1 WTC set to become NYC's tallest building (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/wtc_set_to_become_nyc_tallest_building_b5REJeq48K2VlfvL7tDBQJ)

By JENNIFER FERMINO
Last Updated: 12:14 PM, April 24, 2012
Posted: 12:05 PM, April 24, 2012

"One World Trade Center is poised to become the tallest building in New York City within the next couple of days, officials said today.

Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye said contruction is proceding so rapidly it could surpass the Empire State Building's height as early as Monday, weather permitting.

"One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in Manhattan, eclipsing the Empire State Building," said Foye at a Crain's Breakfast forum this morning in Midtown.

When finished, One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

Construction started six years ago.

Foye said 55 percent of the building is leased."

That would mean it is now 381meters?

It probably is a great place to live. How high are prices around there anyways ?

sorry to veer off topic but here's a link. A 1 bedroom bargain at $435,000! but there are a wide range of prices

http://www.trulia.com/property/3002012638-2-S-End-Ave-New-York-NY-10280

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View from one of our windows. That's the new World Trade Center in the upper right. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindithemagnificent/6966248598/) von mindithemagnificent (http://www.flickr.com/people/mindithemagnificent/) auf Flickr

GOTHAM CITY
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I actually really enjoy viewing 1WTC rise from various spots in the city. The old twins kind of served as a navigational tool because you can judge if you where facing north, south, east, west, by just finding where the towers where, and now the new WTC does the same.

sorry to veer off topic but here's a link. A 1 bedroom bargain at $435,000! but there are a wide range of prices

http://www.trulia.com/property/3002012638-2-S-End-Ave-New-York-NY-10280

That's GREAT! Also sorry for going off topic.

Can't imagine how magnificent it would be when done. It's soo big! :D ...I used to live in harlem, and can see the ESB all the way from there. Makes me smile every time I see it from far. I bet when Penn Plaza is done, you could see that too from harlem/far, since it's pretty much the same height as the ESB, albeit thicker/squarer and spire-less.

I wonder how far one could see the WTC1 when done? It's a a good 300ft taller than the ESB, should be seen from even a further distance :)

Completely stunning!!!!

^^ Maybe the towers in midtown blocking the view to downtown. If you were used to see the twin towers from Harlem, I think you will see this one too.

Can't imagine how magnificent it would be when done. It's soo big! :D ...I used to live in harlem, and can see the ESB all the way from there. Makes me smile every time I see it from far. I bet when Penn Plaza is done, you could see that too from harlem/far, since it's pretty much the same height as the ESB, albeit thicker/squarer and spire-less.

I wonder how far one could see the WTC1 when done? It's a a good 300ft taller than the ESB, should be seen from even a further distance :)

I don't recall seeing the twins from uptown. I know the midtown buildings you can see even from some places in Yonkers, such as the Major Deegan coming into the Bronx. But not the downtown scrapers. I guess they are blocked by other buildings.

I don't recall seeing the twins from uptown. I know the midtown buildings you can see even from some places in Yonkers, such as the Major Deegan coming into the Bronx. But not the downtown scrapers. I guess they are blocked by other buildings.

I drove in from CT after a weekend trip, and was able to see the Twins from White Plains. But it was a crystal-clear day. Strangely I couldn't see the ESB or any of the Midtown scrapers; from that distance they appeared as a giant block.

I drove in from CT after a weekend trip, and was able to see the Twins from White Plains. But it was a crystal-clear day. Strangely I couldn't see the ESB or any of the Midtown scrapers; from that distance they appeared as a giant block.

Interesting. It might be that in White Plains you are a bit further east and Manhattan is at an angle to begin with so from there downtown isn't blocked by midtown. In fact, I think one time someone posted nice pics of the Manhattan skyline from White Plains on the NYC part of this forum.

Gosh, this construction is really dragging out now...:ohno:

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK4sKK8IUCA&feature=youtu.be

I was feeling like it didn't look that tall, but I loaded it and looked at it in google earth and wow!!! I felt like it was going to look a bit too fat, but all my fears are gone, it looks insanely amazing! Check it out! If it looks like this, I will definitely surpass my already high expectations. The beauty of this tower is unassailable! Its a 10/10

http://i.imgur.com/az2Tw.jpg

I don't recall seeing the twins from uptown. I know the midtown buildings you can see even from some places in Yonkers, such as the Major Deegan coming into the Bronx. But not the downtown scrapers. I guess they are blocked by other buildings.

I live on East 86th, and from certain streets you can see all the way to downtown. It's quite odd actually, I want to say if you look down Lexington you can see straight to the WTC, might be another one though. I'll tell you next time I go out.

Well, the Manhattan street grid pretty much allows all kinds of imaginable views...

You can even fit some periodic table in there (http://www.boweryboogie.com/2011/09/elemental-manhattan-project-merges-street-grid-with-periodic-table/) ;)

Well, the Manhattan street grid pretty much allows all kinds of imaginable views...

You can even fit some periodic table in there (http://www.boweryboogie.com/2011/09/elemental-manhattan-project-merges-street-grid-with-periodic-table/) ;)

hahaha, love that! :D

The cladding is past the octagon point now!

I live on East 86th, and from certain streets you can see all the way to downtown. It's quite odd actually, I want to say if you look down Lexington you can see straight to the WTC, might be another one though. I'll tell you next time I go out.

I go to college on Lexington Ave and you can actually see the Beekman tower when you look straight down.

the news of 1 WTC almost passing the ESB is making it's way around :cheers:

I go to college on Lexington Ave and you can actually see the Beekman tower when you look straight down.

That's right! That's what it is, perhaps it's 3rd or 2nd then?

I go to college on Lexington Ave and you can actually see the Beekman tower when you look straight down.

cool, the same college as Bobby Flay? He said he went to UCLA, University of the Corner of Lexington Avenue:lol::lol::lol::lol: seriously, I love that side of NY. 2nd Avenue is one of my favorite streets from the Upper East side, all the way down till the end

does anyone know the OFFICIAL floor number of one world trade center I've been seeing all over the internet that it has 105 floors 108 floors 110 floors what is the ACTUAL floor count

does anyone know the OFFICIAL floor number of one world trade center I've been seeing all over the internet that it has 105 floors 108 floors 110 floors what is the ACTUAL floor count
105 i think?

105 i think?105 is the roof but there are not actually 104 inside floors due to stacking plana nadn floor count and mezzaine floors. For example it goes 93,93M and then 100, which is where the steel is right now

Why didnt they make it have a higher floor count than the twin towers ive never unerstood it

Because this tower is self-contained, meaning that all the mechanical equipment required is being stored within the tower, instead of being spreaded throughout the site. Plus add the fact that it will be one of the greenest buildings in the world. You just can't place +110 floor slabs within a 1368' tower when the tower is self-contained.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/6936878722_a777aefb64_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62018165@N04/6936878722/)
One WTC | Diagram Update | April 16th, 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62018165@N04/6936878722/) by Otie O'Daniel (http://www.flickr.com/people/62018165@N04/), on Flickr | Larger version (http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1575/1wtc160412.jpg)

eventhough this is tehcnically taller, willis tower looks like a giant up next to it!

