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[NYguy]

Update from morrongiello (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2424/3718720326_daae78568c_o.jpg) (Aug 10)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/3807760219_fb176ecfc0_b.jpg

[uaarkson]

Jumbo columns going up tomorrow!

http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/press_releasesItem.cfm?headLine_id=1282

[meh_cd]

Awesome, nice find!

[37TimPPG]

Jumbo columns going up tomorrow!

http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/press_releasesItem.cfm?headLine_id=1282

This is fantastic news! I only wish I could be there to see this! I'll have to pop the cork on a nice bottle of Champagne!:cheers:

[Puzzlecraft]

..... going up starting tomorrow ..... excellent news!!!!! Thx for posting that PR.

[alexjon]

I'll be back in February, so this is going to be so exciting! I can't wait to see how much it changed in a year.

[Plokoon11]

Wow man this is like waiting for Christmas lol.

[NYguy]

Jumbo columns going up tomorrow!

http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/press_releasesItem.cfm?headLine_id=1282

Great news. This thing is moving along as planned.

[BStyles]

Definitely good news. There should be an animated image of the column rise.

This means that the rebar for the N. core is almost or complete, and they're expecting a concrete pour, and then the steel cage will be extended. They didn't mention anything about those trusses encased in the glass base. They're seen from almost every render.

I've always wanted to know this, what's the difference in the color of the rebar? The one they're using for the plaza is green while the core/column casing rebar is black(at tower 4 it's all one color).

[philvia]

water proofing^^

[rich_200]

Indeed this are good news, I think with this columns we can finally see this tower growing in a normal pace. Or am I wrong?

[J_M_Tungsten]

I'm going to New York for my first time this coming Saturday. Where is the best view to see the entire site?

Also, I know its off topic, but if anybody can give me ideas of must see places (other than the heavy tourist areas) or restaurants to go to it would be much appreciated. Personal message me please so not to go anymore off topic, thanks!

[meh_cd]

I'm going to New York for my first time this coming Saturday. Where is the best view to see the entire site?

Also, I know its off topic, but if anybody can give me ideas of must see places (other than the heavy tourist areas) or restaurants to go to it would be much appreciated. Personal message me please so not to go anymore off topic, thanks!

For a tourist - a night at the Millennium Hilton. It's just like the webcam and then some. Failing that, probably the Winter Garden or the pedestrian walkways over West Street.

[pattali]

I'm going to New York for my first time this coming Saturday. Where is the best view to see the entire site?



Also a view at 4 WTC, from one liberty plaza in front of the Brooks Brothers clothing store.

Restaurant , a bit expensive but a so lovely place at "River cafe" at 1 Water Street Brooklyn, NY, a nice view http://www.rivercafe.com/

My favorite: "45BOND" an Italian restaurant 154 W 45th St
New York, NY http://www.bond45.com/

[pattali]

First morning erection :tup:

http://mathias.attali.free.fr/bldg/firsterection.jpg

[Dac150]

This is getting exciting.

[You Need A Thneed]

I've always wanted to know this, what's the difference in the color of the rebar? The one they're using for the plaza is green while the core/column casing rebar is black(at tower 4 it's all one color).

Green rebar is epoxy coated, it's used in areas where the concrete may often be wet, thus exposing the rebar to moisture which could cause it to rust. The core of the tower doesn't need epoxy coated rebar because it won't get wet once the building is completed.

[Duffstuff129]

I'm going to New York for my first time this coming Saturday. Where is the best view to see the entire site?

In a west facing room in the Millenium Hotel. Otherwise, your only real option is to purchase stilts. The fences are very high.

Also, I know its off topic, but if anybody can give me ideas of must see places (other than the heavy tourist areas) or restaurants to go to it would be much appreciated. Personal message me please so not to go anymore off topic, thanks!

Go to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx for the best food in the city. I cannot reccommend Zero Otto Nove enough. But that's a bit I a hike, so try Dim-Sum (dim-Sung?) in Chinatown.

[Biff]

Even made the paper here in Winnipeg - the centre of Canada. Good news finally. I am not good a linking images, but the one in our paper is pretty good.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/

[uaarkson]

First morning erection :tup:

You can't be serious.

[Duffstuff129]

You can't be serious.

Rats, someone beat me to it.:haha: I was going to say "First morning erection? This tower is only 2 years old! This should take about 11 more years."

[talltowers08]

so is it just the one column there puttin up today or will there be more ?

