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

[Plokoon11]

Ooh, I thought the cladding had holes where the plates that stick out were used like hooks.

[caltrane74]

A most beautiful day for New York City..

The world celebrates the cladding installation with you!!

YAY!!

[brenGT2]

Spectacular! I can't wait to see more.

[Mr. Lion]

If you look at the pic in the post above this one you can see the brackets set into the edge of the floor slab. They just bolt em on.

Looks like they are getting ready to lift the first piece for the southeast corner. This one is in full view of the earthcam !

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deadlink man

[NY-rob-NY]

Today is the best day.its very great too see the pics with the first glass.i cant wait for more glass:notacrook:

[eXodius]

deadlink man

Try this:

http://archives.earthcam.com/archives5/ecnetwork/us/ny/nyc/gzmpr/gzrobotic1.jpg

[NYguy]

A bit closer...

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Nice! Now, finally an end to the same repeated question.

[winlinmac001]

The WORLD TRADE CENTER IS BACK! Time to CELEBRATE! :banana: :notacrook: :cheers: :worship:

Very Exciting Moment for all of us! =)
:whip:

[Dac150]

Looks wonderful, glad to finally see some cladding!

[sw5710]

:banana: :cheers: :banana: :cheers: :banana: :cheers:

[a9l8e7n]

Im new to this. cladding means that they are putting the glass up or is that a layer underneath the glass?

[photoLith]

“And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for One World Trade Center be claddeth.” - Genesis, Ch. 1, verse 14.

[steveve]

DOUBLE RAINBOW!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
SO EPIC! another milestone in construction progress here! :worship: :worship:

[sw5710]

Is the cladding brought up the construction elevator then across floor 20 and lifted out and into position?

[Pbellamy]

“And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for One World Trade Center be claddeth.” - Genesis, Ch. 1, verse 14.

Amen Brother...

:worship:

[GioFX]

Im new to this. cladding means that they are putting the glass up or is that a layer underneath the glass?

it means they are installing the glass along with is metal frame.

[westmc9th]

By GreenwichBoy, more glass!

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11415&d=1289761637

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[a9l8e7n]

Wow thats great. Does anyone know whether the cladding would progress quicker than the new floors?

[eXodius]

Nice! Now, finally an end to the same repeated question.

While I do admit that the questions on when it'd be up had been asked to death, I think the excitement comes from the fact that it's the first feeling of "completion". Sure, seeing it rise is going towards being complete, but "this is it"... this is the final look that the tower will have.

9 years later, and it was worth the wait :)

[patriotizzy]

Woot Woot! I'm happy to be part of this achievement.

[Obey]

So how fast does cladding go up? Or the Rate?

[Pbellamy]

So how fast does cladding go up? Or the Rate?

We're about to find out.

[eXodius]

So how fast does cladding go up? Or the Rate?

Southeast panel is going up now. I'm sure once the crew gets used to getting these massive panels up, we'll have a better idea by then :)

[Pbellamy]

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[jigglysquishy]

This is fantastic. I can't wait until the cladding starts to come up all around and this beauty really starts to take shape.

[hunser]

great news! 1WTC will be a beauty! :cheers:

[Plokoon11]

lol so that is where that one piece of glass disappeared to.

[Zensteeldude]

Using a tower crane to install the southeast corner panel. That's three corners up so far.

Photo By GreenwichBoy over at WNY.
http://wirednewyork.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11418&d=1289766906

I think it well take a bit of time to get the first row up, they have to get it just right or the rest won't fit. Once they get to the 21st to 22nd floor installation should speed up.

Let's see, no leave outs on the south side, maybe 4 panels each left out on the east and west sides for the constrution elevators. That leaves the northwest corner, I expect they well take down some crane track soon so there well be no leave outs for it.

[Nico54]

Did they use the principal cranes to install these corners?

[Zensteeldude]

:previous: Just the last one.

[pico44]

My God, the cladding is so beautiful. Wow.



Did they use the principal cranes to install these corners?


Good question and I was wondering the same thing. I would think hanging cladding would be a terrible waste of crane time.

