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RoldanTTLB

Apr 7, 2009, 6:52 PM

Wow, looks like they're finally on the 39th floor if I'm not mistaken!

I hate to be debbie downer here, but nothing's changed in that photo from the last 2 weeks of the crane being parked and the forms left half up for the 39th floor. I swear I'll let everyone know as soon as I notice them getting back to work on the top of the tower.

For what it's worth, all of the frames are now in for the base of the tower (school), and they are very rapidly bricking up the first floor of the base along William St. Also, they appear to have gotten the finishing touches on the third and 4th rows of cladding on the east side of the tower where there were the small gaps in the last set of photos I took. The two crane tower pieces are still on the ground unmoved. Finally, there was a huge delivery of aluminum ducting delivered today that was piled up on the Pace side of the building.

NYguy

Apr 8, 2009, 12:27 AM

I would expect them to take more time to resume construction on the upper floors...

http://downtownexpress.com/de_309/ratnersays.html

Baumgarten said the addition of new floors had paused so Forest City could look for ways to save money, possibly by re-bidding construction contracts.

In a statement, Baumgarten added, “Given current economic conditions, including downward trends in construction costs, we are conducting a study to evaluate potential opportunities to achieve savings on the project.”

NYguy

Apr 8, 2009, 12:17 PM

Swanky Feline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/swankyfeline/3422334989/sizes/l/)

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RoldanTTLB

Apr 8, 2009, 6:14 PM

Swanky Feline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/swankyfeline/3422334989/sizes/l/)

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This shot is from the top of 2 Gold - I still haven't gotten up there. My office is very down and right (off frame) in that picture.

NYguy

Apr 8, 2009, 11:15 PM

Future postcard from hazboy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hazboy/3418336204/sizes/l/)

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NYguy

Apr 9, 2009, 9:54 AM

K-Patz (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kpatz/3420338198/sizes/o/)

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AtlanticaC5

Apr 9, 2009, 1:53 PM

Wow, haven't checked this one for a few weeks, but it has grown nicely. Looking good

RoldanTTLB

Apr 9, 2009, 4:10 PM

Small update this morning:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/Sd4c6aw01TI/AAAAAAAAB1o/mIQAFhfBEgI/s800/DSC01206.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/Sd4c6_MWE7I/AAAAAAAAB1w/8Ows5XLAcQI/s800/DSC01207.JPG

NYguy

Apr 9, 2009, 6:38 PM

That facade is creeping up...

NYCLuver

Apr 9, 2009, 8:11 PM

Wow the facade already looks beautiful, hard to imagine how wonderful it will look when complete.

I am on vacation in Michigan visiting family, so when I get back to NYC later this month I will be sure to go take some pics with my cam. :)

NYguy

Apr 11, 2009, 11:37 AM

Check it out here...
http://afinecompany.blogspot.com/2009/04/gehry-tower-gets-curvy-raising-roof.html

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4g75slnk7qQ/Sd-NBiG2NAI/AAAAAAAAB1I/PU2-5QJXL7A/s320/curv3.JPG_http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4g75slnk7qQ/Sd-NmSkxPNI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/RfKKTsKfBTQ/s320/curv+1.JPG_http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4g75slnk7qQ/Sd-NTjb1uTI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/dIBiQq3mQqU/s320/curv2.JPG

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http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4g75slnk7qQ/Sd-NBiG2NAI/AAAAAAAAB1I/PU2-5QJXL7A/s1600/curv3.JPG

This could be Downtown's "Tower Verre"

BrandonJXN

Apr 11, 2009, 7:49 PM

^ Now all we need is Tower Verre to get built so Midtown can have a Tower Verre of it's own.

:fingerscrossed:

NYC2ATX

Apr 12, 2009, 8:25 AM

Oh god I hope so ThreeHundred. :previous:

..but seriously, SALVATION. I was mortified when they even floated the idea of cutting this tower off. So relieved... :worship:

NewYorker2009

Apr 12, 2009, 4:00 PM

^ Now all we need is Tower Verre to get built so Midtown can have a Tower Verre of it's own.

:fingerscrossed:

Yeah I hope Tower Verre aka MOMA Spire does get built in the next 5-10 years. I know it is on hold for now but it isn't dead so that's a good thing. As for Beekman Tower I'm glad it's rising to its full height of 876 feet. Downtown needs something tall right now until the Trade Center is rebuilt. Beekman would have the highest rooftop in Downtown or second highest because I forgot how high 40 Wall Street's highest floor is. American International has a rooftop of 850 feet. Anyway Beekman wouldn't be Downtown's tallest because of the spires atop 40 Wall Street and the American International Building.