[37TimPPG]

That is one MASSIVE-sized column! I can't get over how big it is. This is going to be one incredibly safe (knock on wood) building when it is finished.

[meh_cd]

I've been looking at the renders, and as far as I can tell these aren't even the biggest columns that will go up. The columns on top of these will be even larger. Here's the render I'm going off of. I wonder how large the corner columns that extend the length of the building will be?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/meh_cd/wtc/NEW%20wtc/202631900_047ba88411_o.jpg

[Zensteeldude]

If you go by weight, the ones they started erecting today are the largest. I'm sure there well be longer sections in the future but they well weigh less per foot.

WOW, we got back from vacation just in time !

PS: There are alot of mills in the world that can roll beams upto 110 feet or more.

[Zensteeldude]

so is it just the one column there puttin up today or will there be more ?

It looks like the first one is up and they are awaiting another one . I bet they can put up 2 or 3 a day.

On the other hand, getting a 60 foot long column section through the streets of lower Manhattan in the middle of the day may not be pratical. Of course they may have brought several over early this morning and they just can't be seen from the web cams.

[Plokoon11]

Very excited! Man this is crazy seeing these monster sized steel columns!

[philvia]

they've only done one allll day :S

[colemonkee]

Kind of a red letter date for us skyscraper geeks, innut?

[NYguy]

Yeah, this is fantastic. When the columns start to fill out around the foot print I imagine the base will fill out relatively quickly (there aren't a whole lot of floors there).

Meanwhile, some photos from earlier today...

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/116031664/large.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/116031707/large.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/116031709/large.jpg

[NYguy]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gsMWFqclEuOiOzudD9z5ci6OLugwD9A1H9680

70-ton column is largest installed at WTC tower

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5hOhcmDi9YT-P5UxXiO1FdZ1xFuHg?size=l


NEW YORK — Builders of the tallest office tower under construction at ground zero have set a 70-ton piece of steel into place — the largest column installed yet at the building.

Three more columns are set to go up Thursday, and 24 by the fall at One World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower. The 1,776-foot-tall skyscraper is the largest of five planned to replace the trade center after the 9/11 attacks.

Each steel column — made at a factory in Luxembourg — is about 60 feet long. The columns at the bottom of the tower's foundation are about 35 feet long.

The new columns will bring the building's steel skeleton several stories above street level. The building is set to be finished in 2013.


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5joJmWxFVOkchy_Hpg5h2UOvzhStA?size=l___http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5ipaHRN3tGiWeJfC23b1X-MfA49cA?size=l___http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5gHU4J9qoErIiUhgWy3OZptyZ2vvw?size=l

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http://www.1010wins.com/PICS--Progress-at-the-WTC-Site--Steel-Columns-Inst/4992165

http://imgsrv.1010wins.com/image/DbLiteGraphic/200908/4913663.jpg?1250127301


http://imgsrv.1010wins.com/image/DbLiteGraphic/200908/4913673.jpg?1250127252__http://imgsrv.1010wins.com/image/DbLiteGraphic/200908/4913674.jpg?1250127261

Construction workers install the first of 24 large steel columns at the core of One World Trade Center August 12, 2009 in New York City. The perimeter columns, which are approximately 60-foot long and 70 tons, will allow the initial floors of the tower to be constructed and are the largest to be used to date on the tower.

[NYguy]

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[uakoops]

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Listen to the clueless reporter.... "The column is one of 24 jumbo columns that will eventually make up the core of the tower."

[talltowers08]

I noticed that aswell typical clueless reporters she didnt even sound very intrested in this peice of news as she explained it :(

[talltowers08]

ooo thats the second column be put in place
http://www.earthcam.com/clients/groundzero/groundZero.swf

[theWatusi]

I see that they are wasting no time connecting these columns to the core either.

[J.M.]

Holy Poop! This will sure be safe. How could anyone rip through that for columns, that just crazy. Nice to see progress really going here, can't wait till its time to add floors and walls!

[Puzzlecraft]

Those "connections" between the columns and the core look like access ramps.

[theWatusi]

If you look close, they are horizontal beams connecting the outer columns with the core and they have a temporary OSHA walkway built on top.

[uaarkson]

If you look close, they are horizontal beams connecting the outer columns with the core and they have a temporary OSHA walkway built on top.

Yup.

