Whoa! The lightning rod is 11 feet tall! That's insane. I bet being the tallest building in the area by far, that this building will get hit by lightning quite often.

Spires are counted in final hight, so yes this will be the tallest in the USA. :)

Willis tower will be the tallest tower in my eyes because you can build a building who is 1000 feet tall and then take a spire whi is also 1000 feet tall and then you have a "skyscraper" who is 2000 feet tall over 600 meters in height, but only 300 meters in office floors.

I don't like that 1wtc is called tallest because it has the same height as the old wtc one was 415 meters and the other was 417 meters tall. It is a nice building but not superior the old ones.

^^ Too bad. WTC1 will be the tallest building in this country.

^^ Too bad. WTC1 will be the tallest building in this country.

Not in my eyes if I stand on top of willys and you on 1wtc I will stand taller than you:nuts:

Not in my eyes if I stand on top of willys and you on 1wtc I will stand taller than you:nuts:

it isn't a huge difference in height its Willis tower is only 83 feet taller not so much of a huge difference and if you measure 1wtc by the communication ring its only a mere 50 feet

Willis tower will be the tallest tower in my eyes because you can build a building who is 1000 feet tall and then take a spire whi is also 1000 feet tall and then you have a "skyscraper" who is 2000 feet tall over 600 meters in height, but only 300 meters in office floors.

I don't like that 1wtc is called tallest because it has the same height as the old wtc one was 415 meters and the other was 417 meters tall. It is a nice building but not superior the old ones.

Yeah sure, 1WTC is just another plain filler. :nuts:

The new 1WTC is better than the old one in so many ways:
- safer (safest supertall on earth)
- taller
- more environmentally friendly (LEED...)
- more beautiful
- more aesthetically pleasing
- more interesting geometrical form
- and what not...

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-incredible-photos-top-iconic-1-world-trade-center-skyscraper-rises-gallery-1.1038352?pmSlide=0

Slideshow with pics from the top..

I like this Tower but the roof should have at least passed Willis Tower's. It's not even that far off but I feel the whole 1,368' figure is pointless because that is just the parapet height, the roof is actually only 1,334' 8". Plus they'll be nothing but mechanical equipment up there anyway so the public will never be able to go up to that height since they scrapped the outdoor observation deck proposal. 1 WTC won't be the tallest building in the country by much. Since this is just one tower they should have went a bit higher w the roof, perhaps 1,500' or something like that. Screw the FAA, the antenna should have exceeded 2,000'. The 1,776' figure is also pointless because it won't be exactly 1,776' plus the Freedom Tower name was scrapped anyway. The Port Authority & Durst should not be the ones in charge of this Tower.

Yeah sure, 1WTC is just another plain filler. :nuts:

The new 1WTC is better than the old one in so many ways:
- safer (safest supertall on earth)
- taller
- more environmentally friendly (LEED...)
- more beautiful
- more aesthetically pleasing
- more interesting geometrical form
- and what not...

Thats your opinion not mine, every one dosen't think that. I do not think that this 1wtc is better the old ones ruled the skyline now this tower is first only one I thinked that they should have built it taller and build it a twin, then I would have been satisfied. Every one dosen't think that this is the right replacement. I have relatives in New York and they have said what I am saying

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/6998594109_1c093071d9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelrnyc/6998594109/)
1WTC - Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelrnyc/6998594109/) von Joel Raskin (http://www.flickr.com/people/joelrnyc/) auf Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/6848865502_11f11f4767_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14333661@N03/6848865502/)
Lower Manhattan NYC Skyline 3/18/2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14333661@N03/6848865502/) von truthinpassingx (http://www.flickr.com/people/14333661@N03/) auf Flickr


http://www.flickr.com/photos/agreatbigcity/6993994489/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/agreatbigcity/6993994489/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/agreatbigcity/6993994489/

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7196/6991626227_e413f272e5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelrnyc/6991626227/)
Hudson River Park - 1WTC (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelrnyc/6991626227/) von Joel Raskin (http://www.flickr.com/people/joelrnyc/) auf Flickr

:)

:mad:

Chabourne & Parke WTC deal is ‘dead’ (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/chabourne_parke_wtc_deal_is_dead_0Ui2O7VSe66AQXXay4rA7L?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business)

By STEVE CUOZZO
Last Updated: 12:42 AM, March 20, 2012
Posted: 11:49 PM, March 19, 2012

"Closely watched talks for law firm Chadbourne & Parke to move to 1 World Trade Center cratered yesterday, leaving followers of both downtown and the legal landscape scratching their heads.

Chadbourne abruptly informed 1 WTC’s owners, the Port Authority and the Durst Organization, that the deal was dead — “as in dead, not a negotiating posture,” an informed insider said.

“They will not be going there.”

The reversal was surprising because the clock’s ticking on Chadbourne, which must leave behind 300,000 square feet at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in 2014, when Deloitte will take its space.

A relocation to 1 WTC — future home to Condé Nast — seemed like a sure bet when the New York Times reported on Jan. 26 that the tower was “set” to sign the law firm.

But a few weeks later, The Post cautioned that Chadbourne had yet to sign a term sheet.

Reps for the PA and Durst declined to comment yesterday, as did Chadbourne’s broker, Newmark Knight Frank’s Moshe Sukenik.

Chadbourne would have added 200,000 square feet to the total 1.37 million square feet already leased to private-sector firms at the 3.05 million square-foot tower.

The iconic skyscraper, represented by Cushman & Wakefield, will get by without Chadbourne. But it marks the latest damper on real estate industry claims that law firms are aggressively on the move.

Chadbourne is the third firm to recently back out of talks. Mayer, Brown changed its mind about Boston Properties’ 250 W. 55th St. And as The Post reported, Morgan, Lewis, after kicking the tires at several addresses, decided to renew its lease at Peter Kalikow’s 101 Park Ave."

^^ Well they have to move somewhere, right? Hudson Yards maybe?

Thats your opinion not mine, every one dosen't think that. I do not think that this 1wtc is better the old ones ruled the skyline now this tower is first only one I thinked that they should have built it taller and build it a twin, then I would have been satisfied. Every one dosen't think that this is the right replacement. I have relatives in New York and they have said what I am saying

The first three points are facts (safer, taller and more environmentally friendly), not opinion.
And the rest: to each his own. :cheers2:

Yeah, the key from that article is:

"The reversal was surprising because the clock’s ticking on Chadbourne, which must leave behind 300,000 square feet at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in 2014, when Deloitte will take its space."

most of the buildings in NY progress with amazing speed

I myself visited New York a week ago and saw the tower up close... and to tell you the truth there's nothing "special" in the design.... it is modern, yes, but that doesn't mean its immediately pleasing to the eye or the most beautiful tower in downtown... in fact, I think I'd prefer the older gothic styled towers to this one, since, for the time they were built, they were exceptionally tall, and also well designed and creative... I think WTC 1 has gotten much less character than what it deserves for being NY's symbol of rebuilding... and now they want to make the spire thinner and simpler!!! In short, I think everyone expects more from a building designed to replace the reknown Twin Towers.

I myself visited New York a week ago and saw the tower up close... and to tell you the truth there's nothing "special" in the design.... it is modern, yes, but that doesn't mean its immediately pleasing to the eye or the most beautiful tower in downtown... in fact, I think I'd prefer the older gothic styled towers to this one, since, for the time they were built, they were exceptionally tall, and also well designed and creative... I think WTC 1 has gotten much less character than what it deserves for being NY's symbol of rebuilding... and now they want to make the spire thinner and simpler!!! In short, I think everyone expects more from a building designed to replace the reknown Twin Towers.