NYguy

Apr 13, 2009, 11:50 AM

margerine margin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8461516@N06/sets/72157607776667441/)

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Brian.

Apr 13, 2009, 2:17 PM

It keeps looking better with every level of skin going up. I love it!

Jonovision

Apr 13, 2009, 3:27 PM

Looks great! And the facade is going up quite quickly.

NYC2ATX

Apr 13, 2009, 6:58 PM

absolutely classic!

NYguy

Apr 13, 2009, 10:41 PM

It's classic New York, yet very modern. This one is putting Downtown back on the map before any of the others begins to rise.

photoLith

Apr 13, 2009, 11:11 PM

Absolutely stunning. Its like the Chrysler building on shrooms.

avngingandbright

Apr 13, 2009, 11:57 PM

This, the BofA Tower, the NYTimes Tower, and 15 Central Park West are truly the shining relics of the present decade, just as the Chrysler Building was during its; I'm sure that when they are built, the MoMA spire, the WTC complex, and others will define the next. Unfortunately I cannot say the same for many shorter structures built in NYC.

NYguy

Apr 14, 2009, 11:45 AM

Absolutely stunning. Its like the Chrysler building on shrooms.

I often refer to it as Downtown's "Tower Verre", but it could also be Downtown's "Chrysler". The WTC towers may be bigger, 30 Park may be taller, but this one won't be denied.

RoldanTTLB

Apr 16, 2009, 5:20 AM

Quick and dirty update from today. Sorry for some mild blurriness, I couldn't stop shaking while standing out taking these pics (it wasn't even that cold out!). Hopefully I'll have a camera with optical image stabilization someday.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/Sea3w3oa-iI/AAAAAAAAB3E/Qtr2N0cA04s/s800/DSC01222_2.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/Sea39i-S29I/AAAAAAAAB3I/_kLKxIOOChk/s800/DSC01227.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/Sea4BVV7mTI/AAAAAAAAB3M/G82mBwMgq8g/s800/DSC01229.JPG

Tom Servo

Apr 16, 2009, 5:54 AM

man, i've gotta jump on board with this one. it just looks too cool. and i'm a huge sucka for metal façades (btw, is that aluminum or steel?).

plus i love the base.

NYguy

Apr 16, 2009, 6:10 AM

man, i've gotta jump on board with this one. it just looks too cool. and i'm a huge sucka for metal façades (btw, is that aluminum or steel?).

It's stainless-steel. An it's looking a lot better than the renderings.

avngingandbright

Apr 16, 2009, 2:26 PM

Well, I don't know if people would agree with this statement, but I imagine this may turn out to be Gehry's definitive masterpiece, created in his later years. If not, then certainly the most visible.

Jonovision

Apr 16, 2009, 8:01 PM

^^^ I don't know about that. The Guggenheim is well.....the Guggenheim! lol
But this will surely leave him a very good legacy in NYC.

avngingandbright

Apr 16, 2009, 8:56 PM

The Bilbao Guggenheim?

vandelay

Apr 16, 2009, 10:36 PM

Wow, now that the cladding is going up, I am a huge fan of this tower, even though I usually think that Gehry's work is gimmicky and arrogant. What makes this building work so well is that he actually grounds it in the architectural context.

I can't be the first person to make this connection. But what other iconic lower Manhattan structure has a masonry base and flowing, metal drapery? The Statue of Liberty.

This building mixes the past and the present in such a brilliant way that it sticks out but blends in. It also allows one of Gehry's biggest criticisms, that his buildings are often just plain buildings in futuristic cladding to actually be an asset. It would have made quite a statement if 1 WTC looked something like this, maybe with a golden spire.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3448/3245253527_8a6af2882a.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30534299@N08/

Aleks

Apr 16, 2009, 11:32 PM

Ahh! I never realized it! And if he did it on purpose then what a great architect! If he did it on accident then... what a great architect!

I love this tower now and I constantly keep checking got updates.

CoolCzech

Apr 17, 2009, 1:16 AM

No, it wasn't a purposeful echo of the SOL, though I guess it could work like one: I believe the neighborhood demanded that the base be more conventional, in keeping with the buildings surrounding it.

For once, NIMBY's actually contributed.

NYguy

Apr 17, 2009, 2:48 AM

I believe the neighborhood demanded that the base be more conventional, in keeping with the buildings surrounding it.

The base is designed the way it is because it's a school, though Gehry was involved with some of the interior elements.