[Onn]

Aww man FINALLY!! It looks Sweet!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

One small piece of glass for man, one giant part of the new WTC!

[Mr. Lion]

Aww man FINALLY!! It looks Sweet!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

One small piece of glass for man, one giant part of the new WTC!

2 pieces now

[Obey]

^^^ make that three

[eXodius]

2 pieces now

3 (or 6 actual pieces of glass). Only the NW side (AFAIK) didn't get installed today ;)

[patriotizzy]

I can't wait to see a complete row of glass. It will give us a good sense of how it will all look when finished :D
So far though, the facade looks nothing short of only the best glass out there. Not to mention the silver border (not sure if there's a name for it).

[NYC4Life]

Now the signal of a true skyscraper rising has begun. All doubts can now be put to rest.

[Zapatan]

That's really freaking sexually arousing and exciting if I do say so myself. :cool:

[sw5710]

When you look at how large a piece of cladding is compared to the workers then compare it to the size of the building you get a real sense of the size of the building!.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

today....drum roll please :D

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[colemonkee]

Ha! I half-expected the servers for the forums to go down when the first pictures of cladding were posted here. Thanks for the pictures, SkyscrapersOfNewYork.

[Draegen]

I love 1wtc :apple:

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[Mr. Lion]

:previous: That's really freaking sexually arousing

the feelingisnt mutual :haha:

[NYCLuver]

November 14th, 2010

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[NYguy]

November 14th, 2010

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Already it shines. I think this tower is going to look a lot better than a lot of people have given it credit for...:tup:

[Onn]

It's like Christmas with all these pictures. Superb shots everyone! :slob: :slob:

[winlinmac001]

As more cladding is put up, potential tenants will want to definitely have a stake in one of the four WTC buildings. Sooner or later we could be seeing tenants signing up for Tower's 2 or 3. Conde Nast already has a stake in one million square feet of Tower 1. ;) Its only a matter of time. :cool: - Cheers! :notacrook:

[Aleks]

oh no! i see distortion in the glass! :ahhh:

the shadowy side looks more distorted than i originally hoped for, but the bright side shows a good reflection and tint so i still have hope.

the stainless steel looks too good to be real though :cool:

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

oh no! i see distortion in the glass! :ahhh:

the shadowy side looks more distorted than i originally hoped for, but the bright side shows a good reflection and tint so i still have hope.

the stainless steel looks too good to be real though :cool:

i was thinking the same thing but when i seen it today i didnt see any type of distortion, maybe its not as bad as it looks

[winlinmac001]

^^^ Looks we each need to head to the site and have a closer look. Cameras produce exaggerated elements you know. :P

Now that the question of "when cladding will start" has been answered, the next question we should ask is when will the first set of office floor windows (towards the middle of the outer skin of the building) be installed? :jester: :)

[uaarkson]

Even The Shard has distortion in its glass. There's no way around it. But truly high quality glass shows distortion at very few angles, which seems to be the case here. The glass looks as even and mirror-like as any glass in the world when you're not looking at it head-on.

[Plokoon11]

When will we see glass cladding in the middle of the corners. ;)

[djvandrake]

Oh wow. I like what I see. I think this tower is really going to sparkle. :tup:

[2-TOWERS]

wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the most photographed glass panel ever .... seeing this in real is amazing..... this will be the most photographed building ever as well as the most popular building world wide.... eat your heart out BD

[NYC4Life]

Just the first panel and already looks impressive. Any estimates as to how many panels eventually will be installed?

[philvia]

hmmm i kind of assumed the panels would be 2 or even 3 floors in height, not just one. ahhhh well, looks good

[photoLith]

This panel of glass is probably the most talked about panel of glass on all the internet ever. Seriously, who else other than skyscraper fans would get so excited about a panel of glass? Hell, if all the people on SSP and SSC were in one town, we would have to call together a giant rave for this glass.

[Zapatan]

I think that they should have the office space go all the way to right under the observatory, it's hard to believe they really need that much mechanical space plus they would be able to have more room for potential tenants.

Definitely in their best interest.