^^wow!!! NYC is rebuilding fast!!!:banana:
AWESOME:banana:

eventhough this is tehcnically taller, willis tower looks like a giant up next to it!


Sears tower looks like a giant next to just about anything, but their roofheights are still quite close. It's ESB that looks small :nuts:

eventhough this is tehcnically taller, willis tower looks like a giant up next to it!

Dont call it the Willis tower! lol. I do agree with you, the Sears will still be taller in 2/4 categories defined by the CTBUH actually, which is roof height, and top floor. But who cares, I love both buildings, and am dying to see this one top out, it will redefine downtown Manhattan, and will make downtown look unbelievably good!

Because this tower is self-contained, meaning that all the mechanical equipment required is being stored within the tower, instead of being spreaded throughout the site. Plus add the fact that it will be one of the greenest buildings in the world. You just can't place +110 floor slabs within a 1368' tower when the tower is self-contained.

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Otie, yet another amazing diagram. Thanks!

Sears tower looks like a giant next to just about anything, but their roofheights are still quite close. It's ESB that looks small :nuts:

Although I agree, I should note that the height on the Sears tower is wrong on that diagram, I noticed it a few weeks ago, and finally decided to do something about it!:lol:

I am a nut when it comes to accuracy, haha. On a mod im making in CE3, set in nyc, I actually made sure all the news stand, and street planters were accurate to the angle, to the real life version, anyways back on topic

http://i.imgur.com/VIILT.jpg

Main roof deck of Willis is at 1,432'. Diagram is off by 5 pixels (2,648x 4,097 version)

Main roof deck of Willis is at 1,432'. Diagram is off by 5 pixels (2648x4097 version)

Either way, it was still off, the top is 442 meters. Its still a great diagram, everything else is accurate.

1,451'0" or 442.264m ;)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/6968932360_d8e77076fb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/6968932360/)
I Cover The Waterfront (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/6968932360/) by pmarella (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmarella/), on Flickr

442.264m ;)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/6968932360_d8e77076fb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/6968932360/)
I Cover The Waterfront (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/6968932360/) by pmarella (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmarella/), on Flickr

Now that's how I like it, accuracy at its finest! EDIT - just realized it is accurate, its in 5 meter increments and if the main deck is at 1432 then I guess, i was inaccurate, this is a problem for me....

Also that's a great picture, NYC is booming

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8158/7103846719_45c7b71c5e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hvargas/7103846719/)
Manhattan-9412.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hvargas/7103846719/) by HVargas (http://www.flickr.com/people/hvargas/), on Flickr

Press Release Article

PORT AUTHORITY BOARD APPROVES AGREEMENT TO BUILD STATE-OF-THE-ART BROADCASTING FACILITY ON TOP OF ONE WTC

http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1567

105 is the roof but there are not actually 104 inside floors due to stacking plana nadn floor count and mezzaine floors. For example it goes 93,93M and then 100, which is where the steel is right now

.........and I think in the USA they call ground level floor one where most everywhere else the first floor is one level above ground level.......gives you a head start anyway.

.........and I think in the USA they call ground level floor one where most everywhere else the first floor is one level above ground level.......gives you a head start anyway.

I never understood the logic in not calling the ground floor "floor 1" seems like common sense to me. Anyway, we also don't include the 13th floor, so we're back to even.

^^ :lol:

as a kid, the 'American' way always looked more logic to me, I have to say!

I'm waiting for that shot of the 1WTC with a 747 with the Enterprise hovering above it. Will anyone?

The space shuttle is flying all over Manhattan today on a 747. We should see lots of pics soon. I got three pics, but only over Hudson River as I can't see lower Manhattan from here.

^^ :lol:

as a kid, the 'American' way always looked more logic to me, I have to say!

so it still seems logical then right? :lol:

Looking at tower 1 base cam, it looks like base cladding has arrived.

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/worldtradecenter/

.........and I think in the USA they call ground level floor one where most everywhere else the first floor is one level above ground level.......gives you a head start anyway.

China often skips floors with the number 4 in them, so I guess everyone is cheating.

Not the clearest image but here's the flyover of the shuttle.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7135/7118983647_fa227db62b_z.jpg[

According to a Brazilian news site to the local paper Folha de São Paulo (link here (http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/turismo/1082118-torre-1-do-wtc-voltara-a-ser-o-edificio-mais-alto-de-nova-york.shtml)), WTC will surpass Empire State as the tallest in NYC by next week. The picture in the news, though small, is very nice!

Past and future converge in the present

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/467007_10150815323936772_54971236771_9354182_38853124_o.jpg
Photo credit: NASA

Is the huge shipment of glass at the foot of one wtc for the base????

Some photos taken today by me (about 3 hrs ago!:P):

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4199.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4196.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4201.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4210.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4225.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4229.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4239.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4252.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4272.jpg

+ bonus ;)

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4179.jpg

enjoy!:cheers:

Great pictures! jesus christ look at that glass!

Today via WTC Progress: Facebook.
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/470565_303747926369119_109423129134934_678994_1551004028_o.jpg
http://www.facebook.com/wtcprogress

Where's the new glass?

http://www.leparisien.fr/images/2012/04/27/1974730_143475805-space-tama.jpg

http://www.leparisien.fr/international/en-images-la-navette-enterprise-survole-new-york-27-04-2012-1974730.php?pic=8#

Where's the new glass?

They finished. New row going up on the North side. See above.

http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/4753/plazaq.jpg

:popcorn: Wow.. Nice progress.. Love to see it.

http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/4753/plazaq.jpg

Nice Otie, looks good

Rendering was made by Port Authority, not by me.

I liked the base of WTC 1 having shamfered corners like the original WTC yet maybe the sculptural form of the tower needs just the simple square podium ?
..............and thanks for the Shuttle pics.....I hope to see similar pics over Washington DC sometime ?

Wow, thanks for all the shots of the shuttle. What a nice bonus.

Last week:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/7120257935_81ae817880_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/7120257935_81ae817880_b.jpg

http://www.oneworldtradecenternyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/port-authority-shows-off-glass-for-one-world-trade-center-cbs-new-york.jpg

http://www.oneworldtradecenternyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/port-authority-shows-off-glass-for-one-world-trade-center-cbs-new-york4.jpg

The last post is confusing me ? Maybe trying out possible facade features?

by Shabdro

http://i.imgur.com/dYkJs.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shabdro/6960939754/sizes/l/in/photostream/

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbWWQJxBDEc&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx07RuJlTEg&feature=youtu.be

http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx268/skyscraperlover9595/photo-1.jpg

Taken yesterday

Last week:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/7120257935_81ae817880_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/7120257935_81ae817880_b.jpg

Great angle. I like the variation in buidling styles here. :)

Any idea what floor we are at now please?

The last post is confusing me ? Maybe trying out possible facade features?

Those are mockups for the base cladding.

