NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS

[BStyles]

I do like that the glass pops out as if it were flowing in the wind as it increases in height. I'm still trying to get a sense of its translucency and how it will work on the tapered edges.

[Roadcruiser1]

:previous: I take it that will be the base of this behemoth?

DAAAMN!! :tup:

Yes. Exactly like what I said. This base pays some sort of homage to the base of the Twin Towers. The vertical lines, the box shape, and etc.

[NewYorkDominates]

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

Apparently people at SkyscraperCity have seen glass panels at the bottom of the base of 1WTC.Can anyone verify this?

[chris123678]

Apparently people at SkyscraperCity have seen glass panels at the bottom of the base of 1WTC.Can anyone verify this?

I think, another user on this forum said he saw a load being delivered that looked to be the length of the base glass.

[chris123678]

pdf from PA

There have been reports that base glass has arrived today, has there been? If so when will installation begin?

It's all so exciting, i feel like a child on Christmas.

Soon becoming the tallest building and getting base glass!!!

:):):)

[WTCman7301]

There have been reports that base glass has arrived today, has there been? If so when will installation begin?

It's all so exciting, i feel like a child on Christmas.

Soon becoming the tallest building and getting base glass!!!

:):):)

Mabye Alan can tell us if the podium glass has arrived. Or he wants to surprise us when it's installed.

[Puzzlecraft]

Noticed that that diagonal red steel columns in the southeast corner have been painted gray or something similar.

[IntoTheLens827]

Alittle Old, but worth seeing & watching :-) I am trying to prove that I do take VERY GOOD PICTURES & VIDEOS while I am in NYC. I do like to go all over to take pictures & videos. I really love the history of NYC. Here is a slideshow of One World Trade Center & NYC during my visit on Dec 4, 2011. Please Subscribe, Rate, & Comment! Thanks! :-)

More Videos Coming Up From my Feb 12, 2012 & March 23, 2012 visits. PLEASE STAY TUNED! :-) This tower grew alot since I took this video back in Dec 2011! :tup: Enjoy!

(My Video Link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEP9pSGVF-w

[WTCman7301]

Noticed that that diagonal red steel columns in the southeast corner have been painted gray or something similar.

Yes I have noticed that, but I'm not quite sure what is it for. Another question I have is if the podium is going to be a square, aren't they going to put the corner steel columns in on the base?

[NewYorkDominates]

What if they install the base clad and erect steel on Monday.We very well may be in for a surprise.

[Roadcruiser1]

Noticed that that diagonal red steel columns in the southeast corner have been painted gray or something similar.

Yes I have noticed that, but I'm not quite sure what is it for. Another question I have is if the podium is going to be a square, aren't they going to put the corner steel columns in on the base?

I am certain that the grey stuff is concrete to protect the steel. They will probably also work on the base to make it more squarish looking. I don't know how they will do that. I will let Otie answer that.

[CarlosV]

Saturday April 28, 2012

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[hunser]

And another one with JC in the picture...

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[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYBOY75

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

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

[meh_cd]

new wtc base photo

Eugh. Which side of the base is this? West side? I want to dig that planter up myself and put the stairs back.

[NYguy]

http://www.globest.com/news/12_338/newyork/office/Durst-Invests-34M-in-New-Broadcasting-Facility-at-One-WTC-321019.html



A spokesperson for the Port Authority confirms to GlobeSt.com that the tower will surpass the Empire State Building’s height of 1,250 feet on Monday, making it the tallest building in New York City. A formal topping out ceremony will be scheduled in the coming weeks.





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[Otie]

Eugh. Which side of the base is this? West side? I want to dig that planter up myself and put the stairs back.
Southwest corner looking north (from Fulton Street).

Yes I have noticed that, but I'm not quite sure what is it for. Another question I have is if the podium is going to be a square, aren't they going to put the corner steel columns in on the base?
No need to, the slanted columns forming the chamfering are designed to transfer the loads with no problem. They're going to fill the space with non-structural steel.