Lecom

Apr 19, 2009, 8:27 PM

Originally posted by JSsocal at WiredNewYork, allegedly from a couple of days ago

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NYguy

Apr 20, 2009, 11:59 AM

This building almost brings tears to my eyes. It's not very often that the actual product is better than the renderings. This is an instant classic.

Indescribable

Apr 20, 2009, 11:04 PM

This is the building in the background of many of the WTC construction photos.

NYguy

Apr 21, 2009, 11:49 AM

Viewed from Brooklyn Bridge Park construction...

lauriepremer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24282019@N00/3457939690/sizes/l/in/set-72157616975828931/)

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Hoodrat

Apr 21, 2009, 2:27 PM

Off topic, but the Beaver House looks pretty good in that last pic...the yellow seems to have mellowed out a bit.

Lecom

Apr 21, 2009, 7:24 PM

Still looks like a POS to me, barely tolerable.

NYguy

Apr 21, 2009, 8:47 PM

Still looks like a POS to me, barely tolerable.

I feel the same about 55 Water Street and its friends at NY Plaza. A rape of the skyline if ever there was one...:yuck:

Othere than the WTC, the Beekman could be one of the greatest gifts to the Downtown skyline.

NYguy

Apr 21, 2009, 8:52 PM

davisx.chen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davisx_chen/3461100399/sizes/o/in/set-72157617022729085/)

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CoolCzech

Apr 22, 2009, 12:40 AM

This building almost brings tears to my eyes. It's not very often that the actual product is better than the renderings. This is an instant classic.

It IS wonderful.

Thank God we have at least this consolation, during the gutwrenching BS that is once more clouding the future of the WTC.

philvia

Apr 22, 2009, 1:17 AM

took some pics today. i took more but have only had time to process these... maybe i'll post the rest later.

http://i41.tinypic.com/6nyyc2.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/2aig0e9.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/241rx2f.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/13ymlbn.jpg

chex

Apr 22, 2009, 3:14 AM

i haven't read further than the last page, and couldn't tell... did they really stop at the top?
btw, cladding is looknig just amazing! classic!

NYguy

Apr 22, 2009, 11:57 AM

took some pics today. i took more but have only had time to process these... maybe i'll post the rest later.

http://i41.tinypic.com/6nyyc2.jpg

This photo is very appropriate, as a new skyscraper god is being born. Let us all bow down at its alter...:worship:

philvia

Apr 22, 2009, 1:59 PM

This photo is very appropriate, as a new skyscraper god is being born. Let us all bow down at its alter...:worship:

haha yea yesterday it was foggy over manhattan at sunset so it made for some cool lighting. too bad pace was in the way

Stu

Apr 22, 2009, 2:14 PM

I'm impressed with this building... I think most people probably are.

10023

Apr 22, 2009, 4:45 PM

Still looks like a POS to me, barely tolerable.

Every time I see that thing I think "what IS that?"

I'm not in Brooklyn often, and you'd have to be right in front of it to see it at street level, so fortunately this is rare.

CoolCzech

Apr 22, 2009, 6:00 PM

Still looks like a POS to me, barely tolerable.

The Beaver House?

Totally agree... a yellow stain on the skyline. There really ought to be a law...

colemonkee

Apr 22, 2009, 7:11 PM

philvia, that second shot of yours with the facade is great. The uneven undulations in the facade are almost contextual to the textures and reliefs of the neo-gothic historic buildings nearby. It's like a ultra-modern, Dali-inspired version of it's surrounding buildings. It's intentionally distorted, but visually appealing at the same time.

NYguy

Apr 23, 2009, 2:23 AM

Totally agree... a yellow stain on the skyline. There really ought to be a law...

A stain on the skyline? Half the towers in Manhattan wouldn't be there. But I don't want to drag this into a Beaver House discussion, it has or had a thread somewhere.

NYguy

Apr 23, 2009, 2:24 AM

I'm impressed with this building... I think most people probably are.

It's slowly getting to the point where the average person on the street will notice it...

NYguy

Apr 23, 2009, 3:12 AM

Kieran K. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kierank3/3461282392/sizes/l/)

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NYguy

Apr 24, 2009, 5:40 AM

Comparing classic, and future classic...(Beekman photos from RoldanTTLB, Chrysler photo from JK A380 (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/3468778727_d1b9190d5c_b.jpg)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/3468778727_d1b9190d5c_b.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/Sea39i-S29I/AAAAAAAAB3I/_kLKxIOOChk/s800/DSC01227.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/Sea4BVV7mTI/AAAAAAAAB3M/G82mBwMgq8g/s800/DSC01229.JPG_http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/3468778727_d1b9190d5c.jpg

avngingandbright

Apr 24, 2009, 1:58 PM

Anyone else think that this building should be topped off with a spire to attain its fullest impact?