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7480&d=1250169198

[Lecom]

Finally some more steel. It should start rising faster once the sublevels are finished, as they require a helluva lot of manpower, materials and work hours.

[Dirty Sandpit]

So I guess we're doing what one column a day? That's neat so the this thing should look very different next month. Nice to see some progress. I think it's hilarious how much attention this one column got because everybody was thinking damn is this thing still being built so when they brought in one column it reminded every one that is still being built.

[RockMont]

Once progress speeds up, what will the naysayers complain about next?

[Dirty Sandpit]

Once progress speeds up, what will the naysayers complain about next?

That it's being built to hastily. LOL...what naysayers?

[BrandonJXN]

Once progress speeds up, what will the naysayers complain about next?

That the're not rebuilding the Twins.

[37TimPPG]

Once progress speeds up, what will the naysayers complain about next?

That Towers 2 and 3 might not be built:haha:

[RockMont]

That Towers 2 and 3 might not be built:haha:


Well I'm not happy about that either, but I'm focusing more on the Tower 1, "Tower of Freedom" or freedom tower, or whatever it's going to be called. Maybe there will be a twin after all. Well likely not, but I would like the Port Authority to pull its collective head out of its ass, and realize what is good for the community. :hell:

[NYguy]

So I guess we're doing what one column a day?

Previous page:

Three more columns are set to go up Thursday, and 24 by the fall

[Duffstuff129]

Well I'm not happy about that either, but I'm focusing more on the Tower 1, "Tower of Freedom" or freedom tower, or whatever it's going to be called. Maybe there will be a twin after all. Well likely not, but I would like the Port Authority to pull its collective head out of its ass, and realize what is good for the community. :hell:

Maybe...

And if they do, I will personally pay $500,000 for the rights to allow Philippe Petit to walk between them!

In semi-ralated news, I recommend the movie Man on Wire to all of you in this forum.

[RockMont]

Is he still alive?

[Puzzlecraft]

The picture of the horizontal beam looks convincing. Thx. Haven't seen any pictures of it being stored on the ground, lifted or placed.

[Duffstuff129]

Is he still alive?

Yes and he's planning another walk between towers in New York. (TIme Warner Center, Silver Towers? who knows?)

He's only 60.

[Zensteeldude]

Those "connections" between the columns and the core look like access ramps.

As Puzzlecraft and theWatusi said, that is the floor beam (a W44x 262, 44 inches high, 262 pounds per foot) with an OSHA mandated access walkway on top of it. Such devices are required when steel being erected is more than "3 floors" above the slab or deck below it. Once more columns are erected and more floor beams added the walkways well be removed.

PS: those 2 beams well eventually support the 3rd floor and the outside edge of the 2nd floor via hangers.

PPS: Thanks for all the pics and video NYguy !

PPPS: There is a four letter word for why only two columns went up in two days, it's R A I N. OSHA would have a stroke if they erected steel in the rain. (By stroke I mean fine the hell out of DCM)

That's a W44x230 on the right a 262 is a little thicker.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35124796@N04/3256117475/sizes/o/in/set-72157613376736607/

[2-TOWERS]

The Pearl River Tower's Support Beams Are Much Larger Then These.. Go To That Building's Thread And Look At The Of Size Of Those Outer Columns........

[uaarkson]

How long after a rain do they have to wait before they can keep going with the steel?

[Zensteeldude]

The Pearl River Tower's Support Beams Are Much Larger Then These.. Go To That Building's Thread And Look At The Of Size Of Those Outer Columns........

You confuse columns with floor beams. No rolled beams are larger than a W 44, and no one would pay to have fabricated plate beams supporting every floor of there tower.

Go see a therapist about your issues with Tower One.

[Zensteeldude]

How long after a rain do they have to wait before they can keep going with the steel?

The short answer, untell the steel is dry.

[RoldanTTLB]

Dry steel....

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/SoTUnJM3aBI/AAAAAAAADL8/F52ZHspV69M/s800/DSC02048.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/SoTUrFQQuRI/AAAAAAAADMA/fl9qltjnu1o/s800/DSC02049.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/SoTUvffR0DI/AAAAAAAADME/STg9De7US6Y/s800/DSC02050.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/SoTU0KvVABI/AAAAAAAADMI/-mPA0Nm39ao/s800/DSC02051.JPG

[NYguy]

In semi-ralated news, I recommend the movie Man on Wire to all of you in this forum.

I have the dvd...:)

Couple more from yesterday...within a month or so, we should have the full outline of the base.