[STR]

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[Don098]

As more cladding is put up, potential tenants will want to definitely have a stake in one of the four WTC buildings. Sooner or later we could be seeing tenants signing up for Tower's 2 or 3. Conde Nast already has a stake in one million square feet of Tower 1. ;) Its only a matter of time. :cool: - Cheers! :notacrook:

I was just thinking that myself. This has to be the most famous piece of glass in the world right now lol. It looks better than I anticipated...simply stunning.

[Tall guy 31]

Will the cladding work be a 24hr operation?? Or is this crew a daytime only gig??

[NYguy]

This panel of glass is probably the most talked about panel of glass on all the internet ever. Seriously, who else other than skyscraper fans would get so excited about a panel of glass? Hell, if all the people on SSP and SSC were in one town, we would have to call together a giant rave for this glass.

Well, they have waited a long time for it. It'll take a few days to sink in. Personally I'm enjoying all of the photos, saved me the trip down there. But as someone else said, it's something you should see with your own eyes, so I'll check it out on my weekly journey. The next glass reveal will be the base, I'm interested in seeing how that plays out as compared to the rest of the tower. Then eventually, the final reveal will be the crown and the spire, which is still a little vague at this point, though we have a general idea.



As more cladding is put up, potential tenants will want to definitely have a stake in one of the four WTC buildings. Sooner or later we could be seeing tenants signing up for Tower's 2 or 3. Conde Nast already has a stake in one million square feet of Tower 1. ;) Its only a matter of time. :cool: - Cheers! :notacrook:

The WTC is the only game in town as far as large, new office space goes. Renderings are one thing, but seeing the building in reality makes it more likely than not to secure tenants.

[Plokoon11]

I'm surprise, no work being done today?

[mrnyc]

holy mackeral at long last -- the first panels are up -- and boy oh boy do they ever look good!

[sw5710]

there is work on floors 47,48.

[STR]

The WTC is the only game in town as far as large, new office space goes. Renderings are one thing, but seeing the building in reality makes it more likely than not to secure tenants.

It's also:
A) The exact center of transit in the city and region.
B) One of the few LEED Gold office spaces.
C) Has lower-than-market electricity rates because it piggy-backs on the PA's power deal.

On the downside, there is the history of the site. That's about the only thing working against it. Yet that hasn't been a problem for this building, the most likely to be targeted, nor Tower 7.

[Mr. Lion]

It's also:
A) The exact center of transit in the city and region.
B) One of the few LEED Gold office spaces.
C) Has lower-than-market electricity rates because it piggy-backs on the PA's power deal.

On the downside, there is the history of the site. That's about the only thing working against it. Yet that hasn't been a problem for this building, the most likely to be targeted, nor Tower 7.

Good points. Once a few floors are covered in cladding and more rigorous development is seen in the east bathtub, we should see a large demand for space here

[Zensteeldude]

Will the cladding work be a 24hr operation?? Or is this crew a daytime only gig??

Seeing as how DCM is paying for the tower cranes and has "First Dibs" on there use (and DCM charges other companies $1,750 an hour to use them (It's actually $1,750 per lift based on an average time over the life of the job of 45 minutes per lift)) I would say that curtain wall installation well be second and or third shift. (The construction elevators are only $750 per lift.) Who knows, maybe Benson has a machine to install panels just like how the Twins skin was applied.


The WTC towers, when finished, well be the most modern prime office space in the city, not to mention some fine looking towers in a prime location. I would be shocked if all the towers were not fully leased by there opening dates.

[goldcntry]

holy mackeral at long last -- the first panels are up -- and boy oh boy do they ever look good!

What?? Where?? Pics or it didn't happen! Help out this poor schmuck in Utah!
:D

[Continental180]

What?? Where?? Pics or it didn't happen! Help out this poor schmuck in Utah!
:D

look back through the pages.

[goldcntry]

Opps... all I had to do was go one page back... how'd I miss that? Must've been the weekend... Like I said... a schmuck!
:ack:

[STR]

Redoing the exterior. First time around I basically half-assed it, which is why you never really saw that many close-ups.
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[patriotizzy]

Redoing the exterior. First time around I basically half-assed it.
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Looks much more like the real thing now!