You cannot pass judgment on this tower until you have seen it with its completed spire/antenna and completed base. It's simply far too early for pessimism like this.

https://p.twimg.com/AocOs2VCAAAUa42.jpg:large

Image via: WTC Progress: Twitter

Not in my eyes if I stand on top of willys and you on 1wtc I will stand taller than you:nuts:

It doesn't really matter, spires are added to buildings for extra height all the time, look at petronas vs. sears tower.

not saying it's right but it's not a big deal

New steel is arriving at the very moment :banana:

btw this thread now has more replies than Burj Khalifa :)

That picture! :eek2:

Is it only me or is it insane how small the footprint of 1WTC is alongside the Barclay-vessey and WFCs. In that picture it almost looks like someone just put the WTC down in its spot whereas the WFC looks established. I'm not sure if my point is clear, but I actually do like how slender and tall it's starting to look.

The fact is that there will always be differing opinions on this tower, because of the historical and emotional implications it will always carry. The fact is that there will always be people and groups of people who want something different from what it is. The varying expectations mean that not everyone can be pleased. I, for one, quite enjoy the design - and I don't envy the task of trying to meet the various expectations people have for this place.

When they start the base cladding, which should be pretty soon, will they clad the lobby or the podium's mechanical floors first?

New steel is arriving at the very moment :banana:

btw this thread now has more replies than Burj Khalifa :)

Yes! Does this mean new steel being errected tomorow 3/21/2012?


http://www.youtube.com/user/NYBOY75

I myself visited New York a week ago and saw the tower up close... and to tell you the truth there's nothing "special" in the design.... it is modern, yes, but that doesn't mean its immediately pleasing to the eye or the most beautiful tower in downtown... in fact, I think I'd prefer the older gothic styled towers to this one, since, for the time they were built, they were exceptionally tall, and also well designed and creative... I think WTC 1 has gotten much less character than what it deserves for being NY's symbol of rebuilding... and now they want to make the spire thinner and simpler!!! In short, I think everyone expects more from a building designed to replace the reknown Twin Towers.

Totally AGREE WITH YOU SIR. I visit New York in christmas and I think it is a nice building sure, but the old ones was just majestic. They dominated so hard the skyline. I wanted to see two freedom towers so to speak and they would have been 1776 feet tall in office hight not spire-hight:banana:. The spire can be 1000 feet tall I still count the roof as the final hight.

sorry for my english:nuts:

I am totally amazed on how some people are giving critiques on a building that has not been finish yet i work at the world world financial center from 1997 to 2000 so if any body who knew the world trade centers was me , and as much as i miss those buildings and wish that they where still here and the 2,996 people that died lets be honest the design of those buildings was bland most people see those buildings though nostalgic eyes i think 1wtc is a good design yes i wish 1 wtc was a bit taller but it is much better than having nothing at all .

I am totally amazed on how some people are giving critiques on a building that has not been finish yet i work at the world world financial center from 1997 to 2000 so if any body who knew the world trade centers was me , and as much as i miss those buildings and wish that they where still here and the 2,996 people that died lets be honest the design of those buildings was bland most people see those buildings though nostalgic eyes i think 1wtc is a good design yes i wish 1 wtc was a bit taller but it is much better than having nothing at all .

Well, to keep it short, we can't please everybody...

Probably would have been a better idea to not start the thread with provocative statements, but hopefully this thread can stay on topic.http://www.australialuxe.info/ht2.jpghttp://www.ihatespam.info/jh.jpghttp://www.ihatespam.info/bh.jpg

You guys, this thread has just surpassed the Burj Khalifa as the most viewed supertall thread!

You mean the most post burj khalifa still has the most views not to get of topic but if you go to goggle and hit up the burj khalifa you will get 14,700,000 veiws and if you hit 1wtc you will get 352,000,000 veiws . :lol::lol::lol:

I am totally amazed on how some people are giving critiques on a building that has not been finish yet i work at the world world financial center from 1997 to 2000 so if any body who knew the world trade centers was me , and as much as i miss those buildings and wish that they where still here and the 2,996 people that died lets be honest the design of those buildings was bland most people see those buildings though nostalgic eyes i think 1wtc is a good design yes i wish 1 wtc was a bit taller but it is much better than having nothing at all .

Run on sentence much? Anyway:

They weren't bland at all; they were interesting to look at, and were a byproduct of the era they came from; an era that emphasized functionality over aesthetics. And they did what they were designed to do beautifully; large, open office floors without columns. Sure, it wasn't going to win the Pritzker Prize, but it was built with a purpose, and it accomplished what it was built to do.

I don't see those buildings through nostalgic eyes, I see them through the eyes of a New Yorker. They were the pillars of the Manhattan skyline, and though we can't have them back, they'll always be the first thing I think of when I look towards the city.

I will say, though, that the new WTC is a definite improvement over the old, especially with the running of the streets back through the site, and an overall more modern, humanizing look.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6989364331_488d35a1b9_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikemcquaid/6989364331/)
One World Trade Center (Under Construction) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikemcquaid/6989364331/) by Mike McQuaid (http://www.flickr.com/people/mikemcquaid/), on Flickr

Sorry if my inappropriate punctuation's or conjunctions bother you but i am also a born and bred new yorker too, i should have stated my views as an opinion .

Wtc1 is looking more beautiful by the day :) and anyone who wants to fawn over the old towers please go somewhere else.. Thankyou. We understand you may not see the building as a fitting replacement for the twins but there are people who see differently so please stop depressing everyone with your criticism.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7073/6998594109_1c093071d9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelrnyc/6998594109/)




the Woolworth provides such a stunning contrast to WTC.

Wtc1 is looking more beautiful by the day :) and anyone who wants to fawn over the old towers please go somewhere else.. Thankyou. We understand you may not see the building as a fitting replacement for the twins but there are people who see differently so please stop depressing everyone with your criticism.

I agree, everyone has there own opinions. I miss the old WTC, but please, stop depressing everyone and bringing the new WTC down. The new WTC is grand, some people hate the old, some hate the new, however it's about looking forward and not in the past.

Bringing the old ones back would give us the image of that very day, every day, we need to move on into the future, this new design is modern, it's a structure that fit's into today's society, and the future society.

Please take your thoughts elsewhere we need to concentrate on the building of the WTC, not arguing about which one is better, and why, especially considering it hasn't even finished, nor has then entire center!. When 2WTC comes up and there's two huge buildings almost the same as the original, and 3 WTC is up and all is don,e you may change your mind ...

Joe Woolhead (March 12, 2012) on http://www.wtc.com/media/

http://www.wtc.com/utils/Download.aspx?file=/uploads/images/hi-res/14_40_20120312-1WTC---Credit-Joe-Woolhead---02.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6855991648_8c7d565e93_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianychan/6855991648/)
Week 11/52: 1 WTC (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianychan/6855991648/) by BrianYChan (http://www.flickr.com/people/brianychan/), on Flickr

Here's an interesting map for Circle-Line Cruises that shows a completed 1WTC.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/6850716384_8ff94906c9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodhunt/6850716384/)
101 New York Sights Map for Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodhunt/6850716384/) by Rod Hunt Illustration (http://www.flickr.com/people/rodhunt/), on Flickr

Nice illustration the future of the manhattan skyline is alomst complete.

lol what a horrible map

seems to be a good map for someone who would be unfamiliar with the locations of the city's landmarks

Haha it is pretty dreadful, firstly the Riverside Cathedral is grossly exaggerated height wise, secondly, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine is like 5 blocks away and it is a much bigger church and much bigger tourist attraction, I realize it's harder to see from a cruise, but I'd advertise that one.