Sorry I've haven't posted anything in a while, i've been very busy.

So about a week ago I talked to somebody I know who recently visited the 9/11 memorial. She told me that she asked the guards about a few things, but she told me something really surprising. The guard told her that on the building's podium, there will be a ticker that displays news and advertisements, like the ones in times square. I was really shocked when I heard this, since it would probably look really ugly. Now I don't know if this is confirmed or not, and I sure hope not this would not happen, it would just ruin the whole building. Just wanted to know if you have any information about this proposal.

I have been checking the forum every now and then to catch up on the news, and it seems like the PA is ruining everything, from the plaza entrance, to the spire.

What's next? are they going to replace the 9/11 museum with a Starbucks? Just Kidding, but you see what I mean.

If anybody has any information about this, feel free to reply to me.

Any idea what floor we are at now please?

We are currently at the 100th floor. :lol:

from the plaza entrance, to the spire.

What did they do to the spire ?

^^ They made it thinner

^^ They made it thinner

Yeah, i just searched the internet to figure out, and eventually figured out that its going to be a antennae now.

There was always going to be a antenna inside the spire.

Yeah, i just searched the internet to figure out, and eventually figured out that its going to be a antennae now.

I'm pretty sure it will look similar to the original spire design, just a bit thinner. Hopefully it won't look like the old North Tower spire!

this building is so beautiful its amazing to think such a structure could be created

this building is so beautiful its amazing to think such a structure could be created

And it will only get better from there, with the upcoming Towers 2 and 3 and the transport hub.

Sadly they're still chipping away at the things that make One WTC unique... (spire, base, plaza)..... its kinda hard to watch.

this building is so beautiful its amazing to think such a structure could be created

Just a feat of modern engineering. It is a beautiful building, but a building of it's height would have been possible over 80 years ago.

Sadly they're still chipping away at the things that make One WTC unique... (spire, base, plaza)..... its kinda hard to watch.
Agreed. The biggest loss for me is the plaza.

Sadly they're still chipping away at the things that make One WTC unique... (spire, base, plaza)..... its kinda hard to watch.

I think the base actually looks a lot better, and we'll have to wait and see how the spire turns out

I think .Newyork city the best in the word.I love it.^^

So you think it's the best in the WORD ?

So about a week ago I talked to somebody I know who recently visited the 9/11 memorial. She told me that she asked the guards about a few things, but she told me something really surprising. The guard told her that on the building's podium, there will be a ticker that displays news and advertisements, like the ones in times square.

He was probably refering to the screen at 3WTC's podium, which was removed during the final redesign.

Second version
http://buildipedia.com/images/masterformat/Channels/In_Studio/Ground_Zero_WTC_Progress/Tower_3.jpg

Third and last version
http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/18602/1513944.jpg

A photo taken a month ago

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/7124413757_bb45568092_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davylandman/7124413757/)
New York City-031 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davylandman/7124413757/) by DavyLandman (http://www.flickr.com/people/davylandman/), on Flickr

He was probably refering to the screen at 3WTC's podium, which was removed during the final redesign.

Thank you for clearing that up for me Otie! I had no idea there even was going to be a screen on 3WTC.

By the way, I am going to new York today and Im hoping to pass by the tower. I can't wait!

Thank you for clearing that up for me Otie! I had no idea there even was going to be a screen on 3WTC.

By the way, I am going to new York today and Im hoping to pass by the tower. I can't wait!

Like everything in this complex, it's all been watered down to the point of mediocrity. The complex will look great from afar, but I'm beginning to think that the ground level is going to be a mess for a long time to come.

Salut.
Je voudrais savoir .Á quelle hauteur se trouve la tour en ce moments .
Merci.

With a Steel Column, a Tower Will Reclaim the Manhattan Sky

If the winds are forgiving enough over Lower Manhattan — up where workers can see the whole outline of the island’s tip — a steel column will be hoisted into place Monday afternoon atop the exoskeleton of 1 World Trade Center and New York will have a new tallest building.
More important, downtown will have reclaimed its pole star.

Poking into the sky, the first column of the 100th floor of 1 World Trade Center will bring the tower to a height of 1,271 feet, making it 21 feet higher than the Empire State Building.

After several notorious false starts, a skyscraper has finally taken form at ground zero. At first, its twin cranes could be detected creeping over the jumbled tops of nearby towers. Then, at the rate of a new floor every week, it began reshaping the Manhattan skyline as seen from New Jersey. By late last fall, it could be spotted from the control tower at La Guardia Airport, eight and a half miles away.

A tower has again become an inescapable presence at the southern end of Manhattan.

The author Neal Bascomb, who drives into New York every few weeks from Philadelphia, where he lives, recalled a growing awareness that 1 World Trade Center was visible from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and that it was ratcheting perceptibly taller on each visit. “You know, I was happy to see it,” he said. “I thought, ‘Wonderful.’ ”

From a construction point of view, the completion of the framework, known as the topping out, will be a more significant milestone. That is to occur in a couple of months, when 1 World Trade Center reaches 1,368 feet at its rooftop parapet, identical in height to the first 1 World Trade Center, which was destroyed, with the rest of the complex, in the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001. The ultimate topping out will be the completion next year of an antenna that will bring the structure’s overall height to 1,776 feet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/nyregion/1-world-trade-center-will-reclaim-the-sky-in-lower-manhattan.html

^^ So it won't top out in May.

Most likely late June or more symbolically, July 4 :)

Salut.
Je voudrais savoir .Á quelle hauteur se trouve la tour en ce moments .
Merci.

Il est debout 378 mètres au-dessus du niveau du sol. Demain, une colonne nouvelle sera placé, ce qui va rend la tour de 387 mètres de haut. ;)

Like everything in this complex, it's all been watered down to the point of mediocrity. The complex will look great from afar, but I'm beginning to think that the ground level is going to be a mess for a long time to come.

Agreed, 2017 seems more realistic when it comes to guess the year of full completition.

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRMKpZk2XlU&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wi6DdHNX9I&feature=youtu.be

Hope you like.

Il est debout 378 mètres au-dessus du niveau du sol. Demain, une colonne nouvelle sera placé, ce qui va rend la tour de 387 mètres de haut. ;)

Merci Otie :). Quand je pense qu'elle doit encore monter .c'est impressionnant.

This tower is a midget example of what we can see in the futre of skyscrapers. ITs beautiful. :)
Even if it isnt finished, it is still amazing.

Agreed, 2017 seems more realistic when it comes to guess the year of full completition.

2017 is pretty optimistic IMO.

They won't begin demolition of the current PATH entrance (east of 1WTC) till probably 2015 (after the Calatrava PATH station is opened). Towers 3 and 4 need to be close to full before Silverstein will start 2WTC.

It took 7WTC six years to lease up.