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/116072352/large.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/116072379/large.jpg

[37TimPPG]

Check the webcam: 3rd column going up!

[Puzzlecraft]

Nice, a tilted corner column!

Is the giant crawler crane going to be able to reach over to the far (west) side for the west side columns or is the crane going to be moved to the other side for that?

[uakoops]

Nice, a tilted corner column!

Is the giant crawler crane going to be able to reach over to the far (west) side for the west side columns or is the crane going to be moved to the other side for that?

They are going to put a second crane on that side after they pour the plaza deck.

[Zensteeldude]

I see the 3rd floor conection is a seperate piece on the corner column. So there is a temporary brace connecting it to the other column.

In the pics RoldanTTLB posted you can see a brace between the first column and the core steel.

[NYguy]

More pics of the initial column from wtc.com

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/116093834/large.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/116093847/large.jpg

[NYguy]

Flashback to the east plaza pour...from JOE WOOLHEAD (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22720631@N08/page2/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/3821494176_aa078b770f_b.jpg


A little more....JOE WOOLHEAD (http://www.joewoolhead.blogspot.com/)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__LTbulstB24/SoW9F5c02eI/AAAAAAAACJM/vMUIADXOFgU/s1600/4J9Z9024.JPG


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__LTbulstB24/SoW9GgSuP3I/AAAAAAAACJY/ltdS4DnMwl4/s1600/4J9Z9073.JPG

[uaarkson]

Looks like they're pouring the north core.

[Gateway395]

Looks like they're pouring the north core.

Yes big pour busy night at the site.

[blue_dragon]

progress is slow, but it's really fascinating to follow this project step-by-step

[Gateway395]

progress is slow, but it's really fascinating to follow this project step-by-step

You have no idea what is going on this massive site it kills me with these comments.

[Loslocos]

With these columns going up, the work on the north core will have to go into overdrive! If the rate is going to be one per day, would that mean the north core will have to raise to the same level as the south in 10(ish) days?

Sounds unlikely, but I'm keepin' the faith! :yes:

[Loslocos]

With these columns going up, the work on the north core will have to go into overdrive! If the rate is going to be one per day, would that mean the north core will have to raise to the same level as the south in 10(ish) days?

Sounds unlikely, but I'm keepin' the faith! :yes:

Oh, plus a crane jump!

[car2004]

Is it just me or does this building look smaller than it should? I see this pictures when compared to the other buildings and wonder, is that just the elevator?

[Puzzlecraft]

The pour is done, the pumping rig is gone, now Vesey street is clear for another column delivery, maybe today?

[meh_cd]

Is it just me or does this building look smaller than it should? I see this pictures when compared to the other buildings and wonder, is that just the elevator?


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/meh_cd/wtc/NEW%20wtc/FTRelatedImages_12.jpg

The core area gets smaller as the floors increase.

[Plokoon11]

Wow 54 elevators, thats insane! And I am so happy, I can actually now outline the building since that crooked beam went in!

[car2004]

The core area gets smaller as the floors increase.

So you mean the core is small, but the building is exactully wider. I guess from what you are saying, they are working on the core first and the outer part later. Makes sense, if that is what you mean.

[car2004]

This was supposed to be a monument to New York's strength and determination, but instead it's turned into a monument to New York's government gridlock.

I agree!

[Puzzlecraft]

Looking at my notes, the time from the first South core jump to the fourth and last South core "concrete" core jump was 5 months plus 6 days. The interval time for the North core from first to fourth jump was 5 month minus 6 days or 12 days faster.

For the south core, it took 3 months and 10 days from the last core jump until they started erecting "core steel". If for the north core, the steel onset takes as long, we won't see north core steel until October 28th! Yeah, that seems like forever doesn't it? Maybe it will be faster.... because the south core "wait for the steel" was in the winter while now it is still summer.

[uaarkson]

It won't take that long. As soon as the concrete cures I bet they'll be putting that shit up.

They have to if they want to erect all of the jumbo columns this year.

[Zensteeldude]

If you look closely at the erecting steel (core steel) you can see a splice in the columns about 4 feet below the first beam. That is where the core steel was suposta begin.
In other words, there was suposta be another jump of the south core before core steel was erected. I guess things were not happening fast enough so they added 20 feet of columns and put it up ahead of when it was planed.

[car2004]

How can this type of buildings take till 2018. I read somewhere that this building will not be finished till 2018. Is that, right? Does that even make any sense?