What if they install the base clad and erect steel on Monday.We very well may be in for a surprise.
:drummer:

[NewYorkDominates]

Delete

[PZelda]

I imagine the sign would be akin to what they have in the lobby of 7 WTC.

[CarlosV]

^^^

very good answer...


http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/nycflyover/

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[chris123678]

Here's a video I found on what the 1 World Trade Center should look like as the glass, and roof are completed, and the assembly of the spire.

[Otie]

Stop bringing roumors from other sites, no screen was added to 1WTC's podium and no fins have been installed, yet.

[NewYorkDominates]

Stop bringing roumors from other sites, no screen was added to 1WTC's podium and no fins have been installed, yet.

I'm sorry for being unspecific,and also for bringing the rumors from other sites to this one.Well,what I ment to say was workers at the base told some person at SkyscraperCity that the base will incorporate some type of sign,advertising items and also displaying news.Also,what I ment to say on the base cladding was that some people have seen what may be the glass fins for the base being delivered to the site.

Edit:Nevermind Otie,I see you clarified that guy.Thankfully it was just a rough draft for 3WTC.
Thanks for clarifying.

[CarlosV]

one more day... :rolleyes:

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[MadGnome]

^^^

very good answer...


http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/nycflyover/

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/nycflyover/01.jpg

Now, that's a keeper.

[NYC=WTC]

If this recent large shipment of glass is for the base, then I am positive they will begin cladding the base this week. They will not just have base glass on site for nothing. Get ready for a big week people!!! Downtown Manhattan is back :cheers::notacrook::banana:

[NYC4Life]

Yahoo! / AP

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/asterisk-wtc-back-top-nyc-photo-145951835.html

With an asterisk, WTC is back on top in NYC
WTC claims NYC height record, but experts likely to disagree on ranking among world's tallest

By David b. Caruso, Associated Press | Associated Press – 2 hrs 4 mins ago

NEW YORK (AP) -- One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday. Workers will erect steel columns that will make its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just enough to peak over the roof of the observation deck on the Empire State Building.

The milestone is a preliminary one. Workers are still adding floors to the so-called "Freedom Tower" and it isn't expected to reach its full height for at least another year, at which point it is likely to be declared the tallest building in the U.S., and third tallest in the world.

Those bragging rights, though, will carry an asterisk.

Crowning the world's tallest buildings is a little like picking the heavyweight champion in boxing. There is often disagreement about who deserves the belt.

In this case, the issue involves the 408-foot-tall needle that will sit on the tower's roof.

Count it, and the World Trade Center is back on top. Otherwise, it will have to settle for No. 2, after the Willis Tower in Chicago.

"Height is complicated," said Nathaniel Hollister, a spokesman for The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats, a Chicago-based organization considered an authority on such records.

Experts and architects have long disagreed about where to stop measuring super-tall buildings outfitted with masts, spires and antennas that extend far above the roof.

Consider the case of the Empire State Building: Measured from the sidewalk to the tip of its needle-like antenna, the granddaddy of all super-tall skyscrapers actually stands 1,454 feet high, well above the mark being surpassed by One World Trade Center on Monday.

Purists, though, say antennas shouldn't count when determining building height.

An antenna, they say, is more like furniture than a piece of architecture. Like a chair sitting on a rooftop, an antenna can be attached or removed. The Empire State Building didn't even get its distinctive antenna until 1952. The record books, as the argument goes, shouldn't change every time someone installs a new satellite dish.

Excluding the antenna brings the Empire State Building's total height to 1,250 feet. That was still high enough to make the skyscraper the world's tallest from 1931 until 1972.

From that height, the Empire State seems to tower over the second tallest completed building in New York, the Bank of America Tower.

Yet, in many record books, the two skyscrapers are separated by just 50 feet.

That's because the tall, thin mast on top of the Bank of America building isn't an antenna, but a decorative spire.

