911 WTC Memorial Estimate Soars to $1 Billion

One billion USD for a building? Tropolism mention that the foundation manage to raise 130USD million and it appears that the governor and mayor are simply using the revised estimate as a way to get the project out of the Foundation’s hands.

The ensuing debate over costs and potential design changes may also raise once again the possibility that the Port Authority would take over construction of the memorial from the foundation. Last fall, both Governor Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg seemed to endorse the idea. State officials in the last week have expressed a lack of confidence in the foundation’s ability to build the memorial complex. Also of interest is the items included in this new estimate. $300 million for site preparation, $71 million for a chiller plant, and $25 million for insurance.

According to crunchweb.net. Nine-Hundred Million dollars… … The mound of 1USD paper dollar stacked up is now 20 feet tall, 50 feet long, and 31¼ feet wide. The 1USD dollar bills is now climbing to 300,000 feet, or 56.8 miles. It is about half as long as a conventional tennis court.

This amount of money is what an ideal elementary school class size (400 students) can expect to earn in their lifetimes, combined. That would be 7,214 houses with 2,330 sq ft that has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a fireplace, central AC and 2 garage, or 20,000 plus apartments for the homeless.

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