ANYWAY, advertising the WTC feels a bit premature, but I guess marketing is marketing.

sidenote: I love how all the buildings are built on grass haha. It's like New York is a newly discovered place, and they just decided to build right on the prairie.

I think you guys saying it's not accurate need to have a look at yourselfs, it's supposed to be just a simple illustration highlighting some main landmarks, with abit of tongue in cheek! . . . "Yanks" don't you just love em! lol :)

^^ I was going to totally agree with you, but then you called me a yank. So now I feel totally insulted.

lol please Don't feel insulted kingsc, that comment was also with tongue in cheek . . I really love you guys and your culture! God i wanna come to america one day. I love how ur all ott!
yanks! don't ya just love em . . . ha ha ha JOKE !

Yeah sure, 1WTC is just another plain filler. :nuts:

The new 1WTC is better than the old one in so many ways:
- safer (safest supertall on earth)
- taller
- more environmentally friendly (LEED...)
- more beautiful
- more aesthetically pleasing
- more interesting geometrical form
- and what not...

In many ways it is, but not taller. Same height. In my mind, I don't include the spire, because it is not accesible to the public, unlike the Empire State Building. One way the originals were better, not to harp and stray off the subject matter, nor lament, was the observation deck on the rooftop, and the restaraunt. That being said, I'm going to be expecting something spectacular on that observation deck, inside there, that is yet to be determined, but something spectacular. Something Blockbuster. Something breathtaking. Hear that Silverstein? Hear that, Port Authority?, and/or whoever else is involved in this?

lol please Don't feel insulted kingsc, that comment was also with tongue in cheek . . I really love you guys and your culture! God i wanna come to america one day. I love how ur all ott!
yanks! don't ya just love em . . . ha ha ha JOKE !

Everyone wants to come here yet everyone hates us. Strange. Maybe it's envy. Take our money and aid. Depend on us for defense. Try to weaken us through the corrupt and incompetent UN. Then try to move here.

Everyone wants to come here yet everyone hates us. Strange. Maybe it's envy. Take our money and aid. Depend on us for defense. Try to weaken us through the corrupt and incompetent UN. Then try to move here.



Love it or Leave it!

K25150 . . . .Oh please . I don't want to move there just purely visit! i'm an extremely proud English man just like you are a proud american.

^^ I was going to totally agree with you, but then you called me a yank. So now I feel totally insulted.

Don't be so touchy, yanks is a pretty affectionate term for an american.
You should hear what some of those arabs call you lot. :lol:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k199/fordgtman1992/560795_525607477485_124400079_30470410_1258950716_n.jpg

The right picture was taken on Sunday and the left in 2010, both by a friend of mine.

Don't be so touchy, yanks is a pretty affectionate term for an american.
You should hear what some of those arabs call you lot. :lol:

I don't know if you know this or not, but I'm black. So You don't want to hear the things, the ppl in my own country call me.

Don't be so touchy, yanks is a pretty affectionate term for an american.
You should hear what some of those arabs call you lot. :lol:

People in the US have some pretty bad names for arabs too :ohno: However, some may be surprised to know that arabs do actually live in the US

but anyway, at least in my parents country (spain) many people hate the american govnt and not really america itself, many would love to come visit.

And for the haters.. yea probably jealousy.

Please everyone stay and topic and stop offending each other...

^, I agree let's please stay on topic. Regardless this Tower is an incredible building, and will become an iconic icon.

Don't judge until the entire complex has been finished. I think your perspectives will change once 2 WTC is up, and there is 2 400M + Building's there, which I'm sure will look amazing, and also 3 WTC, 4 WTC, Transit Hub, 2 Fountains and Museum and all. :)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7076/7004386713_3bf948b11f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bytegirl/7004386713/)
foggy afternoon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bytegirl/7004386713/) by bytegirl24 (http://www.flickr.com/people/bytegirl/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7238/7001905847_75a63f12d9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/7001905847/)
Ship in the fog (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/7001905847/) by pmarella (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmarella/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7049/7002021737_a0b70f8d80_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebiblioholic/7002021737/)
IMG_0397_au (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebiblioholic/7002021737/) by thebiblioholic (http://www.flickr.com/people/thebiblioholic/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6856880998_1a08750416_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23465722@N00/6856880998/)
IMG_5960 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23465722@N00/6856880998/) by jhillen69 (http://www.flickr.com/people/23465722@N00/), on Flickr

Very nice shots THANK's!!

^, I agree let's please stay on topic. Regardless this Tower is an incredible building, and will become an iconic icon.

Don't judge until the entire complex has been finished. I think your perspectives will change once 2 WTC is up, and there is 2 400M + Building's there, which I'm sure will look amazing, and also 3 WTC, 4 WTC, Transit Hub, 2 Fountains and Museum and all. :)



Amen!

Are there any shots of WTC1 that are similar to this shot? http://postcardexchange.net/wp-content/uploads/nycskylinewithwtc.jpg I know someone has probably taken one like it but if not could someone please do it? (If anyone capable of doing it is reading this)

More steel going up!

More steel going up!

Yes we are now at the 100th floor!!! we may say this top out next month after all!!:banana:

Most impressive, keep it up people. Hope to see the tower in the flesh later this year from Sunny England ; )

Hope they put up more cladding. It's really hard to appreciate it's height when all you see is hundreds of feet of black net. I see this everyday at work in TriBeCa, and you feel like theres no movement at all - although there is

In many ways it is, but not taller. Same height. In my mind, I don't include the spire, because it is not accesible to the public, unlike the Empire State Building. One way the originals were better, not to harp and stray off the subject matter, nor lament, was the observation deck on the rooftop, and the restaraunt. That being said, I'm going to be expecting something spectacular on that observation deck, inside there, that is yet to be determined, but something breathtaking. Something Blockbuster. Something breathtaking. Hear that Silverstein? Hear that, Port Authority?, and/or whoever else is involved in this?

It does have a taller roof height by like 14 metres.

It's so good to see more steel being lifted! The tower should top out in mid april~may maybe?

Eleven more feet and 1wtc will be the new king of new york.

Seen on earthcam today new steel going up, what level is it on now?

Not in my eyes if I stand on top of willys and you on 1wtc I will stand taller than you:nuts:

You rock, Tommy Boy!

Seen on earthcam today new steel going up, what level is it on now?

100 or 101...not totally sure but its defientely one of those...can someone confirm?

These columns look rather tall to be just 1,240'. I honestly think the Tower has finally surpassed the ESB but I need more pictures to be certain. If it has surpassed it, then it is up to floor 101.

Eleven more feet and 1wtc will be the new king of new york.

Hell of a city to be king of!

Are there any shots of WTC1 that are similar to this shot? http://postcardexchange.net/wp-content/uploads/nycskylinewithwtc.jpg I know someone has probably taken one like it but if not could someone please do it? (If anyone capable of doing it is reading this)

Yeah sure! Just let me spend $200 to rent a boat, buy some gas, and take it about a mile past the Statue Of Liberty so I can take that picture.

These columns look rather tall to be just 1,240'. I honestly think the Tower has finally surpassed the ESB but I need more pictures to be certain. If it has surpassed it, then it is up to floor 101.

These columns do look especially tall. I think this is right. Can anyone else confirm?

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5140/1wtcflrcount.png

Two jumps left!

These columns do look especially tall. I think this is right. Can anyone else confirm?