Unlike antennas, record-keepers like spires. It's a tradition that harkens back to a time when the tallest buildings in many European cities were cathedrals. Groups like the Council on Tall Buildings, and Emporis, a building data provider in Germany, both count spires when measuring the total height of a building, even if that spire happens to look exactly like an antenna.

This quirk in the record books has benefited buildings like Chicago's recently opened Trump International Hotel and Tower. It is routinely listed as being between 119 to 139 feet taller than the Empire State Building, thanks to the antenna-like mast that sits on its roof, even though the average person, looking at the two buildings side by side, would probably judge the New York skyscraper to be taller.

The same factors apply to measuring the height of One World Trade Center.
Designs call for the tower's roof to stand at 1,368 feet — the same height as the north tower of the original World Trade Center. The building's roof will be topped with a 408-foot, cable-stayed mast, making the total height of the structure a symbolic 1,776 feet.

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.

Without that spire, One World Trade Center would still be smaller than the Willis Tower in Chicago, formerly known as the Sears Tower, which tops out at 1,451 feet (not including its own antennas).

Debate over which of those buildings can truly claim to be the tallest in the U.S. has been raging for years on Internet message boards frequented by skyscraper enthusiasts.

As for the Council on Tall Buildings, it is leaning toward giving One World Trade the benefit of the doubt.

"This is something we have discussed with the architect," Hollister said. "As we understand it, the needle is an architectural spire which happens to enclose an antenna. We would thus count it as part of the architectural height."

But, he noted, the organization has also chosen to sidestep these types of disputes, somewhat, by recognizing three types of height records: tallest occupied floor, architectural top, and height to the tip.

Hollister also pointed out that, technically speaking, One World Trade Center isn't a record-holder in any category yet, as it is still unfinished.

"A project is not considered a building until it is topped out, fully clad, and open for business or at least occupiable," he said.

The debate doesn't quite end there.

Neither of the Willis Tower nor One World Trade are as high as the CN Tower, in Toronto, which stands at 1,815 feet. That structure, however, isn't considered a building at all by most record-keepers, because it is predominantly a television broadcast antenna and observation platform with very little interior space. The tallest manmade structure in the Western Hemisphere will continue to be the 2,063-foot-tall KVLY-TV antenna in Blanchard, N.D.

As for the world's tallest building, the undisputed champion is the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, which opened in 2010 and reaches 2,717 feet.

Not counting about 5 feet of aircraft lights and other equipment perched on top, of course.




Copyright © 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

[QUEENSNYMAN]

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 more to come everybody, take care.

[Empire state of mind]

Considering its my bday today. I'll gladly share the next day as a golden moment for one world trade center. This will be a day I'll never forget. Looking forward to tomorrow and our new champion of buildings here in Manhattan. Great pictures guys. Thanks for all the updates. Regardless of what anyone says, this will be America's tallest building given the history we've been through. All pettiness aside.

[NewYorkDominates]

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

Manager of Empire State Building-"The World's most famous office building,the ancestor of all super-tall towers,welcomes our newer,taller cousin to the skyline.We've watched you grow,and now we salute you."

Easily the best article out on the Internet,regarding 1WTC construction.

[chris123678]

So the steel columns they are putting up tommorow extend to 101 and 102 floor?

[Roadcruiser1]

So the steel columns they are putting up tomorrow extend to 101 and 102 floor?

Yes.

[sw5710]

Floor#100 = 1,240' + splices 1,244'
Floor#101 = 1,254' 2''
Floor#102 = 1,266' 4'' + splices 1,271'

[NYC=WTC]

So after these set of vertical steel columns go up tomorrow, then their will be one last set of vertical columns to put up, right? :yes::yes::yes:

[NOPA]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/04/30/nyregion/30tower1/30tower1-popup.jpg

Nice photo from the NYTimes article posted by NewYorkDominates. Great article, wish they had more photos though.

[sw5710]

So after these set of vertical steel columns go up tomorrow, then their will be one last set of vertical columns to put up, right? :yes::yes::yes:

If the next jump brings the columns from 1,244' to 1,271' there is still 63' till the roof at 1,334' and 97' till the top of the parapet at 1,368' I would say 2 more after the next jump to get to the roof then 1 more to the parapet.