I think by 2018 the entire World Trade Center will be up and running

This tower is a midget example of what we can see in the futre of skyscrapers. ITs beautiful. :)
Even if it isnt finished, it is still amazing.
even if they manage to create taller skyscrapers 1WTC will always be the most beautiful to me

Some pics of Flickr by apasciuto (http://www.flickr.com/photos/apasciuto/):

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7231/6978609862_a4a85be462_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8021/7124703281_6759236f32_c.jpg

http://www.leparisien.fr/images/2012/04/27/1974730_143475805-space-tama.jpg

http://www.leparisien.fr/international/en-images-la-navette-enterprise-survole-new-york-27-04-2012-1974730.php?pic=8#

Scary. ;]

A photo taken a month ago

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/7124413757_bb45568092_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davylandman/7124413757/)
New York City-031 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davylandman/7124413757/) by DavyLandman (http://www.flickr.com/people/davylandman/), on Flickr

WOW :shocked::righton:

Yeah, i just searched the internet to figure out, and eventually figured out that its going to be a antennae now.

Just an antenna? Or just a narrower spire?

I hope it still counts as 1776 feet and not 13XX. :ohno:

Just an antenna? Or just a narrower spire?

I hope it still counts as 1776 feet and not 13XX. :ohno:

No, it will still count as a spire, albeit a crappy spire like the one on Trump Tower Chicago.

And Trump Tower's spire IS crappy...... :puke:

How tall will 1 wtc be once steel reaches to the 102m floor ?

Heres A logo I worked up with photoshop for the World Trade Center.


http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/screenshot20120429at831.png/


If it doesn't show up, try this link

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/screenshot20120429at831.png/

No, it will still count as a spire, albeit a crappy spire like the one on Trump Tower Chicago.

That's weird I read that it wouldn't count because it's an antennae, can you link me to something saying it does count ?

Also i like Trump's spire!:lol: It looks good from most angles.

How tall will 1 wtc be once steel reaches to the 102m floor ?

The 102nd floor is 1,266 ft 8 in high. Then add about 4-5 more feet for the column splice.

No, it will still count as a spire, albeit a crappy spire like the one on Trump Tower Chicago.

stop spreading rumors, no one knows that

stop spreading rumors, no one knows that

Yeah seriously. There hasn't been a new render of what the modified spire would look like, so there's no reason to say it's gonna be crappy.

anyone have a picture of one world trade centers official and final design

anyone have a picture of one world trade centers official and final design

There isn't one yet.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7126899085_675fb393cb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peet/7126899085/)
Norwegian Gem (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peet/7126899085/) by PeetThePhotographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/peet/), on Flickr

About the spire / antenna, Yahoo posted an article discussing this:

So is that needle an antenna or a spire?

"Not sure," wrote Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the building.

The needle will, indeed, function as a broadcast antenna. It is described on the Port Authority's website as an antenna. On the other hand, the structure will have more meat to it than your average antenna, with external cladding encasing the broadcast mast.

http://news.yahoo.com/asterisk-wtc-back-top-nyc-145951265.html

We have been getting media here over the past week about WTC 1 surpassing the ESB as NY's tallest building ? I know it got to 102 floors but it still hasn't overtaken the ESB mast yet has it ? I went up to the 102 floor on my last visit. Speaking spires and antennas. The ESB has it's original mast/spire with antenna atop that. So guess it's official height is the base of the antenna. Looking good anyway..........

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7126899085_675fb393cb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peet/7126899085/)
Norwegian Gem (http://www.flickr.com/photos/peet/7126899085/) by PeetThePhotographer (http://www.flickr.com/people/peet/), on Flickr

Wow, this photo is fantastic! The king is back!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/6973494456_031699247b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/6973494456/)
One and Four World Trade Center with Lower Manhattan Skyline, Hudson River, New York City (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/6973494456/) von jag9889 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jag9889/) auf Flickr

All those pics really cheer me up when I see them!!
Can't wait till 2 WTC starts to rise.

where access is limited to black cars and taxis.
Loading dock with five bays accessible from Washington Street.http://www.zhujiad.com/zhu3.jpg
http://www.zhujiad.com/zhu2.jpg
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http://www.zhujiad.com/zhu1.jpg
http://www.zhujiad.com/zhu6.jpg
http://www.zhujiad.com/zhu5.jpg

What's that? why they paint column on red after fireprofing?

http://shrani.si/f/x/7N/2WWafALe/brez-naslova.png

a skinny antenna is going to look silly with the ring on top.... they need to keep the original spire

From WTC Progress on fb:

Later today, the perimter column beam will be installed which will make One World Trade Center the tallest building in New York!

:cheers:

About the spire / antenna, Yahoo posted an article discussing this:



http://news.yahoo.com/asterisk-wtc-back-top-nyc-145951265.html

Ok, so I am right. I found a facebook page called save our spire, and it was all about it being an antennae, and how it would lose it's symbolic height. Anyways, that sucks I liked the original spire a lot more, I like the antennae spire on the trump, but it won't look good on a building like this. BUT, hopefully its more then just a thicker antennae

a skinny antenna is going to look silly with the ring on top.... they need to keep the original spire

Sadly, money comes before artistic design. They have realized that they could make money with an antennae, so it's pretty much a done deal:ohno:

From WTC Progress on fb:



:cheers:

Awesome!

By me... from just north of the GWB

http://i.imgur.com/ayoKc.jpg

Later today, the perimter column beam will be installed which will make One World Trade Center the tallest building in New York!

"column beam" :-D ::im sure the engineers will be laughing at this!

Article about WTC1 in British newspaper today

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/30/world-trade-center-tower-tallest-building

Tweets! 1 WTC is trending!

David Meyers (https://twitter.com/#!/davidfmeyers)
https://p.twimg.com/AruEA3RCQAAgk-q.jpg

Rich McHugh (https://twitter.com/#!/RichMcHughABC)
https://p.twimg.com/Art6-YOCEAEgHpR.jpg

As seen from Liberty State Park
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7241/6982705254_34333db85f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28030045@N06/6982705254/)
IMG_9626 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28030045@N06/6982705254/) by drken10003 (http://www.flickr.com/people/28030045@N06/), on Flickr

Ok, so I am right. I found a facebook page called save our spire, and it was all about it being an antennae, and how it would lose it's symbolic height. Anyways, that sucks I liked the original spire a lot more, I like the antennae spire on the trump, but it won't look good on a building like this. BUT, hopefully its more then just a thicker antennae

"Symbolic height?" Seriously?!?

The structure is as tall as it is, who cares what some group of self-appointed arbitors says? C'mon folks, stop getting caught up in this. The building doesn't have feelings. No matter what the official record says this STRUCTURE will be whatever it is to the roof and 1,776 ft to the little red light. It will be 1,776 feet tall no matter what the arbitors say. The self appointed arbitors need to be consistent. Have one category, call it world's tallest structure and go from the street to the red light, no matter what the architect calls the fancy stick they place on the roof. Be it over the top fancy like the Burj or utilitarian like Willis. Either count them all or don't. If this and Trump count then Willis Tower's rabbit ears should count too.

"Symbolic height?" Seriously?!?