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5140/1wtcflrcount.png

so forgive if i might be mistaken, from what you showed everybody and I, this Tower is up to the obervation floors. which means that this tower is 90 percent to the roof top.

can't wait to add 1WTC on my Supertall-List :)

so forgive if i might be mistaken, from what you showed everybody and I, this Tower is up to the obervation floors. which means that this tower is 90 percent to the roof top.

I believe so. :banana:

I believe so. :banana:

Since we are agreeance which I am very happy for, then from what the constrcution diagrams show, that floor 101 is taller then the Empire State Building which mean Tower 1 is King of the eastern sea board and of NYC.

^^ I think so. :cheers: :cheers1: :D :dance:

I can't deal with all this excitment someone needs to confirm this so we know for sure we are at floor 101 not 100 lol! Although ot really does seem that it is so lets party anyway!:banana::lol::):dance:

Gentlemen a new pic has pop on the skyscraper page forum and it looks to me that 1 wtc is the new king of new york . :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::

Gentlemen a new pic has pop on the skyscraper page forum and it looks to me that 1 wtc is the new king of new york . :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::

If this is true then Yessssss Baby!!!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/user/NYBOY75?feature=watch

From: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8q8AQTGrgA&list=UUhtU7A62TdyRVQm8CsdVwBw&index=1&feature=plcp

Gentlemen a new pic has pop on the skyscraper page forum and it looks to me that 1 wtc is the new king of new york . :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::

Yes just saw it! The World Trade Center has officially taken its rightful thrown back!

Sorry should have posted them here too. How many jumps left now?

http://benjaminrosamond.com/r1332455147/cc/8/0/3/12803/w/984x588-anAZrykta1Q0UL3x.jpg

http://benjaminrosamond.com/r1332455147/cc/8/0/3/12803/w/1400x720-r_7uAIhj2k3V4rPu.jpg

http://benjaminrosamond.com/section/211801_WTC.html

[QUOTE=BunkySSC;89719844]Sorry should have posted them here too. How many jumps left now?

2 jumps left!!!:banana:

Those are some big ass columns!

Yes just saw it! The World Trade Center has officially taken its rightful thrown back!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/NYBOY75

I don't know if this has been posted before but there is also one more milestone to be noted here: the 1WTC thread has finally surpassed the Burj Khalifa thread, making it (I believe) the longest running thread in the supertalls section if not on the entire site!

I don't know if this has been posted before but there is also one more milestone to be noted here: the 1WTC thread has finally surpassed the Burj Khalifa thread, making it (I believe) the longest running thread in the supertalls section if not on the entire site!

Not necessarily anything to be proud of. It took construction many years to being.

we are a few feet above the 100th floor, the top of column is 1244'4" above the lobby level. 14 perimeter columns went up today plus 6 trucks worth of steel delivered.

Alan

we are a few feet above the 100th floor, the top of column is 1244'4" above the lobby level. 14 perimeter columns went up today plus 6 trucks worth of steel delivered.

Alan

Thanks for the info Alan! :)

we are a few feet above the 100th floor, the top of column is 1244'4" above the lobby level. 14 perimeter columns went up today plus 6 trucks worth of steel delivered.

Alan

well thats depressing we all look like idiots now haha:ohno:

we are a few feet above the 100th floor, the top of column is 1244'4" above the lobby level. 14 perimeter columns went up today plus 6 trucks worth of steel delivered.

Alan

Thanks for the buzzkill. LOL. :lol:

I don't know if this has been posted before but there is also one more milestone to be noted here: the 1WTC thread has finally surpassed the Burj Khalifa thread, making it (I believe) the longest running thread in the supertalls section if not on the entire site!

BK is on its 30th thread and 1wtc is on it's 6th.

Wooowww... The king rises. Thanks for update...

This thread will surely reach 1776 pages soon as the height of 1WTC... it's getting closer! Thanks everybody for the updates.
From: Panama

So what is the estimated date it will top out (except for the spire)?

I estimate April 15.

what is the current height? it looks HUGE compared to how it did when I was in New York last July!

I estimate April 15.

I love your picture by the way

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7238/7001905847_75a63f12d9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/7001905847/)
Ship in the fog (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/7001905847/) by pmarella (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmarella/), on Flickr

Fantastic shot! Can't wait to see the gleaming new tower complete. :)

I estimate April 15.

I'd say end of May, still some floors to go, I think impossible to do this in only three weeks..

we are a few feet above the 100th floor, the top of column is 1244'4" above the lobby level. 14 perimeter columns went up today plus 6 trucks worth of steel delivered.

Alan

So still 6 feet shy of becoming the city's tallest. Well, the moment will come soon enough and then we can celebrate. The reign of the ESB is coming to an end, finally.

more trucks of steel arrived on site this morning! hoping for another bumper day of progress :-D

When they start the base cladding, which should be pretty soon, will they clad the lobby or the podium's mechanical floors first?

Thought they weren't doing it until early next year?

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7066/7007514579_e9540b59da_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninawolfe/7007514579/)
slowly but surely... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninawolfe/7007514579/) by Nina Wolfe Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/ninawolfe/) on Flickr

^^^ epic!:cheers:

New steel!

Full update: http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/2012/03/construction-update-world-trade-center.html

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-krdebr3H--0/T2wadxEepmI/AAAAAAAAAG0/uV5hzl9bKEk/s1600/3222.jpg

2 Shots from yesterday

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/6862312716_038e7ce6c9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6862312716/)
DSCN2873 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6862312716/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/7008427765_33c2468c43_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7008427765/)
DSCN2872 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7008427765/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

Does anyone reckon its possible that One World Trade would be open for business 4th April 2013 to commemorate 40 years since the original opened? Great photos above! ; )

Does anyone reckon its possible that One World Trade would be open for business 4th April 2013 to commemorate 40 years since the original opened? Great photos above! ; )

No chance. That'd be kinda cool. But not gonna happen.

That's a shame! : (

That's a shame! : (

Why is that a shame?

I see new steel going up today :colgate: the columns going up are the tallest I've seen so far :)

To ZZ-II, with all of the commemerative numbers such as 1776 height for Declaration of Independence, 1368ft roof height, 110 for the floor count and 200ft width which also reflects the North Tower, it would be lovely to have a further commemorative number to carry on the legacy? Additionally I'd love to visit in the Spring next year knowing it would be open to go up to the observation deck. Forgive me if any of my figures aren't true. Kind regards.

amazing!!

Does anyone reckon its possible that One World Trade would be open for business 4th April 2013 to commemorate 40 years since the original opened? Great photos above! ; )



About a year late for that.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/6862312716_038e7ce6c9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6862312716/)
DSCN2873 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6862312716/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr


Wow, that really reminds me of this:

http://torontomuralists.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/berlin-wall-art-3.png
Says "New York" and has almost the same barbed wire.:)

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EULZMjXBbo8

ANOTHER FROM NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Ehc_ZRmQc

NYBOY75 thanks for your video updates! they make me laugh but in a good way. I think you'd be well suited to a career in live commentary! Anyways, thanks and keep 'em coming!

I suppose it will be definitely completed and occupied by the 15th anniversary of 9/11 in 2016?

Renderings of the WTC
http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1316089949-rising-dbox-009-1000x562.jpg
http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1316089927-rising-dbox-004.jpg
http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1316089922-rising-dbox-003.jpg
http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1316089939-rising-dbox-006.jpg
The Hub
http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1316089953-rising-dbox-010.jpg
http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1316089976-rising-dbox-014.jpg
http://www.archdaily.com/169413/update-rising-rebuilding-ground-zero-dbox/

Epic find.

