Manhattan, NY-  French architect and artist Francois Bleuconoir looks on at his latest creation on the location of what used to be the World Trade Center complex.  "I heard about the tragedy at about 9:30 I suppose, and I rushed right down to the site," he said in an exclusive interview Wednesday, "and as soon as the rubble settled I knew we had achieved a new level of sophistication in the existential introspection that is modern art."  He then hastened to add, "Hoh-hoh."

Shortly after Building 7 of the WTC fell, Bleuconoir asked the mayor personally if he could have the site dedicated as a monument to those suffering in the aftermath of the attack.  When Mayor Julianni agreed, he immediately moved in with a team of his own welders to secure the wreckage in place to preserve the massive swisted heap in its original state.  "I wanted to keep the structure in a fresh state of decay, it looks more realistic like that."  He added while carefully stepping over an unrecognisable body part.

Rescue workers became more frustrated when they were not allowed to dig through the wreckage because of the preservation effort.  "Some architect guy said that the building had been declared a 'burial site' and that we had to leave," said one ironworker volunteer, "I pushed over the snot-nosed frog and started digging through it with my bare hands."

Another says, "I feel like I'm a part of history.  Like, I'll be able to tell my grandchildren 'I used to hike on the WTC rubble pile before it got all touristy.' ya know?"

There are mixed feelings from the international community, but artists and architects frum around the world have been contacting Bleuconoir with their praise- including the famous I. M. Pei who designed the stupid glass pyramid in the Louvre in Paris.  In a taped phone conversation between the two this was said:

Pei: "So, is it almost finished?"
Bleuconoir: "Yes my Master."
Pei: "I just called to personally congradulate you on your exceptionally bad taste and lack of tact."
Bleuconoir: "Thank you, I believed that they would accept this as a genuine work of art, because I am French.  They still think [that] Frenchmen sweat oil paint.  Just look how they drool over the Statue of Liberty.  Hoh-hoh."

Future plans for site development include a small gift shop which will sell video tapes of the crash, and a Starbucks actually fashioned out of pieces of twisted debris- called the "Never Again Cafe and Bookstore".

JF