Monday September 11, 2006
I was all in suspense while they were building this thing, wondering what it was going to be. As far as I can tell, it’s just a way for Barry University to increase its visibility in Miami; I couldn’t find any mention on their site to “Silvester Tower.” A great idea, but really now: it matches the noise walls along I-95, and the architecture really suggests a prison tower more then anything else. A tasteful fence with barbed wire top in front completes the effect.
I was wondering, too, and found it disappointing as well. How purposeless.
i was liking the graffiti the kids kept tagging it up with during construction. i suppose thats why the barbed wire is there now.