WOW.... I wish the edges of WTC1 were actually lit up by some knd of LED or something... it would be beautiful to see.... anyone have any idea of how the lightning of this tower is going to be like?

WOW.... I wish the edges of WTC1 were actually lit up by some knd of LED or something... it would be beautiful to see.... anyone have any idea of how the lightning of this tower is going to be like?

Well from the second picture by ChiSkyline's Renderings above, the sides seem to be lightened, because they have this blue effect to them, not sure what that is about but, and in the day light will reflect from them, the entire building will shimmer and reflect, it will be incredible! :)

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45hhkh/1-new-york-city-ny/#gallerycontent

Thought I should show everyone this! Although everyone thinks the economy sucks, many cities are starting construction comebacks in the US. And unsurprisingly NYC is #1 with 17.2 billion dollars in construction starts. That is about 7 billion dollars over #2 on the list, Dallas Fort Worth. Things are looking good for NYC!

Watching the visualization can not wait for the creation of the complex. Although the tower is my favorite 2wtc.

http://www.futuretimeline.net/images/future-skyscrapers/6.jpg

Start spreading the news, It's getting higher each day, Its gonna be a apart of it New York, New York. These tall towers, they are longing to grow, right through the very heart of it New York, New York........ lol that is my version of New York, New York.

It looks stunnig. It's not too high, though. These photos made me realise that it's gonna look great when finished. Can't wait to see it done.

It looks stunnig. It's not too high, though. These photos made me realise that it's gonna look great when finished. Can't wait to see it done.


Yup, 540+ meter structures sure are tiny... :nuts:

These renders look so real! I think this is one of the most realistic renders that I have come across:cheers::banana:

how high is it now?

^According to Allan, the splices at 100th floor bring Tower One at 1,244'-6" above GFS.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6855206992_c578914481_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/knobberhead/6855206992/)
Freedom Tower in progress (http://www.flickr.com/photos/knobberhead/6855206992/) by knobberhead (http://www.flickr.com/people/knobberhead/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7241/6862849098_ac43a386c5_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michelleschrank/6862849098/)
1 World Trade Center, fireman's lift (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michelleschrank/6862849098/) by michelle.schrank (http://www.flickr.com/people/michelleschrank/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/6861135440_a9a8ecd2a8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14333661@N03/6861135440/)
1WTC (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14333661@N03/6861135440/) by truthinpassingx (http://www.flickr.com/people/14333661@N03/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6034/6859500510_6e100ef9b3_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelrnyc/6859500510/)
1WTC - FiDi Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelrnyc/6859500510/) by Joel Raskin (http://www.flickr.com/people/joelrnyc/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7280/6860910250_6ec19e1840_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/knobberhead/6860910250/)
New York Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/knobberhead/6860910250/) by knobberhead (http://www.flickr.com/people/knobberhead/), on Flickr

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkxhfYp9hj0

so its decided that they will change the spire design?

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NolzL6mo83k

I haven't checked up on this in a couple of weeks but it looks AMAZING!

Not in my eyes if I stand on top of willys and you on 1wtc I will stand taller than you:nuts:

Then i will climb to the top of the spire.:lol::lol::lol:

Then i will climb to the top of the spire.:lol::lol::lol:

HAHAHA :lol: Best response I've ever read on skyscrapercity! I literally laughed out loud.

I like all the other renders, amazing find. And this picture is amazing! Can't wait for the trans-hub to rise. But One thing that disgusts me is the surface lot! Why the hell would we make surface lots in Manhattan on the site of the former WTC? That's 20 steps backwards. Make an underground parking garage, ban cars, do whatever you have to do to not waste space on an ugly surface lot.
Renderings of the WTC
http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1316089953-rising-dbox-010.jpg

nn

To be fair, that lot isn't on the WTC proper, it's on the plot of land occupied by the Millenium Hilton across the street.

Then i will climb to the top of the spire.:lol::lol::lol:

WIN :D

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7101/6867612964_7e6b54633c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peet/6867612964/)
Norwegian Gem (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peet/6867612964/) by PeetThePhotographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/peet/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7099/7011716843_da8eaf7b69_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookswashere/7011716843/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookswashere/7011716843/) by Brooks was here (http://www.flickr.com/people/brookswashere/), on Flickr

^^ Awesome shot. Giants among themselves.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45hhkh/1-new-york-city-ny/#gallerycontent

Thought I should show everyone this! Although everyone thinks the economy sucks, many cities are starting construction comebacks in the US. And unsurprisingly NYC is #1 with 17.2 billion dollars in construction starts. That is about 7 billion dollars over #2 on the list, Dallas Fort Worth. Things are looking good for NYC!

Actually, that slideshow shows us down dramatically from last year, and even below '09.

Still far ahead of others, but not exactly a banner year.

I want to visit NYC at some point soon to take some skyline photos. However I dont want to visit until this building is externally complete. Does anyone know when that is likely to be?

I want to visit NYC at some point soon to take some skyline photos. However I dont want to visit until this building is externally complete. Does anyone know when that is likely to be?

hopefully around November or December 2012

hopefully around November or December 2012

thanks for the info, thats a shame I was hoping to go much sooner than that. I guess the other WTC buildings will be visible stumps by then so maybe I will postpone going for a few years until i can take pics similar to the amazing renders on the prevoius page

I like all the other renders, amazing find. And this picture is amazing! Can't wait for the trans-hub to rise. But One thing that disgusts me is the surface lot! Why the hell would we make surface lots in Manhattan on the site of the former WTC? That's 20 steps backwards. Make an underground parking garage, ban cars, do whatever you have to do to not waste space on an ugly surface lot.
nn

I had a feeling someone was going to make this comment. As someone else said that isn't the WTC site, plus that's is not what that stretch of street looks like at all. It almost looks like they completely removed the Millennium Hotel from that render. If you Googlemap it the intersection is Fulton and Church, and the block has a loading bay that you can see on Fulton St, but nothing like the size that's depicted.

In reality, the loading bay really only extends to the first car on the left in the render, and all the other parked cars on that block would in reality be either in the lobby of the Hotel, on the sidewalk, or half in the hotel and half out.

I imagine they did that because if they used the actual street scape a chunk of the Transit Hub would be obscured, and that is a really good angle. But yeah, if you stood in that spot, that's not what you would see at all, you'd at least partially be looking at the back of a hotel lobby. There is no parking lot there. They just put it there so there wouldn't be anything obscuring the view of the Transit Hub.

thanks for the info, thats a shame I was hoping to go much sooner than that. I guess the other WTC buildings will be visible stumps by then so maybe I will postpone going for a few years until i can take pics similar to the amazing renders on the prevoius page

If you come to new york by mid may 1 wtc will be hopefully top out,and if you come by august hopefully the first portions of the spire will be erected.

thanks for the info, thats a shame I was hoping to go much sooner than that. I guess the other WTC buildings will be visible stumps by then so maybe I will postpone going for a few years until i can take pics similar to the amazing renders on the prevoius page

See ya in 2020 when the whole WTC complex is completed! :lol:

That is an amaing shot Otie. Really good mate:)
Thanks for taking it.

It's such a tease watching those two vertical beams get closer and closer to touching with each height jump.. TOP OUT ALREADY!! GAHH

Ces tours sont incroyables ! / Incredible towers !

New York est magique.

I had a feeling someone was going to make this comment. As someone else said that isn't the WTC site, plus that's is not what that stretch of street looks like at all. It almost looks like they completely removed the Millennium Hotel from that render. If you Googlemap it the intersection is Fulton and Church, and the block has a loading bay that you can see on Fulton St, but nothing like the size that's depicted.