The structure is as tall as it is, who cares what some group of self-appointed arbitors says? C'mon folks, stop getting caught up in this. The building doesn't have feelings. No matter what the official record says this STRUCTURE will be whatever it is to the roof and 1,776 ft to the little red light. It will be 1,776 feet tall no matter what the arbitors say. The self appointed arbitors need to be consistent. Have one category, call it world's tallest structure and go from the street to the red light, no matter what the architect calls the fancy stick they place on the roof. Be it over the top fancy like the Burj or utilitarian like Willis. Either count them all or don't. If this and Trump count then Willis Tower's rabbit ears should count too.

I totally agree with everything you said, I was just saying what the page I mentioned said. I have always gone by roof height,top floor height, and pinnacle. That's why the CTBUH made 4 categories after the Sears and Petronas debate. People realized how tiny the Petronas looked next to the sears, which was about 230 feet taller at roof height, and 77 meters taller at pinnacle because of the Sears awesome rocket-ship antennae's.

live stream up top, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive/cvpstream2&hpt=hp_c2#/video/cvplive/cvpstream2

BBC video -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17899820

GO TO CNBC RO WATCH COLLUM BEING PUT IN NOW NOW NOW!!!!!

This is it!! It's officially the tallest building in New York City :D. :banana:

TOWER 1 is now the tallest building in New York and the eastern seaboard... Its at 1271 feet tall....

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l123/oberonwatchman/1WTC-beam.png

1 wtc is now the new king all hail the king .:banana::lol::cheers::cheers::cheers::banana::rock::rock::rock::rock:

#Freedom Tower and One World Trade Center are trending :D. So I guess people would still call it Freedom Tower..

Congrats New York!

They showed some nice images of the tower on the Dutch news.

Whoo hoo! Amazing to finally see it happen. :banana:

#Freedom Tower and One World Trade Center are trending :D. So I guess people would still call it Freedom Tower..

I'm not normally superstitious, but I heard that if you say "freedom tower" three times fast the building gets delayed another three years.

1WTC is now 1,271 feet tall!

http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/8382/screengrab.png

I'm not normally superstitious, but I heard that if you say "freedom tower" three times fast the building gets delayed another three years.
:lol::lol::lol:

What a great day for America, we have shown that the devastating attacks of 9/11 have not killed our spirit, but have actually made us stronger!

http://www.latribune.fr/getFile.php?ID=4913823&ext=jpg&W=1000&H=9999
Source: AFP

http://www.latribune.fr/actualites/economie/international/20120430trib000696243/a-new-york-la-freedom-tower-depasse-deja-l-empire-state-building.html

Congrats New York :cool:

They are cross beaming the two columns now. :lol::lol::lol::lol:

YAY! Officially the tallest building!

Congrats New York! ESB's reign is over for good. :cheers2:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r48/Athinaios/IMG_4314.jpg

Good to see it's finally well under way to completion. Just wish they would have had the courage to build a masonry faced 'scraper of more elegant form - The U.S. is unique with that type which could still be evolving, instead of opting for a type that can been seen anywhere in the world these days.

I was in twice before watching this rise in it's early stages.

I already know I'm going back to NY in 2014 to see the completed building.

YES! ITS FINALLY TALLER THAN THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING!

:dance:

Now it's just one more height jump and it's topped off! (Roof)

Good to see it's finally well under way to completion. Just wish they would have had the courage to build a masonry faced 'scraper of more elegant form - The U.S. is unique with that type which could still be evolving, instead of opting for a type that can been seen anywhere in the world these days.

The US has more masonry-type facade buildings going up than anywhere else in the world from what I've seen. Virtually every new luxury building that is going up in Chicago is masonry.

I think a masonry building this tall would've looked out of place with the modernism that has already taken that area of downtown anyway. This is a great way to usher in a new era with a beautiful glassy building. I like it.

Now it's just one more height jump and it's topped off! (Roof)

Really? GEEZE! Can't wait for this thing to be clad all the way to the top.

I remember how excited I was when this became the tallest building in lower manhattan. Now it's the tallest in the city. Congrats.

Finally king of the city that is king amongst cities :)

Hail to the king baby!

Hail to the king baby!

Hell yeah!

Was anyone watching the Earthcam view of the new beams at about 4:35 p.m.? I had just tuned into it, when a plane went from south to north right behind the top of the tower - pretty startling...

Was anyone watching the Earthcam view of the new beams at about 4:35 p.m.? I had just tuned into it, when a plane went from south to north right behind the top of the tower - pretty startling...

I was! Amazing :eek2:

Nice :)

PARTY!! :D

I'm realy happy about this, but I am ashamed that I'm Dutch, when I read all the comments about this on a news site everyone was saying a lot of stupid things... Like: "who cares?" and that it wassn't respectvul that it was higher and a lot of bad things about the "real story" about it... :$
+ the most comments are realy weird...
And I don't understand.

P.S. Sorry for the typing... I'm mad!!

Hail to the king baby!

Thanks I don't know what I did, but I'm sure I deserve it lol.

Next step tallest in the nation.

Another plane went behind the top of WTC 1 in that view from the Earthcam just a few minutes ago - maybe they are takeoffs from Newark airport and there is a northerly wind in NYC today.

Planes fly around WTC all the time.

WOOOOO!!!! I Can't Wait to See it Complete

I read an article about 1WTC, some information were new to me, probably they are also useful to you:

- only LEED Gold certification

- first cost estimation: $1 billion
now at about $3.8 billion

- gsf. 280.000 m²
e.g. 13.000 $/m² (Burj Khalifa: 4000 $/m²; Taipei 101: 5000 $/m²)

- 73 elevators

- energy use reduction -20 % (compared to what? 90.1-2003?)
- 70 % renewable energy (offsite wind and water)

- 12 fuel cells
4.8 MW electrical power
5.4 MW thermal power
thermal power used for potabel hot water and running absorption chillers

- total cooling power 43 MW => 150 W/m² (e.g. German standard is around 60-80 W/m² - IF the building is air-conditioned)
7000 m³/h water from Hudson river for condensor cooling


- Air handling units with a total of 1.400.000 m³/h (5 m³/(m²h) = quite normal)

- average rent: $100 per m² and month

As of today, it is now the tallest building in New York, surpassing the 1250 ft of the Empire State.

Well, as long as any planes stay a safe distance away from the skyscrapers... congratulations to the workers and planners on this big milestone in the construction of the building!

Why do some reports keep saying the building won't be complete till 2014 or 2015...isn't it due to be complete next spring with tenants moving in end of next year or January 2014???

Why do some reports keep saying the building won't be complete till 2014 or 2015...isn't it due to be complete next spring with tenants moving in end of next year or January 2014???

It's US media it's always innacurate! :lol:

Thanks I don't know what I did, but I'm sure I desire it lol.