I think, though I may be wrong, that the Empire State Building originally lacked a spire; maybe someone will come along and add one to 8 Spruce in time?

R@ptor

Apr 24, 2009, 2:34 PM

What I don't get about the building is the fact that they designed 3 sides of it with a fantastic cladding, while one side will remain really dull.

pj3000

Apr 24, 2009, 2:53 PM

Anyone else think that this building should be topped off with a spire to attain its fullest impact?

Maybe, but it would have to be a real spire that fits with the design of the rest of the building... not some standard,tacked-on antenna like the some other new Manhattan projects have.

Would have to see a rendering with that, but it seems the flat-roofed Beekman has enough cool stuff going on with its cladding that it wouldn't need anything else.

philvia

Apr 24, 2009, 4:15 PM

What I don't get about the building is the fact that they designed 3 sides of it with a fantastic cladding, while one side will remain really dull.

value engineering

philvia

Apr 24, 2009, 4:16 PM

Anyone else think that this building should be topped off with a spire to attain its fullest impact?

i think this building already has a lot going on and i cant really imagine a spire looking good on it.

malec

Apr 24, 2009, 7:25 PM

This is looking excellent! Anymore news on the top floors?

edit: whoops, just saw that they are working on extra floors. Excellent!

ThisSideofSteinway

Apr 24, 2009, 7:37 PM

That doesn't look half bad!

I'm almost cautiously optimistic now...

NYguy

Apr 25, 2009, 1:04 AM

April 24, 2009

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philvia

Apr 25, 2009, 3:48 AM

i'm waiting for the cladding to get high enough to reflect the morning sun :worship:

malec

Apr 26, 2009, 10:21 AM

Sorry for asking what might be a stupid question. Is the straight cladding on two sides of this tower or only one?

NYguy

Apr 26, 2009, 11:00 AM

Sorry for asking what might be a stupid question. Is the straight cladding on two sides of this tower or only one?

One side, the least visible one (facing south)...

NYguy

Apr 27, 2009, 12:07 PM

High above...

IS&NAK (http://www.flickr.com/photos/iankoenig/3476332606/sizes/l/)

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Indescribable

Apr 27, 2009, 10:47 PM

Its hard to see it in that photo.

NYguy

Apr 27, 2009, 11:12 PM

Its hard to see it in that photo.

Not hard at all. Maybe you don't know where to look.

CoolCzech

Apr 28, 2009, 12:46 AM

Its hard to see it in that photo.

It's the reddish structure on the right side of the photo, a bit out beyond (and to the left of) the Brooklyn Bridge.

Roaming

Apr 28, 2009, 2:55 PM

This building is amazing! :yes:

aaron38

Apr 28, 2009, 5:06 PM

Is that stainless steel? The ripples in the cladding look really crisp, it looks good.
I probably won't be back in NYC before Sept. Will the building be topped out by then?

RoldanTTLB

Apr 28, 2009, 8:08 PM

I'm pretty sure it's stainless steel. If the building ever resumes construction on top, it is going about about a floor and a half a week, so 38/1.5 says 6 more months of concrete pouring, meaning closer to October/November. I guess if they never add another floor to the building that it would also be topped off too, no?

In any event, there has been 0 progress on the top, although they rotated the crane to face north, it is still locked down and not doing anything. Moving on from the bad news, here's some shots from today. This sunny weather has done wonders for the performance of my crappy camera.

One last thing - it may not be obvious in the photos, but it really does look like some kind of cladding/paneling will be going in over the "white" portions of the base windows. I think, if they match the stainless steel of the tower, this will look really nice.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/Sfdf_DqjLzI/AAAAAAAAB4k/O-J5Dx1VuJk/s800/DSC01239.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/Sfdf_y98b8I/AAAAAAAAB4s/1F5cdtJfqLI/s800/DSC01240.JPG

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http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/SfdgEzrwAVI/AAAAAAAAB5c/BmiURvgh8ZQ/s800/DSC01246.JPG

thib

Apr 28, 2009, 9:27 PM

This tower is JUST AMAZING!!!
perhaps one of the beautiful in construction! the new emblem of NYC?

JSsocal

Apr 28, 2009, 10:04 PM

This tower is JUST AMAZING!!!
perhaps one of the beautiful in construction! the new emblem of NYC?

If they go all 867 ft then yeah

NYguy

Apr 29, 2009, 12:10 AM

Is that stainless steel?