[uaarkson]

:previous: It's a load of bullshit. This tower is scheduled to be completed by 2013.

[BStyles]

First few pics of the diagonal column from me, and some other 1 WTC related pics. I went a few days ago, but then it started to rain. The WFC makes a great cover from rain from Vesey to Liberty.:haha:
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/BOJAMforeva/SDC10580.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/BOJAMforeva/SDC10581.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/BOJAMforeva/SDC10582.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/BOJAMforeva/SDC10583.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/BOJAMforeva/SDC10584.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/BOJAMforeva/SDC10585.jpg
They also put up a new rendering of the plaza.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/BOJAMforeva/SDC10586.jpg
They put three columns up, so that leaves 21 more...they're doing ona a day...that leaves 21 more days, with hopefully little or no rain.

[metroXpress]

^ thanks for the pics :)

[Dirty Sandpit]

Man that memorial is coming along nicely. It looks almost complete structurally.

[kenratboy]

So nice to see this project moving along. I imagine it is going to start moving SERIOUSLY fast now, especially when compared to how long it took steel to appear above-grade. Imagine what this project will look like by the end of the year, even 9/11!

[NYC2ATX]

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/BOJAMforeva/SDC10585.jpg
They put three columns up, so that leaves 21 more...they're doing ona a day...that leaves 21 more days, with hopefully little or no rain.

UN-FUCKING-REAL!!! :eeekk: :hyper: :eeekk: :hyper: :eeekk:

[Loslocos]

Hmm.... somethings changed but I can't quite put my finger on it.

http://www.earthcam.com/clients/groundzero/groundZero.swf

[theWatusi]

no column today :(

[Loslocos]

no column today :(

nor yesterday. :shrug:

[BStyles]

Minus the weekends. Weekends is all about the north core.

[NYguy]

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk157/BOJAMforeva/SDC10586.jpg

Can't help but notice they keep leaving the PAC in the renderings, though it looks likely that it now will be moved to the tower 5 site.


In related news...
http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/08/13/freedom-stone-to-be-rededicated-in-hauppauge-at-911-memorial-unveiling/

‘Freedom Stone’ to be Rededicated in Hauppauge at 9/11 Memorial Unveiling

By Dana Filipowski

Sept. 11, 2001 is a day no one will soon forget. With less than a month before the eighth anniversary, Hauppauge-based Innovative Stone announced that it will commemorate the tragic losses by rededicating the Freedom Stone, a memorial that was intended for the Freedom Tower, has since been given back to the company.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had unveiled the stone during a ceremony at Ground Zero on July 4, 2004, where it was going to be the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower at 1 World Trade Center, which is currently under construction. Once the site plans changed, the memorial piece—a 20-ton solid granite monument that was mined from the Adirondack Mountains—was given back.

The stone, which has flecks of garnet—the official gemstone of New York—within it, has been sitting in the backyard of the company’s headquarters ever since. But stone will soon be relocated to its new home at a new memorial garden in Hauppauge.

“This is a way that people can reflect quietly”, says Cathy Mazzo, marketing manager for the company. “It brings them back to the feeling of community.”

“It’s important for Americans to remember what happened,” said Glen Klein, a retired New York City Police Department officer and the current director of police affairs for the Feal Good Foundation, which are one of the big sponsors of this project. “They are not listening to it anymore on the radio or seeing it on the news. This is a way to help people remember.”

A public rededication for the stone will be held on Sept. 11, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at 130 Motor Parkway. For details regarding the Freedom Stone ceremony or to become a sponsor, please visit www.innovativestone.com or call 631-297-0411.

[NYguy]

margerine margin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8461516@N06/3824957186/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3824957186_00305cac44_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3824962234_25537aaf31_b.jpg


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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3824958022_2b498bf213_b.jpg

[philvia]

hey its monday, where's our column??

[spwelan]

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[spwelan]

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[NYguy]

bacigalupe (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bacigalupe/3831361464/in/photostream/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2513/3831361464_ac7fa2e767_b.jpg

[Puzzlecraft]

A much shorter section of steel or something that looks a lot like steel arrived this morning. Big Red currently has it.

http://www.custompuzzlecraft.com/temp/20090808_WTC1_whatsit.jpg

[theWatusi]

^ Looks like they are currently installing that ontop of the diagonal column

[Puzzlecraft]

Yes, for sure.