Next step tallest in the nation.

lmao hahaha :lol:

Got to update my page today!

http://newyorkyimby.blogspot.com/p/new-world-trade-center.html

:)

One World Trade Center will be the pinnacle of the new WTC complex. Featuring 108 floors and designed by David Childs, 1 WTC is an office building that will soon be the headquarters of Conde Nast. If not the most iconic structure of the new WTC, 1 WTC will certainly be the tallest. While the building itself rises to roughly 1,400', a massive mast atop the building will bring the structure's total height to the towering figure of 1,787 feet. One World Trade became the tallest building in the city on April 30th, 2012, finally passing the Empire State in height. Topping-out should occur in June of 2012, with completion scheduled for 2013.

Will be sure to grab more photos this week, as well.

From Hackensack

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7212/6983446678_74d87a8a05_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6983446678/)
DSCN4230 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6983446678/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/6983446954_678c5e6051_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6983446954/)
DSCN4231 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6983446954/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

From Jersey City

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DSCN4237 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6983447986/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7101/7129532979_b48f687fe7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129532979/)
DSCN4238 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129532979/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7129533059_2225432c3f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129533059/)
DSCN4239 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129533059/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/6983448486_799d951b0e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6983448486/)
DSCN4241 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/6983448486/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7065/7129533831_61ab8cdb34_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129533831/)
DSCN4242 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129533831/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/7129536253_85e62e9e36_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129536253/)
DSCN4257 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129536253/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/7129536967_2ba1fe8113_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129536967/)
DSCN4260 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/7129536967/) by Nexis4Jersey09 (http://www.flickr.com/people/42178139@N06/), on Flickr

Why do some reports keep saying the building won't be complete till 2014 or 2015...isn't it due to be complete next spring with tenants moving in end of next year or January 2014???

The confusion probably relates to the precise definition of "complete". There is still no firm set date when tenants will start moving in. It will take sometime for the interior offices to be built out. I also doubt we'll see the observation deck opened till sometime in mid-2014. Also they will be constructing temporary loading docks near the podium until the underground VSC roadway is finished. That's dependent on the transportation hub's progress.

A late '14 or 2015 completion date isn't that far fetched. The building should look mostly finished "exterior" wise by the end of this year. Save perhaps the areas where the external elevators are attached.

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6CJ1HJy4g8&feature=youtu.be

This is awesome! Last saw it in person the beginning of April. Can't wait to see how it has progressed when I move there in August.

Excellent timelapse to celebrate New York' new tallest tower!

HERE (http://www.vosflux.tv/id/rts_sequences_choisies___la_construction_de_la_freedom_tower_a_ny_14047803?utm_source=vosFlux.tv)

Bravo New York! :goodbye:

Saw it live on TV when the beam was installed. Awesome. Time to celebrate! :carrot: :pepper: :cucumber: :banana: :lock:

Saw it live on TV when the beam was installed. Awesome. Time to celebrate! :carrot: :pepper: :cucumber: :banana: :lock:

Me to I saw it live so yes lets celebrate is right!

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

I'll drink to that!! Go 1WTC!!:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

:banana::cucumber::applause::applause::applause::carrot::pepper:

whats the current height?

Congrats NYC... time to celebrate and time to keep going Up... ;)

whats the current height?

387m

Holy crap this place was packed today with reporters and people just gazing at this. In fact, I think I accidentally appeared on fox 5. Well, here are some pictures I took.

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j358/Arawooho/IMG_20120430_183307.jpg
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j358/Arawooho/IMG_20120430_181843.jpg
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j358/Arawooho/IMG_20120430_183451.jpg
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j358/Arawooho/IMG_20120430_182520.jpg

387m

thank you bro

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One World Trade Center (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/7127572465/) by pmarella (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmarella/), on Flickr

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bianca_bauer/6980188470/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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One World Trade Center (1,271 feet) becomes New York's tallest Skyscraper on April 30, 2012 (vs. 1,250 feet for the Empire State Building) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/7129780225/) by jag9889 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jag9889/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7260/7129500499_2aa0207ac6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/7129500499/)
View From Pier A Hoboken (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/7129500499/) by pmarella (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmarella/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/6978116802_1f7869834e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorsimon76/6978116802/)
Manhattan Financial District Skyline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorsimon76/6978116802/) by Rev Napalm (http://www.flickr.com/people/taylorsimon76/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/7124413757_bb45568092_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davylandman/7124413757/)
New York City-031 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davylandman/7124413757/) by DavyLandman (http://www.flickr.com/people/davylandman/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8027/6977773482_dec2f7e4e4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbancn/6977773482/)
april-2012-66 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbancn/6977773482/) by urbancn (http://www.flickr.com/people/urbancn/), on Flickr

Some photos from the Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137005/One-World-Trade-Center-New-Yorks-tallest-skyscraper.html)

View from the top of the world: One World Trade Center becomes New York's tallest skyscraper

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D97DFA000005DC-94_964x607.jpg
Life at the top: Bill Baroni, deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, speaks to the media on the 71st floor of One World Trade Center

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D97DCE000005DC-143_964x638.jpg
Room with a view: Workers sit on one of the top floors of the new One World Trade Center building

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D97E57000005DC-948_964x572.jpg
The view from one of the top floors of the new One World Trade Center

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D9BE6B000005DC-614_964x605.jpg
The magic moment: Workers lower the girder that made One World Trade Center the highest building in New York

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D9BE5F000005DC-682_964x642.jpg
Tallest in New York: The girder is succesfully installed at the top of One World Trade Center making it the tallest building in New York

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D9A9F7000005DC-115_964x625.jpg
Tricky: A crane on the top of the massive skyscraper lifts a steel beam into place on the 100th floor of the new World Trade Center building

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D9BEF3000005DC-537_964x599.jpg
Success: Steel workers Billy Geoghan and Jim Brady walk on the steel beam which gave One World Trade Center bragging rights over the rest of New York

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D981DD000005DC-882_964x635.jpg
Looking down on the world: View from the 71st floor of One World Trade Center

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D982AC000005DC-656_964x571.jpg
Workplace snapshot: A construction worker on the 71st floor of One World Trade Center takes a cell phone photograph

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D9793B000005DC-1000_964x523.jpg
Going up: A construction worker looks out the windows of the 71st floor of One World Trade Center as a beam is lifted up by a cable in New York

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/30/article-2137005-12D4CA98000005DC-164_964x622.jpg
Pin point: Spires, however, are considered part of the building and are always counted. It's a tradition that goes back to a time when the tallest buildings in many European
cities were cathedrals

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Still growing: Workers are still adding floors to the so-called 'Freedom Tower' and the building isn't expected to reach its targeted 1,776 foot height for another year

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Two construction workers on the 71st floor of One World Trade Center look at a view of the New York skyline

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Number two: The Empire State Building, now New York's second tallest building, is seen from the top of One World Trade Center

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Vista: This extraordinary view will be open to the public after the building is finished and made accessible to visitors

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Life on top: A view of One World Trade Center from the Rockefeller Center today

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Soaring: One World Trade Center overlooks Battery Park City and the Hudson

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City landmark: Pedestrians cross 14th street in view of One World Trade Center

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Beacon of hope: One World Trade Center

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Tall order: Without a spire, the completed One World Trade Center would be smaller than Chicago's Willis Tower at 1,451 feet but bigger than the Empire State Building
at 1,250 feet (not including antennas)

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Skyscraper enthusiasts: While debate over which buildings can truly claim to be the tallest, the Council on Tall Buildings is leaning toward giving One World Trade the
benefit of the doubt

Maybe the next milestone is base cladding.