[sw5710]

As per WABC TV steel colums are set to rise to 1,271' at 2pm

[NYYskyline]

Here's a video I found on what the 1 World Trade Center should look like as the glass, and roof are completed, and the assembly of the spire.

sorry, where do I click

[Otie]

Michael Nagle/dbox

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg534/scaled.php?server=534&filename=dboxt.jpg&res=landing

[bobbysockBOB]

One WTC is shown in the opening shot and a couple other shots in the new Nas music video!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3wIJ774gJs&ob=av2n

[Jonboy1983]

:previous:I also wanted to know this...

[chris123678]

sorry, where do I click

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA8uxu7JcgI

[chris123678]

Wasn't really sure how to add pictures so I just added the link here.

My friend was in New York and snapped this picture for me, this was about last month.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79614925@N02/7126482611/

[Otie]

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[599GTO]

I've come to the realization that I love the new redesigned base more than the original! Can't wait to see the eye-catching lighting scheme.

[JOH]

"Norwegian Gem by PeetThePhotographer" what a great skyline. I don't think it's that hard to imagine the end result now. ..and in a sunset like that it's going to be awesome!

[CarlosV]

just a few more hours....:slob:

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/scrappy_scraper_an_empire_buster_Zt6wge8P65Gx0IaOMdb3hP

WTC’s Freedom Tower to rise higher than Empire State building today


http://www.nypost.com/r/nypost/2012/04/30/news/web_photos/tale_of_the_tape--525x375.jpg


By JOSH MARGOLIN
April 30, 2012



This is one rivalry with sky-high stakes. The owners of 1 World Trade Center — which will surpass the height of the Empire State Building today — are waging an all-out business war against its Midtown cousin, The Post has learned. WTC operators want to steal business from the Empire State Building by promoting their observation decks and winning back broadcasters that beam their signals off of the Midtown skyscraper’s massive antenna. “We’re looking to maximize revenue and maximize the reputation of 1 World Trade Center,” Douglas Durst, who is building the Freedom Tower in partnership with the Port Authority, told The Post.

The antenna business alone could easily rake in $10 million in revenue, estimates show. And as for the observation deck, the sky’s the limit. WTC managers say it’s hard to estimate how much revenue the tower could generate because it’s still not decided what amenities will be included in the final design — like gift shops and snack concessions. But one thing is for sure: the WTC’s observation deck will certainly include much more than just the puny gift shop featured at the Empire State Building, Port Authority sources said. “You’ve got to get people back to thinking of the trade center not as a site of an attack but as a center of commerce,” said one person who has been involved with the reconstruction of lower Manhattan. “You’ve got to think about it as a real-estate thing. And real estate is transactional — it’s about competition and retail and tourists.”

The WTC will soon hire an outside firm to design, operate and market its observation deck, which will open with the rest of the structure by early 2015. And last week, the PA’s board approved a resolution to get back into the antenna business — something that was lost along with nearly 3,000 lives when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. The two moves are no coincidence — instead, they should be read as a new aggressiveness on the part of the WTC, sources told The Post.

The PA is even taunting the owners of the Empire State Building. Tonight, the agency will light the new tower in a blue-and-white color scheme, in celebration of surpassing the Empire State Building’s 1,250 feet. Those colors, sources said, are supposed to mock the Empire State Building’s controversial 2010 decision not to light the building in honor of the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birth. The owners of the 82-year-old Empire State Building declined to comment on their rivals’ plans. “The world’s most famous office building, the ancestor of all super-tall towers, welcomes our newer, taller cousin to the skyline,” the Empire State operators said. “We’ve watched you grow, and now we salute you.”

[M II A II R II K]

Which is also why this section has over 400 views going on in it and perhaps much more to come throughout the day.

