Non-Fiction Article #3

Article-  http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/more_modest_museum_97B3Z7xf1bsjKfZL7ORi4L

In the article A more modest museum  the author talks about how the WTC is running out of money, yet they want to open an Arts Center, where they can get more of an income. I mean is this really necessary? Wasn't the original purpose of the WTC memorial to be a memorial for the lives that were lost at 9/11? Not a party center? I mean, the memorial already charges $20 fee for entrance, what else do they want? The memorial is a place where we should remember the people that died on 9/11, not to party!

I think that the fact that the construction for the current project has been halted for a few weeks because they ran out of money, and when they come up with a Arts Center plan, they find $150 million dollars to fund it. Really? Is this really what we've become? We're turning memorials into night time parties?  Like I said before, the purpose of the WTC memorial, was to remember, and learn about the terror attacks on 9/11/01. To add an Arts Center, is like planting a funeral in the middle of Barclay Center (Brooklyn Nets Stadium). The Arts Center would just be there. It wouldn't fit in.

Another reason I don't support this idea, is because its pretty pathetic how they just halted the construction of the WTC memorial, and came up with this mini idea, and AUTOMATICALLY have money for it. Like think about it, You get $20 from every single person that walks into the memorial, so if a good thousand goes though a day, after a while wouldn't the money just pile up? I understand construction is expensive, but the $150 million will then slowly rise and rise, and it won't be $150 anymore, it could add up to $200 million.

It really is all just a game I think. What they mostly want, is money so that later on they could make money. But really, they don't think about the deeper meaning. This memorial means a lot to some people. There are kids out there, without parents because BOTH of them died on 9/11. To live with that for the rest of your life is tough, and the child will never be the same. To add a Arts Center, a place where concerts and such may be held, just... doesn't show respect at all. It shows that this memorial doesn't really mean anything.

In conclusion, I agree with this articles opinion in which the Arts Center is a huge mistake, and shouldn't be built AT ALL!