It took them 6 years to surpass ESB where as ESB was build in 1 year and 2 months in 1930's.

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ6eOL6iGr0&feature=youtu.be

DO THEY NOT HAVE A TOWER 6 THEY HAVE 1,2,3,4,5, AND 7 WHAT ARE THER GOING TO DO ABOUT 6

^^ they're going to do nothing about it.

yes i understand its gone past ESBs offcial height of 381m, but i still think its antenna should be included at 449m. it would look incomplete without it right? but they are including WTC1 antenna as offical height? wierd huh

It took them 6 years to surpass ESB where as ESB was build in 1 year and 2 months in 1930's.

That statement makes no sense

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^^ they're going to do nothing about it.

i don't get it

i don't get it

There isn't a 6WTC in the plans. Unless the proposed performing arts center is given that moniker. Even 5WTC is very iffy at this point.

There isn't a 6WTC in the plans. Unless the proposed performing arts center is given that moniker. Even 5WTC is very iffy at this point.

Wow

There will be a 5 WTC that will certainly be last and yes I believe the PAC will be named 6 at some point in the future once the entire main complex is complete. I don't see how they wouldn't.

They'll make 6 a +2000ft tower in the future to keep up with the eastern hemisphere :D

Check out this video showing what it will look like once it's finished

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Pause at 2:23, it's insane

yes i understand its gone past ESBs offcial height of 381m, but i still think its antenna should be included at 449m. it would look incomplete without it right? but they are including WTC1 antenna as offical height? wierd huh


The Cranes are already higher than that I believe, plus the official height of 1WTC is still 541 meters and ESB 381 meters, ESB's antenna doesn't count, it's a bit silly. :)

The Cranes are already higher than that I believe, plus the official height of 1WTC is still 541 meters and ESB 381 meters, ESB's antenna doesn't count, it's a bit silly. :)

Haha, I know what you mean, I have always thought they should go by roof height, or atleast pinnacle. But luckily, they have 4 categories. I remember the first time I knew about the ESB, and I though, so it's 381 meters to the roof ? So wait, its 381 to the top of that spire ? I eventually found out it was 381 meters to the top of the part of the roof that looks like a rocket ship, and I was pretty surprised.

Chuck: GSA deal by summer (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/chuck_gsa_deal_by_summer_lpNO9592hibPr263DedXNN)

By Steve Cuozzo,
May 1, 2012

"The General Services Administration has vowed to sign a long-delayed lease at 1 World Trade Center by the summer, Sen. Chuck Schumer told us last night.
“I spoke to [GSA acting administrator] Daniel Tangherlini and he said, ‘We’ll get it done by summer,’ ” Schumer said.
Schumer added, “We called Douglas Durst [the Port Authority’s 1 WTC partner], and he said he needs it by around July 4.
“So we’re going to push the GSA to do that,” Schumer said.
The pending, 300,000 square-foot lease is significant not only for its size, but because it’d push the 3 million square-foot tower over the psychologically crucial 50 percent-leased mark.
PA executive director Patrick Foye, who’s been hyping the tower’s milestone in rising taller than the Empire State Building, has said that 55 percent of the skyscraper is “expected” to be leased — which is not the same as actually leased.
We reported last week that Schumer, a staunch proponent of new office development, was prodding the GSA to complete the 1 WTC deal in light of the agency’s paralysis over the recent spending scandal.
He said, “It’s very important to private-sector tenants to know that 1 World Trade is more than 50 percent leased — not only companies interested in that building, but also in 4 World Trade Center,” which so far has inked only the PA and possibly a city agency as tenants.
Condé Nast signed for 1 million square feet and Beijing Vantone for 200,000 square feet at 1 WTC.
The GSA signed a term sheet with the PA and Durst last summer. The lease — originally meant to be twice as large — has been in negotiation for five years.
The PA and Durst declined comment. Reps for the GSA could not immediately be reached."

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just beautiful.

I have a question. Both One World Trade Centre and the North Tower of the WTC measure to 417m at their roof. Yet, the WTC had its highest floor at a highest measurement than One World Trade, something like 411m, with One World Trade having its highest floor at just 401m. Is there going to be an unoccupied floor space in One World Trade that will tip it off to 417 metres ?

It took them 6 years to surpass ESB where as ESB was build in 1 year and 2 months in 1930's.

Riiiight... because they only had to install dial-up internet in the ESB back in the 30's. :sly:

There isn't a 6WTC in the plans. Unless the proposed performing arts center is given that moniker. Even 5WTC is very iffy at this point.

That would be ridiculous, it would be as if they can't count right.

PARTY!! :D

I'm realy happy about this, but I am ashamed that I'm Dutch, when I read all the comments about this on a news site everyone was saying a lot of stupid things... Like: "who cares?" and that it wassn't respectvul that it was higher and a lot of bad things about the "real story" about it... :$
+ the most comments are realy weird...
And I don't understand.

P.S. Sorry for the typing... I'm mad!!

Don't be ashamed that your Dutch...maybe just a bit whistful that you gave away a place called New Amsterdam.......Just think if you hung in there you could claim this building that is even taller than one of your windmills.........just kidding. I love The Netherlands......but then....if only hey?

DO THEY NOT HAVE A TOWER 6 THEY HAVE 1,2,3,4,5, AND 7 WHAT ARE THER GOING TO DO ABOUT 6

i dont get why they have to be towers, for all im concerned each structure is a wtc# just like former 4,5,6 were just 8/9 story knubs and 3 a 22 floor hotel. the perfermance center, museum, and transport hubs could all be viable options in case the others dont make it off the ground (hopefully they do, though). do any of the towers have hotel included like the old marriott? or maybe the millenium should suffice

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did anyone else notice the space shuttle piggybacking the airplane right here? LOL :lol:

just beautiful.

I have a question. Both One World Trade Centre and the North Tower of the WTC measure to 417m at their roof. Yet, the WTC had its highest floor at a highest measurement than One World Trade, something like 411m, with One World Trade having its highest floor at just 401m. Is there going to be an unoccupied floor space in One World Trade that will tip it off to 417 metres ?

The Original One World Trade Center and Two World Trade Center were actually not the same height.

One World Trade Center's Roof Height was: 417M
Two World Trade Center's Roof Height was: 415M

2WTC was actually always slightly shorter haha :)

The new One WTC has the exact same Roof Height as the original One WTC: 417M, and the new Two WTC is 387.1 Roof Height and 415 Antenna Spire, so they will look very impressive and bring back the Skyline :)

WTC1 becoming the tallest in NY made the news throughout Europe. It definitely has symbolic value as well.