[uaarkson]

LOL I just noticed that too, Mark. I've been refreshing this page every 25 mins since I got to work today. :)

Carlos, you out there this morning?

[pattali]

^^^ Congratulations !!!
God bless America

[streetscaper]

By me... from just north of the GWB

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[Puzzlecraft]

The two southeast diagonal columns which went from red to gray/white are now back to red again. I wonder what that was about.

[NYC4Life]

CNN Photo

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/30/one-world-trade-center-to-become-nycs-tallest-building/?hpt=hp_t1

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120430013919-world-trade-center-01-story-top.jpg

[CarlosV]

LOL I just noticed that too, Mark. I've been refreshing this page every 25 mins since I got to work today. :)

Carlos, you out there this morning?

sure am...and just waiting....:rolleyes:

[10023]

Are they going to have a restaurant at the top?

[tiarae]

Here's a link to LIVE video from on top of 1WTC...

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive/cvpstream2&hpt=hp_c2#/video/cvplive/cvpstream2

[NewYorkDominates]

Are they going to have a restaurant at the top?

Restaurant?Maybe.Eatery?Certainly.

[CClaudio21]

The beam is being lifted right now! Check earth cam

[Fishman92]

Are they going to have a restaurant at the top?

No.

Ima watching the cams!

[1Boston]

its going in right now!!

[mat97]

one world trade center surpassed esb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cheers::cheers::):yes::banana::notacrook::notacrook::upload_71700::upload_71700::pepper::fireworks:multibow

[Kevin Scott Koepke]

All hail the new king of new york!

[NYC4Life]

WTC1 is now the tallest building in NYC, at 1,271 ft.:notacrook:

[Chapelo]

All hail the king. :notacrook:

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

[CarlosV]

HERE IT IS!!!!

:upload_71700::dj:thrasher::multibow

History in the making!!!! 6 long years for this moment!! God bless all those who perished 11 years ago!

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[Domamania]

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

[NewYorker2009]

Alright One World Trade Center way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheers:

[Yankee fan for life]

1 wtc is now the new king all hail the king. :banana::yes::yes::yes::worship:

[Kevin Scott Koepke]

HERE IT IS!!!!

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History in the making!!!! 6 long years for this moment!! God bless all those who perished 11 years ago!

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A great capture of this historic moment Carlos. You are the man!

[NYCLuver]

Amazing to see this happen!!! Thanks for the pictures!!!

[NYC4Life]

A great capture of this historic moment Carlos. You are the man!

As only Carlos can do it :tup:

[CClaudio21]

http://http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150720374198657&set=a.10150145684633657.280083.604573656&type=1&theater
Woohoo!

[Pbellamy]

Looks like the first column is up there...

and looking great!

[CClaudio21]

Yet another beam being installed right now! This is sooooo exciting!! :D :D :D :D

[upNaway]

just sitting watching these guys walking the beams,its amazing check it out real time footage LIVE ! http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/worldtradecenter/ P.S there installing more as we speak :D

[NewYorkDominates]

HERE IT IS!!!!

:upload_71700::dj:thrasher::multibow

History in the making!!!! 6 long years for this moment!! God bless all those who perished 11 years ago!

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Iconic photography Carlos.Finally New Yorkers have the Trade Center as the tallest in New York.I can hear,for some reason,in my head New York,New York by Frank Sinatra.Man,what a day today.

[MrSlippery519]

There is going to be a lot of steel going up today :)...even more up now on Earthcam

[Yankee fan for life]

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

[NYC GUY]

Wow One World Trade Center is now the tallest building in NYC :D and it seems they have also started putting more glass up on the south side :). So how tall is it now?

[hunser]

It's finally happening... let's hope this time the ESB never ever becomes the tallest building in NY again. :yes:

[2-TOWERS]

Iconic photography Carlos.Finally New Yorkers have the Trade Center as the tallest in New York.I can hear,for some reason,in my head New York,New York by Frank Sinatra.Man,what a day today.