[Bucktown718]

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[NYguy]

It's also:
A) The exact center of transit in the city and region.


Well, the towers centered around Penn Station (like 15 Penn and Manhattan West) would be around the center of transit in the city and region, but they're not under construction. The transit around the WTC site is among the best in the city though, when you take into account the Fulton Street transit center is connected. Still, it doesn't beat Penn Station. Grand Central is pretty much built out.


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[STR]

^Any negative there is from walking 3 blocks from Fulton, is made up for by walking just 1 block from PATH, and being within another block from a couple of largely residential areas.

Work continues. The base will look drastically better this time around, now that I know what everything is supposed to look like.
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With the ACTUAL floors this time around. Quick and easy cut and paste from 1WTC v2.0.
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[Bucktown718]

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[STR]

Pretty much done with the tower portion. Got to rehab the base (which will look really nice) and the antenna levels. In the meanwhile, I'm playing around with the vents. Here's small wire-mesh inserts in the glass. I'll do full-length mesh next time through, which is closest to what the renders show (they actually show 4-story tall holes in the facade, not sure if I buy that, but we'll figure that out in a year and a half).

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[westmc9th]

^^^ why does the tower have all those holes in it? That looks kind bad :/ will they be covered up STR? Or will they not be that visible from below

[Zerton]

^ Mechanical ventilation

[Mr. Lion]

^^^ why does the tower have all those holes in it? That looks kind bad :/ will they be covered up STR? Or will they not be that visible from below

you can see them here, although they don't look the same

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[Infernal_Elf]

stunning rendering there will be a beauty when completed and the way u can see all of the interior is very cool i wonder if the real tower will look that transparent on certaint sections

[winlinmac001]

I want more cladding for breakfast. :notacrook: :P

[Ziroc]

Looks like more glass is being installed. Two sections--near that big elevator, and on the same level as the corner piece.

You can see it on the earthcam!

[NYguy]

^Any negative there is from walking 3 blocks from Fulton, is made up for by walking just 1 block from PATH

I doubt anybody would find even 3 blocks a negative. The WTC site is now virtually tied into the Fulton St tansit center (check out the animation, the lower levels of the Freedom Tower are towards the end, or about 25 seconds in...)

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When its all open, sometime in 2014, you'll be able to walk all the way from the Fulton center all the way to the World Financial Center, and never step outside. But it's a pedestrian oriented city anyway. There are times of the day when you can watch and join the flow of people to or from the transit centers, like Penn Station, Grand Central, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, even the WTC PATH terminal. That's the good thing about it, basically everthing downtown is within walking distance of the WTC.

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One World Trade Center’s Shining Facade Begins to Rise

November 15, 2010
By Julie Shapiro

The first stainless steel and sparkling glass panels for the facade on One World Trade Center began to rise this week and are already attracting attention from blocks away.

"It looks good," said Angela Medina, 20, a student who was visiting the site from New Jersey on Monday. "It’s going to look different from all the other buildings around. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing it when it’s done."

The tower won’t open until 2013, but workers installed the first pieces of the stainless steel exterior on three corners of the 20th floor on Sunday. They then began adding glass on Monday, said Steve Coleman, spokesman for the Port Authority.

In all, the 1,776-foot skyscraper, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, will feature 12,000 glass panels, each of which is 5 feet wide and more than 13 feet tall.

The facade panels will form eight tall triangles of glass and steel, which grow alternately wider and narrower as they approach the top of the building. David M. Childs designed the tower’s glimmering exterior to refract light and change its appearance depending on the weather and the viewer’s position.

The first 20 floors of the building, which include the lobby and mechanical space, will have a more porous facade made of prismatic glass and an aluminum screen.

Construction workers at the World Trade Center site were said they were impressed by the first glimpse of the building’s future skin this week.

"Officially, I’m not allowed to have a comment," said one worker who is helping build One World Trade Center. "Unofficially, I think it looks sweet."

"You can start to see the scope of the building," another worker added. "You can see what it’s going to be."