In reality, the loading bay really only extends to the first car on the left in the render, and all the other parked cars on that block would in reality be either in the lobby of the Hotel, on the sidewalk, or half in the hotel and half out.

I imagine they did that because if they used the actual street scape a chunk of the Transit Hub would be obscured, and that is a really good angle. But yeah, if you stood in that spot, that's not what you would see at all, you'd at least partially be looking at the back of a hotel lobby. There is no parking lot there. They just put it there so there wouldn't be anything obscuring the view of the Transit Hub.

Thanks so much for clearing that up! Had I known this was supposed to be Church and Fulton it would've made sense that it's not this big. I always g down there, and never really even noticed the loading dock. For some reason I thought this was going to be a parking lot at the Vehicle Security Center. But now knowing that they just made it bigger to add to how much you saw, I'm much happier. Once again, thanks for clearing that up! I remember when I used to go down to the WTC site and there were surface lots everwhere, heck the new goldman sachs HQ was a surface lot before that building. Glad to see they aren't reverting to that again.

There was some dispute about a Steel Company which was providing WTC Steel which caused the construction to slow down.

Has that been resolved?

There was some dispute about a Steel Company which was providing WTC Steel which caused the construction to slow down.

Has that been resolved?

I'm not sure if it has been resolved but steel has been going up steadily in the last few weeks

people which the current height of the one world trade center? are saying it has reached the 100th floor is truth?

Wow, only two more jumps to go. Anyone think the next jump'll happen within the next two weeks? Also, is the communication ring split into smaller pieces? It'd almost have to be, wouldn't it? Since its so large..

I'm not sure if it has been resolved but steel has been going up steadily in the last few weeks

the PA is carrying them.

same exact thing happened with the original twins.


i recommend reading Men of Steel by Karl Koch (Koch Steel Erectors did the twins).

Awesome!!!! Right now, it must be the second tallest skyscraper behind the ESB... Cool!

Awesome!!!! Right now, it must be the second tallest skyscraper behind the ESB... Cool!

Nope, it's not THE tallest.

¿The observation deck in the ONE WTC will be a terrace or with windows?

Just sharing :D

I posted this over at SSP, but I thought this would be a good place as well. I did a little photoshopping the other day to show how the Midtown Skyline should evolve over the next few years:

Current:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/7009241109_f7bfc28c43_b.jpg
Original Image Source (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=89119317&postcount=2276)

Future:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7232/7009217443_fcb8ebdbee_b.jpg

New Towers Highlighted:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/7009002157_cccdd64299_b.jpg
From left to right: Hudson Yards Towers, Torre Verre, 432 Park, One 57.


I did another photoshop collage to compare the current to future skyline, including the full WTC complex and other recent proposals:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7072/6873874568_df69340fb3_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7019978549_faccb60432_b.jpg

Original photo credit to tearbringer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tearbringer/6870972818/in/set-72157612645575672/) @ flickr.

Just sharing :D

More like spamming every NY thread with this crap. Post it once, twice, but not in every gd NY thread.

More like spamming every NY thread with this crap. Post it once, twice, but not in every gd NY thread.

I did not. I posted in the threads of towers that are linked to the future skyline.

See ya in 2020 when the whole WTC complex is completed! :lol:



Shouldn't it be finished before then?

Just sharing :D

Very nice. Thanks for sharing. Does give some good perspective.

I dont see the new Penn Station Tower though.

I have never seen that rendering of future NY before, thx for posting, its not spam

More like spamming every NY thread with this crap. Post it once, twice, but not in every gd NY thread.


you really need to stop being a fucking moron

More like spamming every NY thread with this crap. Post it once, twice, but not in every gd NY thread.

what. Is anyone here really upset that those renders were posted? Looks like it's just you.

Unrustle your jimmies my friend.

Any info when the cladding finally continues?

Fireproofing takes place ca. 7 floors above the current cladding level, I don't see a reason why they're stuck on this level for so long..

Shouldn't it be finished before then?

Small chance it'll all be done by 2020. Tower 2's crane is being removed this weekend. I don't expect it to restart for another few years. The Performing Arts Center probably won't start until 2015 or 2016. And who knows what the plans will be for Tower 5's plot.

Long ways to go still.

Power System Switched on at WTC (http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/World-Trade-Center-Rebuilding-Port-Authority-Power-144413405.html)

Power System Switched on at WTC
Workers switched on a massive power system at the site TuesdayTuesday, Mar 27, 2012 | Updated 2:21 PM EDT

"The slow but steady march to rebuild the World Trade Center in New York has reached another milestone.

Workers switched on a massive power system at the site Tuesday. It eventually will provide electricity to the center's signature skyscraper, a transit hub and the 9/11 memorial and museum.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the system of electrical feeders will supply 100 megawatts to the site.

That's enough juice to power 64,000 typical New York City apartments.

The unfinished One World Trade Center is now one of the city's tallest structures.

If construction continues at its current pace, it will pass the Empire State Building sometime this spring."

Just sharing :D

432 Park is crazy.

Small chance it'll all be done by 2020. Tower 2's crane is being removed this weekend. I don't expect it to restart for another few years. The Performing Arts Center probably won't start until 2015 or 2016. And who knows what the plans will be for Tower 5's plot.

Long ways to go still.



And what about the "dove's wings"? That transportation station, or what ever it is called.

^^^I don't think that is going to be build before the towers 2 and 3 are finished.

And what about the "dove's wings"? That transportation station, or what ever it is called.

That's full steam ahead. It'll be finished and open probably late '14. After that they'll demolish the PATH entrance just east of 1WTC and make way for the Performing Arts Center.

And what about the "dove's wings"? That transportation station, or what ever it is called.

There is a separate thread for this in the General Developments section

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1119329

Good progress there lately :)

FROM: IntoTheLens827

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrWgnJ5LdvA

http://www.youtube.com/user/NYBOY75

There is a separate thread for this in the General Developments section

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1119329

Good progress there lately :)

Thanx 4 the link.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6033/7022999727_96823136f3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyshi/7022999727/)
One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyshi/7022999727/) by Tony Shi. (http://www.flickr.com/people/tonyshi/), on Flickr

Man, I can look an hour to that pic.:)

That's a marvelous angle to shoot from! (And yes, I mean with cameras...)

New York's skyline - the best of the best.

The last pic posted by Otie is simply stunning. Lower Manhattan is so beautiful, its skyline alone would be a 10.

The last pic posted by Otie is simply stunning. Lower Manhattan is so beautiful, its skyline alone would be a 10.

agree, maybe the best pic we've seen and fantastic color to boot.

Nice shot...:happy:

how many meters?

how many meters?

1244 feet or 379m right now.

I want to see the same exact picture above after the whole complex is complete. :colgate:
it's going to look phenomenal

agree, maybe the best pic we've seen and fantastic color to boot.



It'll be even better, when the skin clad reaches all the way to the top! The complete look.

Great picture! It will be a beautiful skyscraper.

2 meters less than the ESB, awesome! By the way, after this is completed, do you think they will try to keep it as nyc's tallest building, or will they allow taller buildings to be built ?

Symbolically I guess people may want to keep it the tallest, but who knows in countless decades to come - Oties pic is phenomenal.

2 meters less than the ESB, awesome! By the way, after this is completed, do you think they will try to keep it as nyc's tallest building, or will they allow taller buildings to be built ?

It's not supposed to stay the tallest forever, 432 Park Avenue is a proposed supertall that should be taller when build. Look at the Chrysler Building, it was the highest in NYC when build but was overtaken by the ESB within a year.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/551000_282802278463684_109423129134934_632965_284613420_n.jpg

floor 100= 377m/1236ft?