WTC1 becoming the tallest in NY made the news throughout Europe. It definitely has symbolic value as well.

I don't remember hearing much of the Shard's TO, outside of the European media.

Heck, I don't even remember the Burj Khalifa having this much coverage when it became world's tallest when it was still U/C.

Shows you the power New York still has over the rest of the world.

The Original One World Trade Center and Two World Trade Center were actually not the same height.

One World Trade Center's Roof Height was: 417M
Two World Trade Center's Roof Height was: 415M

2WTC was actually always slightly shorter haha :)

The new One WTC has the exact same Roof Height as the original One WTC: 417M, and the new Two WTC is 387.1 Roof Height and 415 Antenna Spire, so they will look very impressive and bring back the Skyline :)

I find it funny people called them twin towers when they really wern't twins. Why did the architect give that 2 meter inbalance to the original towers anyway?

I don't remember hearing much of the Shard's TO, outside of the European media.

Heck, I don't even remember the Burj Khalifa having this much coverage when it became world's tallest when it was still U/C.

Shows you the power New York still has over the rest of the world.

While watching the Shard thread I've ended up seeing a lot of London, and it's ended up at the top of my 'wanna go there' list.

I don't remember hearing much of the Shard's TO, outside of the European media.

Heck, I don't even remember the Burj Khalifa having this much coverage when it became world's tallest when it was still U/C.

Shows you the power New York still has over the rest of the world.

I think it's actually more of the symbolic nature of this tower rather than the tower itself that made the headlines.

I find it funny people called them twin towers when they really wern't twins. Why did the architect give that 2 meter inbalance to the original towers anyway?

Original Tower One was taller due to the extra structure needed to support the antenna above.

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did anyone else notice the space shuttle piggybacking the airplane right here? LOL :lol:
I suppose that is Enterprise heading for Intrepid museum?

did anyone else notice the space shuttle piggybacking the airplane right here? LOL :lol:

Do you not watch the news? (or read the thread?) That's how they have moved the shuttle around the world for almost 40 years.

Hipsters working in NASA..Moving big things with a truck is too mainstream..

i dont mean to offend anyone but i hate the fact people are still calling it the Freedom Tower. i think it bothers me because its almost like a 'we're asking for it' type of thing, and the media only perpetuates it. When you think about it, One World Trade Center is a much better and appropriate name for our country and what we believe in. Its not just an address, think about the connotation, mainly 'One World.' One World seems so much more welcoming, worldly, non-instigating, title. considering what happened over a decade ago and the fact that NYC is often regarded as the capital of the world, 'One World Trade Center' is a perfect name (imo of course)

Do you not watch the news? (or read the thread?) That's how they have moved the shuttle around the world for almost 40 years.

sorry, no :( i spend all my time on the paper models threads, where i belong but its nice to take a break and see all the wonderful pictures of such an american icon.

Nice WTC building timelapse http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/video/2012/05/01/la-construction-en-accelere-du-one-world-trade-center_1693631_3222.html

That live camera showing the top of 1WTC is great!

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/worldtradecenter/?cam=tower1

"Tower 1 HD"

in the German television today there was a report on the highest building in new york, the one world tower, just amazing :bow:

I've just seen the antenna on the top of Freedom tower.
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Im seeing this tower on the news everywhere! Its hard to believe that its already the tallest in NYC. By the way, does anybody have any pictures of the tower last night, when it was lit up in white and blue?

One world trade center is on its way to becoming the most famous building in the world not because of its height but because on what the building represents.

Salut.
Je voudrais savoir .Á quelle hauteur se trouve la tour en ce moments .
Merci.
382 m since 30-apr-2012: it's the tallest in NYC.

i dont get why they have to be towers, for all im concerned each structure is a wtc# just like former 4,5,6 were just 8/9 story knubs and 3 a 22 floor hotel. the perfermance center, museum, and transport hubs could all be viable options in case the others dont make it off the ground (hopefully they do, though). do any of the towers have hotel included like the old marriott? or maybe the millenium should suffice

1-5 WTC are all Towers as is 7. 6 WTC will most likely be the PAC if anything down the line. There was talks some time ago as having tower 5 as a hotel or as a mixed office residential but nothing was ever confirmed, we will find out in time...

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Bigger version here -

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Original Tower One was taller due to the extra structure needed to support the antenna above.

I thought tower one was taller because there used to be a canteen on the 43th floor.

They shoulda built 2WTC instead of 4WTC. Retards.

They shoulda built 2WTC instead of 4WTC. Retards.

:lol: Its not that easy man. Not to mention the fact that 2 wtc is a larger 400 meter building while 4 wtc is a smaller 298 meter building. Don't expect to see 2 WTC for a long time, and possibly never...

Of course we would all love to see 2WTC, but it's not about what we want, it's about what NYC needs, and their isn't enough money to build something that isn't needed right now.

I find it funny people called them twin towers when they really wern't twins. Why did the architect give that 2 meter inbalance to the original towers anyway?

They didn't call them twins because they were the same height, they called them twins because they looked the same. I don't understand what hard to get about that, I know lots of twins who aren't the same height.

Do you not watch the news? (or read the thread?) That's how they have moved the shuttle around the world for almost 40 years.

Space shuttle only been around since 1981 lol

Space shuttle only been around since 1981 lol

NASA 905
NASA 905 was the first SCA. It was obtained from American Airlines in 1974. Shortly after acceptance by NASA, the SCA flew a series of wake vortex research flights at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., in a study to seek ways of reducing turbulence produced by large aircraft.
Following the wake vortex studies, NASA 905 was modified by Boeing to its present SCA configuration and the aircraft was returned to Dryden for its role in the 1977 Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT). This series of eight captive and five free flights with the orbiter prototype Enterprise, in addition to ground taxi tests, validated the aircraft's performance as an SCA, in addition to verifying the glide and landing characteristics of the orbiter configuration — paving the way for orbital flights.

^^ what he said, wish it was me. That's how they tested the shuttle, strapped to the back of the SCA. Self-proclaimed internet experts, I love to see them reprimanded.

I find it funny people called them twin towers when they really wern't twins. Why did the architect give that 2 meter inbalance to the original towers anyway?

It is quite an interesting thing isn't it haha, I never knew that they weren't exactly the same either, but nevertheless it wasn't that major :)

NASA 905
NASA 905 was the first SCA. It was obtained from American Airlines in 1974. Shortly after acceptance by NASA, the SCA flew a series of wake vortex research flights at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., in a study to seek ways of reducing turbulence produced by large aircraft.
Following the wake vortex studies, NASA 905 was modified by Boeing to its present SCA configuration and the aircraft was returned to Dryden for its role in the 1977 Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT). This series of eight captive and five free flights with the orbiter prototype Enterprise, in addition to ground taxi tests, validated the aircraft's performance as an SCA, in addition to verifying the glide and landing characteristics of the orbiter configuration — paving the way for orbital flights.

I'm sorry I didn't count test flights, or prototypes. Space Shuttle Enterprise
It's the oldest at 40, but it didn't go outerspace lol.

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