Structural steel for the $3.2 billion tower has risen to the 48th floor and will continue going up at the rate of one floor per week, Coleman said. Soon, the facade will be following behind at the same rate, he said.

When the building is complete, it will stand tallest in the city.

Steven Carter, 58, a pedestrian manager who has been posted on Vesey Street near the site for the past two months, said Monday that the visible progress was encouraging.

"The way it’s going, it’s gonna look beautiful," said Carter, a Queens resident. "It’s gonna look fabulous."

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[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

Anna Wintour's New Office to be Very Well Protected

What's with all the good news coming out of the redevelopment of ground zero these days? High-profile tenants coming aboard, waterfalls turned on, facades going up on new buildings—after years of squabbling, these good vibes are just what the doctor ordered. And on cue, here's the Post's Steve Cuozzo to deliver the patient some bad news.

The latest concern down at the World Trade Center is what the NYPD has up its sleeve regarding security. The coppers are about to start getting serious about its proposed security measures, and there are fears that barricades, vehicle-screening turntables and closed streets will create a "war zone" and ruin any chance the new WTC has for being an open and thriving hub of activity. Clearly these people forget that there's a terrorist motel in the works just two blocks away! One source tells Cuozzo "there will definitely be some level of change to the open-street grid" under the NYPD's plan, but the details are still in their very early stages and other parties, like prospective 1 World Trade Center tenant Condé Nast, will be consulted. Phew, for a minute there we were worried that New Yorker and Vogue staffers wouldn't be briefed on matters of national security.
· Security or access?
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[NYguy]

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[eXodius]

Is there some sheet on the new glass or are they just installing every other piece currently? Guess it's just me (or maybe the camera), but the pieces don't seem to match. Hope someone here will get some clear shots up today :)

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

:previous: Great to see the cladding coming now!

[Plokoon11]

Wow they added 4 pieces in a row, now thats what I'm talking about!

[hunser]

The coppers are about to start getting serious about its proposed security measures, and there are fears that barricades, vehicle-screening turntables and closed streets will create a "war zone" and ruin any chance the new WTC has for being an open and thriving hub of activity.

lol, i'm pretty sure that the new WTC site will be a beautiful and very busy place.

Clearly these people forget that there's a terrorist motel in the works just two blocks away!

:haha: :haha: :haha: , good one. seriously, everyone coming from the mosque should get screened when entering the WTC lol :D (joke ;))

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Cam update, a bit worst quality but ok:

http://oxblue.com/archive/487d07189e5fd2b7edce94fc0bcf4b68/800x600.jpg

[STR]

you can see them here, although they don't look the same.

Yeah, the official renders just show giant holes in the facade. Literally, glass stops, the floor is open to the world. Which...is nothing I've ever seen on a building. I can see practical problems with random objects (like birds) even at that height. Plus, it just seems like an unnecessary safety hazard when someone has to go in and check the exhausts/intakes/whatever is up there.

[Jaystang5]

damn perception, look at the number 2 and 4 cam on the discovery channel website
# 2 shows that its sooo tall, yet # 4 shows kinda the opposite -_-
p.s. dnt knw hpw to attached a pic so i just post the link:

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/the-rising/ground-zero-pictures-02.html

[Rizzo]

That one piece of glass. Just chillin there lol

[SD_Phil]

I'm loving all the context shots from around the city now that it's beginning to rise up from above its neighbors. Can't wait to see more cladding on this.

[upNaway]

Hasnt anyone else noticed the other new Glass that has been installed on the tower ? its the side of the tower facing earthcam right hand side of the construction elevators http://www.earthcam.com/clients/groundzero/groundZero.swf

[NYC4Life]

This tread has been growing exponentially since the first panels were installed. Can't wait to see the first few floors in cladding.

[STR]

Still messing around with the details (like the reflectivity of the glass, which I turned down in the 2nd wider-angle shot), but here's really, truely, actually what the base, and its mythical "prismatic glass", will look like.
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1505/tada01.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1285/tada02.jpg

[Zensteeldude]

:previous: Wow, I think ya nailed it STR ! That looks just like the image in my head when I look at the prints !