It's not supposed to stay the tallest forever, 432 Park Avenue is a proposed supertall that should be taller when build. Look at the Chrysler Building, it was the highest in NYC when build but was overtaken by the ESB within a year.

432 Park will be taller then 1 wtc by roof if approved but out by pinnacle height.

I wonder if a megatall would ever get built in New York. The Nimby power there says no.

great vids

a6mFzZvdgQE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6mFzZvdgQE&list=UUMBbWX31Q20fj0n02qn5v9Q&index=2&feature=plcp


hJmFJHVFE-0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJmFJHVFE-0&list=UUMBbWX31Q20fj0n02qn5v9Q&index=6&feature=plcp



6zDfmrJUrgo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDfmrJUrgo&list=UUMBbWX31Q20fj0n02qn5v9Q&index=3&feature=plcp

great vids

a6mFzZvdgQE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6mFzZvdgQE&list=UUMBbWX31Q20fj0n02qn5v9Q&index=2&feature=plcp


hJmFJHVFE-0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJmFJHVFE-0&list=UUMBbWX31Q20fj0n02qn5v9Q&index=6&feature=plcp



6zDfmrJUrgo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDfmrJUrgo&list=UUMBbWX31Q20fj0n02qn5v9Q&index=3&feature=plcp

These are great videos, keep them coming!:banana:


http://www.youtube.com/user/NYBOY75

An office with a view (http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/03/27/an-office-with-a-view/)
By Lucas Jackson MARCH 26, 2012

http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/files/2012/03/RTR2ZS6A.jpg
Everyone knows that moving into an office with a view is a sure sign of status at your job. If it’s a corner office with a view in two different directions you have managed to place yourself within the upper rungs of the corporate ladder. If your office has a 360 degree view of the financial capital of the world, New York City, you must be a legend. Or, you could be an ironworker putting together the iron skeleton of the new One World Trade in downtown Manhattan.
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One World Trade, previously known as the Freedom Tower, has in the last several years quietly grown taller and taller. Today it stands a few stories below being the tallest building in New York City. It is still rising too, at a rather rapid rate and after visiting the top floor I met first hand the group of dedicated ironworkers who are piecing it together, one bolt at a time.
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Their commute to work is as vertical as ours is horizontal. Because the interior of the building is not yet finished, the quickest way to get to their workplace is via several different elevator systems and a couple of steel ladders. One external freight elevator (running express for the beginning of the daily shift and at lunch hours) took us to the 39th floor where one must catch another elevator that took us to within a couple stories of the top of the building. In this case it took us to roughly the 90th floor. Here we left the elevators behind and took two open steel ladders to the 92nd and 93rd floors where the steel skeleton of this building is being installed whenever the weather allows. One of these ladders is two stories tall and a little bit wobbly, it was climbing this ladder that I realized I am glad that I’m not afraid of heights.


On this clear Friday the weather on the ground was warm with a light breeze; up almost 1000 feet above the ground that small breeze was a little more intense and the temperature dropped accordingly. However, the view was incredible. At this height the building had risen far above any of its neighbors that either withstood or have risen since September 11, 2001. Unfortunately for the view, but for the very necessary reason of safety, there is plastic mesh surrounding these open floors to keep both workers and their equipment from falling off the side to cause chaos below. Even with this mesh the sense of height above the city is incredible and the view that you can see through the mesh is amazing.
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Inside this mesh a few dozen iron workers work busily to connect the beams that make up the massive iron infrastructure of the building together. Two cranes, whose massive bases take up almost the entire interior of the building, work in unison to lift the massive steel beams into place and to help make the minute adjustments to these beams that will allow the bolts that hold them together to be placed. The workers seem to have the balance of gymnasts as they move back and forth on the beams to both guide the beams that hang from the cable of the crane and then to come and attach them to the existing framework with large bolts and pointed wrenches. Safety is an obvious necessity at this height and when working with such heavy materials. Every worker in the air seems to have a partner below who is constantly watching to make sure that things look okay and everyone is strapped up, in some way or another, to the beams they sit, walk or stand upon.
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For me it was difficult to keep an eye on everything moving around all at once while photographing. The safety officers and representatives from the Port Authority who organized this trip helped to make sure that we did not stand below workers attaching bolts since we were standing two floors below them on the highest finished floor in the building. We also stayed away from the areas where the cranes were lifting and placing the steel beams and where the workers used ropes attached to the beams to guide them into place. The repercussions of being in the wrong place at the wrong time in that area were too dire for us to get near, mostly because no one wants to be in the way or to distract any of these workers while they move thousands of pounds of iron beams through the air.
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It was a dream to photograph though. It was like a dance I didn’t know the steps to, but was mesmerizing to watch. Everything was as coordinated and precise as it could be when dealing with these beams. In the one hour we were able to spend up there it seemed as if half a dozen beams were attached. It was great watching one worker sit on top of a beam as he and another used a massive weight hanging from a crane to move the beam inches to the right so that the bolts would line up with the holes drilled for them. We were also lucky enough that one of the massive beams placed in the interior of the building to enhance the structural integrity was being guided into it’s final destination by an ironworker’s outstretched foot. It felt like another world to be up there.
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The view, the height, and the magnitude of the building that these workers have built were all amazing to see firsthand. I took as many pictures as I could to try and show the difficulty of the work as well as the amazing visual scene it made when combined with the openness of the sky all around these men. It was exciting to take photographs that are now a part of the record of these workers and this building that they have built above the site known to most as “Ground Zero.” It was also exciting to see the inside of this building that is soon to become the highest in New York and will house thousands of workers in it’s future. I now feel connected to this building by seeing it’s skeleton, it’s hard iron soul, even though I was only there for an hour. I cannot imagine the pride and connection that the ironworkers must feel and I don’t think any of them are going to be able to keep a straight face when someone talks about “an office with a view.”

I wonder if a megatall would ever get built in New York. The Nimby power there says no.

I honestly dont think so. People wonder why Chicago gets 600m proposals all the time, its because of chicago having no zoning restrictions. Either way, I think Chicago and New York are equally beautiful, and I can't wait to see the freedom tower topped out, its a gorgeous building!

:banana:

I honestly dont think so. People wonder why Chicago gets 600m proposals all the time, its because of chicago having no zoning restrictions. Either way, I think Chicago and New York are equally beautiful, and I can't wait to see the freedom tower topped out, its a gorgeous building!

:banana:

Er, Chicago has a very strict zoning code; one especially intricate layer of getting a building approved in Chicago is working the local alderman over to your side to get the zoning changed for the site you want. New York will get a 2000 footer at some point; there's just too much density and pride in New York not for one to be built.

Although I would love for Chicago to answer 1WTC with an actual 2000 footer. Damn Spire and the economy...

Er, Chicago has a very strict zoning code; one especially intricate layer of getting a building approved in Chicago is working the local alderman over to your side to get the zoning changed for the site you want. New York will get a 2000 footer at some point; there's just too much density and pride in New York not for one to be built.

Although I would love for Chicago to answer 1WTC with an actual 2000 footer. Damn Spire and the economy...