It certainly is, and looking sweeter by the day.

CHAPINM1

Apr 29, 2009, 1:32 AM

If they go all 867 ft then yeah

What do you mean "IF", it's been stated that this will be built at planned...

RoldanTTLB

Apr 29, 2009, 4:10 AM

What do you mean "IF", it's been stated that this will be built at planned...

From walking by the site every day, I will absolutely believe it when I see it happen. Ratner has proven over the course of this project that he's not afraid to burn money on it. We're talking about a site that had a tower crane installed some 6 plus months before they ever bothered to erect anything out of a finished basement - so I mean, I agree, it could happen.

In any event, until they actually put people back on top of the building, I'm not convinced they're going to finish it. All of the union signs are still up, but I think the Kresler/Borg signs are down. I'll confirm that tomorrow morning.

JSsocal

Apr 29, 2009, 4:37 AM

What do you mean "IF", it's been stated that this will be built at planned...

Yes, I know it has been stated, but the crane hasn't moved in weeks, and no new floors have been poured in a while...:(

CGII

Apr 29, 2009, 5:32 AM

Yes, I know it has been stated, but the crane hasn't moved in weeks, and no new floors have been poured in a while...:(

It's at a transfer floor; more complicated operations need to be finished there before new vertical progress can be made.

That said, here's a picture I took from Fort Green Park in Brooklyn this morning, and Beekman is just beginning to break the treeline. Woolworth will be totally obstructed in a few months.

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8793/beekmanfortgreene.jpg

NYguy

Apr 29, 2009, 11:50 AM

In any event, until they actually put people back on top of the building, I'm not convinced they're going to finish it. All of the union signs are still up, but I think the Kresler/Borg signs are down. I'll confirm that tomorrow morning.

From everything Ratner and Co. have said, the addition of new floors was paused. They never said it would resume immediately. I wouldn't read more into it than that...

http://downtownexpress.com/de_309/ratnersays.html

Baumgarten said the addition of new floors had paused so Forest City could look for ways to save money, possibly by re-bidding construction contracts.

In a statement, Baumgarten added, “Given current economic conditions, including downward trends in construction costs, we are conducting a study to evaluate potential opportunities to achieve savings on the project.”

When the cladding catches up to the roof, and they haven't resumed construction of additional floors, then we can question it. In the meantime, I'm enjoying the beauty of it.

RoldanTTLB

Apr 29, 2009, 6:34 PM

When the cladding catches up to the roof, and they haven't resumed construction of additional floors, then we can question it. In the meantime, I'm enjoying the beauty of it.

It is pretty spectacular, no? In more mundane news, though, here's some comparo shots of the base. It looks like there will NOT be additional panels on the tops and bottoms, but that just metal caps are going on between panes (it also looks like the panels are metal to match the tower, though).

Unfinished:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/SfiVzTQibLI/AAAAAAAAB68/oRq0gR3fWN4/s800/DSC01252.JPG

Finished:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3T08TVQ0h2g/SfiVy620_qI/AAAAAAAAB60/Wxng6qx1dNU/s800/DSC01251.JPG

NYguy

Apr 30, 2009, 5:53 AM

In more mundane news, though, here's some comparo shots of the base.

The base can be excused, I guess. I would have liked the transition to street level, but as it is now it makes you look up, where you will be able to appreciate the full beauty of the tower.

NYguy

Apr 30, 2009, 5:56 AM

epc (http://www.flickr.com/photos/epc/3486368732/sizes/l/)

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The skin becoming visible from a distance...(even dogs approve)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3447919159_15e98641ab_b.jpg

ZZ-II

Apr 30, 2009, 6:47 PM

definitely rising again :)

JDRCRASH

Apr 30, 2009, 7:26 PM

So no views of Woolworth from the Brooklyn Bridge anymore, then? That kinda sucks.

NYguy

May 1, 2009, 6:14 AM

Valerio B (http://www.flickr.com/photos/35496445@N02/3482519036/sizes/l/)

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Funkie

May 1, 2009, 1:04 PM

Does anyone know when this building is expected to top out??

ethereal_reality

May 1, 2009, 4:19 PM

They're currently renegotiating the construction contracts for the remaining floors in order to save money.

To answer your question then.....No one knows.

NYguy

May 2, 2009, 5:23 PM

What's that rising in the corner?....:)

drimington (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drimington/3470605454/sizes/l/in/set-72157617162138501/)

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This tower will be seen from various angles...

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Sandy

May 3, 2009, 1:51 PM

04/26 & 04/28/09

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:)