this Trent Lott basurer�a, but I figure bastante has been said on the matter. Most of it by Sr. Lott, himself.

Then I came across an art�culo on CNN.com about the current proposals for the nuevo 16-acre World Trade Complex in Nueva York. Aj�, I thought. Look no further, Castigada, for here is your story.

What a goldmine of basura! For it appears that out of m�s de 400 proposals submitted for the reconstrucci�n of the site, only the seven m�s feos have made the grade.

Consider this one, by Foster and Partners, a London-based firm that specializes in bad ideas.

This contemporary structure, unsightly in the extreme, would exceed the former towers' height by several hundred feet, soaring even higher than the 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers and breaking the current record for the world's largest "kick me" sign.

Then there's the multi-layered monstrosidad put forward by the New York firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

What this plan lacks in altura, it at least makes up for in practicalidad. Apparently its designers are trying to deter would-be attackers by convincing them they're hallucinating too intensely to carry out their nefarious flight plans.

My favorite entry is this one, by Meier Eisenman Gwathmey Holl, the firm responsible for our own Getty Center here in L*s *ng*l*s.

La arquitectura just doesn't get much more practical than this. This unusual design, so evocative of a certain resucitado game show, features two gigantic squares -- eat your heart out, Whoopee! -- with not just one, not just two, but twelve holes for airplanes to fly through.

�Qu� opinas t�? I've already weighed in with my opini�n, but which one of these architectural marvels is your favorite? Just to see whether the thunderous silencio of riatsala, itrymybest and rampion extends to guestbook entries, I am especialmente invitando these three to peruse the entries and vote, but you, dear reader, are egualmente welcome to do the same, even if you do update your diary cada d�a.

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