Haha, I could swear i heard about them not having restrictions... oh well. Anyways though, i wouldn't be too worried dude. Chicago gets a 600m proposal every few years, and their is currently a proposal for a 600m right now, give it 5 years, and I bet they will have one under construction. Especially once this is finished and the economy recovers, they will have a bunch of chicago architects trying to get a 600m + building lol... you know how chicago is about having america's tallest building haha. Im hoping that both Chicago and New york will build some huge buildings soon so that we can catch up with Asia! :lol:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/6880353284_798280b434_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scenicviews/6880353284/)
Manhattan Island, viewed from Exchange Place (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scenicviews/6880353284/) by ScenicViews (http://www.flickr.com/people/scenicviews/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/6880349634_7f64a72011_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scenicviews/6880349634/)
Manhattan Island, viewed from Exchange Place (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scenicviews/6880349634/) by ScenicViews (http://www.flickr.com/people/scenicviews/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/6880353284_798280b434_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scenicviews/6880353284/)
Manhattan Island, viewed from Exchange Place (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scenicviews/6880353284/) by ScenicViews (http://www.flickr.com/people/scenicviews/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/6880349634_7f64a72011_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scenicviews/6880349634/)
Manhattan Island, viewed from Exchange Place (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scenicviews/6880349634/) by ScenicViews (http://www.flickr.com/people/scenicviews/), on Flickr

beautiful

Has 1WTC surpasssed ESB already?

not yet!

great vids

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6mFzZvdgQE&list=UUMBbWX31Q20fj0n02qn5v9Q&index=2&feature=plcp


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJmFJHVFE-0&list=UUMBbWX31Q20fj0n02qn5v9Q&index=6&feature=plcp



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDfmrJUrgo&list=UUMBbWX31Q20fj0n02qn5v9Q&index=3&feature=plcp

Great vids,some superb views.

Has 1WTC surpasssed ESB already?

2 meters to go!

Please people stop quoting images and videos. Not necessary, it only increases the loading time of this page.

Weren't we supposed to see the facade installation on the base start this month? I suppose they have a couple days left...but I don't see anything. I wanna see how these new angled glass panels are going to look on the tower!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7133/6878742078_785beea04f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordster1028/6878742078/)
Manhattan History (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordster1028/6878742078/) by wordster1028 (http://www.flickr.com/people/wordster1028/), on Flickr

How many meters high is it now?

How many meters high is it now?

its at 377m now, just shy of the ESB at 381m.

Weren't we supposed to see the facade installation on the base start this month? I suppose they have a couple days left...but I don't see anything. I wanna see how these new angled glass panels are going to look on the tower!

You don't know if they haven't already started, the scaffolding is so dense that we will probably not see anything before they take down the black scaffolding around the base ^^

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7029036995_7234ebe8e2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aesthetestudios/7029036995/)
800_1097 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aesthetestudios/7029036995/) by Aesthete_Studios (http://www.flickr.com/people/aesthetestudios/), on Flickr

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6227/7029037087_968883cd8a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aesthetestudios/7029037087/)
800_1116 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aesthetestudios/7029037087/) by Aesthete_Studios (http://www.flickr.com/people/aesthetestudios/), on Flickr

Amazing photos thank you

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/sveinso/7028896623/

Does anyone know when they will start the cladding again?

???? Does anyone know???

So according to wtc progress site, steel is up to the 100th floor

More steel coming!

http://i.imgur.com/5iq5d.jpg

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y5rfKeob6I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIk9wOT4lzw

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y5rfKeob6I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIk9wOT4lzw

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mIk9wOT4lzw

???? Does anyone know???

the tower cladding will resume in mid-april according to officials.

as for the podium cladding, it is reportedly already under way. but any progress is currently obscured by the black netting around the podium. most likely at this stage Permasteelisa is still installing the anchors that will attach the glass fins to the podium structure.

Took this photo (phone) today from the 9th floor of Furman (NYU):

http://i.imgur.com/Jw9mQ.jpg?1

???? Does anyone know???

April 16

You don't know if they haven't already started, the scaffolding is so dense that we will probably not see anything before they take down the black scaffolding around the base ^^

Permetilisa is installing the anchors already, hidden by the black netting, here is a shot.http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6037/6868234726_45dcebdde3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan1493/6868234726/)

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6227/7029037087_968883cd8a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aesthetestudios/7029037087/)
800_1116 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aesthetestudios/7029037087/) by Aesthete_Studios (http://www.flickr.com/people/aesthetestudios/), on Flickr

imagine if the shard was built in the canary wharf :drool:

alan, can you please tell us if you know when the cranes will make the next jump? looking at earthcam they still look a little bit low compared to the current set of topmost perimeter columns.

incidentally, i saw this morning several trucks of steel on site... but with this kind of weather, I wonder what sort of work can be done ...

The last photo is...:master::master::master:

imagine if the shard was built in the canary wharf :drool:

this is wtc thread

this is wtc thread


I think he was referring to the resemblance of the World Financial Towers ( the buildings in front of 1WTC), to the buildings at Canary Wharf ( same architect ), and how the Shard would stand out there just as how 1 WTC stands out in its area.

MY WTC 1 photos from Yesterday

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/6885036178_e7f0eb64e6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6885036178/)
DSCN3278 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6885036178/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/7031098117_f642278148_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031098117/)
DSCN3239 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031098117/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7031096115_6927e07001_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031096115/)
DSCN3214 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031096115/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/6884998364_048f60059d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884998364/)
DSCN3208 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884998364/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7126/7031095259_286df86308_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031095259/)
DSCN3204 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031095259/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7236/7031089145_9644652793_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031089145/)
DSCN3127 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031089145/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7129/7031089057_8f798942a7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031089057/)
DSCN3126 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031089057/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/6884990066_cb21d8bdfb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884990066/)
DSCN3102 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884990066/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6884989734_d24ddf353a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884989734/)
DSCN3097 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884989734/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/7031026165_3ce7ae1b00_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031026165/)
DSCN2901 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031026165/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4311/img0031wa.jpg I took this 3/23/12 while out on my bike.

Is that external elevator in the above picture coming down? And if so, does that mean they possibly have some internal elevators working?

MY WTC 1 photos from Yesterday

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/6885036178_e7f0eb64e6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6885036178/)
DSCN3278 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6885036178/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/7031098117_f642278148_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031098117/)
DSCN3239 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031098117/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7031096115_6927e07001_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031096115/)
DSCN3214 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031096115/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/6884998364_048f60059d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884998364/)
DSCN3208 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884998364/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7126/7031095259_286df86308_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031095259/)
DSCN3204 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031095259/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7236/7031089145_9644652793_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031089145/)
DSCN3127 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031089145/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7129/7031089057_8f798942a7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031089057/)
DSCN3126 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031089057/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/6884990066_cb21d8bdfb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884990066/)
DSCN3102 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884990066/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6884989734_d24ddf353a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884989734/)
DSCN3097 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6884989734/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/7031026165_3ce7ae1b00_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031026165/)
DSCN2901 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7031026165/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

These are some of the best pictures I have seen:banana:

http://www.youtube.com/user/NYBOY75

Is that external elevator in the above picture coming down? And if so, does that mean they possibly have some internal elevators working?

Most likely not. I do believe that external elevator only reaches the 30th floor or so and always has, and considering the tower is at 100 floors, it may seem it looks like its coming down when it really isn't. But hey, who knows!

Dan, the one you're refering is the group of 6 300fpm hoisting elevators that stop at the 36th floor. The other one, located at the east, is a group of 6 700fpm hoisting elevator that will run all the way up to the parapet structure. There are in total 13 hoisting elevators, all being RAXTAR RX345.

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I think he was referring to the resemblance of the World Financial Towers ( the buildings in front of 1WTC), to the buildings at Canary Wharf ( same architect ), and how the Shard would stand out there just as how 1 WTC stands out in its area.

yup bro that's what i meant :)

nyc is awesome :bow:

Nice progress