Amazing Carlos as I was watching it on FOX news out here here in CA I knew you had the Carlos Cam ,world famous Carlos Cam that is taken pics... you been such an asset to this forum , thanks man...

[Yankee fan for life]

Wow One World Trade Center is now the tallest building in NYC :D and it seems they have also started putting more glass up on the south side :). So how tall is it now?

1,271 feet tall

[asharmaearth411]

IT'S ABOUT TIME! NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING TOPPING OUT!
GO NEW YORK, GO NEW YORK, GO!

:notacrook::banana::whip::cheers::D:cool::):worship::upload_71700:

[NewYorkDominates]

We have been too much into the steel that we haven't noticed about the new glass.

[sw5710]

CNN had footage from the top of the columns going up and a beam for floor 102 installed. The columns have in white 1,271' on them.

[PZelda]

^^^ I saw that!! That was pretty awesome! :)

[eseninobrandon]

:( noooooooooo i missed cnn when it was live. anybody have the video?

[sw5710]

:( noooooooooo i missed cnn when it was live. anybody have the video?

If you turn CNN on and leave it on they will repeat the story. They keep doing it.

[eseninobrandon]

If you turn CNN on and leave it on they will repeat the story. They keep doing it.

don't have CNN on my TV.

[PZelda]

Just about to the DOUBLE DIGITS now in construction! :D :D :D :D

[Roadcruiser1]

Are they going to have a restaurant at the top?

There is no restaurant at the top of One World Trade Center. However we will see something like Nathan's or Sbarro's up at the top at the observation deck.

[10023]

There is no restaurant at the top of One World Trade Center. However we will see something like Nathan's or Sbarro's up at the top at the observation deck.

Well that royally sucks. Guess I won't be going then.


(And seriously... who can choke down Sbarro's pizza except tourists?)

[Crawford]

There is no restaurant at the top of One World Trade Center. However we will see something like Nathan's or Sbarro's up at the top at the observation deck.

What? :haha:

No, just totally wrong. There won't be a Taco Bell.

The Port Authority will have restaurant spaces as part of the observation deck contract. There are stipulations on the type of food service.
There will be no Windows on the World replacement, but there will be smaller restaurant spaces.

[Roadcruiser1]

What? :haha:

No, just totally wrong. There won't be a Taco Bell.

The Port Authority will have restaurant spaces as part of the observation deck contract. There are stipulations on the type of food service.
There will be no Windows on the World replacement, but there will be smaller restaurant spaces.

That is exactly what I said. There are no restaurants. Those are considered eateries.

[Jonboy1983]

I remember there initially being a Windows on the World, but then PA scrapped that idea (God only knows why). I heard the 100th/101st floors were to remain vacant with the possibility of putting such a restaurant there later on tho...

In any event. Yeah, I had to work today (as if my job isn't depressing enough), so yeah, I missed history in the making...

[IntoTheLens827]

:( noooooooooo i missed cnn when it was live. anybody have the video?

Yes, I do have the video & here it is. I was watching it live on my computer. Glad I got it, but there is a glitch in it. I am sorry, but I had nothing to do with the glitch. -Greg (IntoTheLens827). Hope you enjoy it. :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8f9dq9v_s0

[sterlippo1]

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oh my word!:tup::cheers::worship:

[IntoTheLens827]

I caught this live! This is my video with my reactions. Watch at 13:45 when the steel beam pops out! :-) I am sorry, but there is a glitch that I had nothing to do with. The feed went & I lost the streaming video. I AM VERY PISSED & UPSET RIGHT NOW, but I did stay recording trying to get it back for you guys who missed the live shots & new coverage. Please Rate, Subscribe to my channel, & Comment! Hope this happens again when the building tops-out! I am hoping I will be home to watch that one live also! Glad I got to get most of it just now! :-) God Bless The Victims of 9-11-01 & USA!
Here is my video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8f9dq9v_s0

[chris123678]

Well, After 6 years of waiting, it's finally taken the spot as the tallest building in New York.

I rushed home to see this forum.