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[jthornton17]

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you've outdone yourself again NY GUy. That first pic from the statue of liberty is amazing. I would love to have that one framed and hanging on the wall! :tup:

[sorry to get off topic for a second and I wont let it happen again, but wouldn't you love it if Bin Laden could just see this somehow right now? IF somehow we could bring him back to life for a few minutes, just to let him see everything, once the new wtc is built.

[patriotizzy]

A little drawing I made

http://i52.tinypic.com/2ykm07n.jpg

Geezus that's amazing. I remember I used to draw buildings as a high schooler. Haven't been doing so lately because of college. You're great though! :yes:

[patrick989]

^^ nice morning shot. :)

i still can't believe those union workers are taking the WTC hostage for their own purpose. sure thing that their image will suffer from now on...

Sure, they should be happy to keep working without contracts.

:rolleyes:

[NYguy]

http://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/article_56670291-d27f-51b3-a60f-5695eadd07c1.html

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pantagraph.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/68/8682f6f6-6e76-5204-992d-1f1974bbaf50/4e38496e8eec3.image.jpg
Construction continues on One World Trade Center, left, in this aerial photo, Wednesday, July 27, 2011, in New York.
The tower has reached the 76th floor. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Michael Pappalardi, center and Pasquale Deodata, right, join a walkout of cement and concrete laborers outside
One World Trade Center, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 in New York. The union has been without a contract since July 1. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)


Associated Press
August 2, 2011

About 200 laborers stood down from their jobs for a second day Tuesday at the World Trade Center site, although the owner
said the work stoppage had a minimal impact on the site's transit hub and signature skyscraper, and no impact on the memorial.



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[Davidsam52]

No, the construction workers shouldn't be forced to take drastic pay cuts, but this IS the WTC site for Christ's Sake! :shrug::shrug::shrug:

[scooterboy]

you've outdone yourself again NY GUy. That first pic from the statue of liberty is amazing. I would love to have that one framed and hanging on the wall! :tup:

That will surely be the classic postcard angle shot,geez this towers going to be massive :notacrook:

[Otie]

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[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

Geezus that's amazing. I remember I used to draw buildings as a high schooler. Haven't been doing so lately because of college. You're great though! :yes:

I gotta give it to you, this isnt as easy as it looks. Perspective drawing can be one of the hardest lessons any artist will ever learn.

[JohnFlint1985]

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[sterlippo1]

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[MadGnome]

Sure, they should be happy to keep working without contracts.

:rolleyes:
Plenty of people are happy to get paid for their worth to their employer and ability to do the job, and not for their ability to blackmail the people who hire them.

[hunser]

^^ exactly.

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you should post that pic. ;)

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[Otie]

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[NYguy]

^ Love that view. It will become as rare a view as the original complex was before the WFC was built.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2021703/Ground-Zero-pictures-One-World-Trade-Center-soars-higher-higher.html

Amazing new pictures of Ground Zero site shows One World Trade Center soaring above New York’s skyline

By Ted Thornhill
3rd August 2011

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/03/article-2021703-0D469E8F00000578-784_964x550.jpg
Magnificent: One World Trade Center, which is set to be New York's tallest building, towers over the lower Manhattan skyline


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Lighting the way: One World Trade Center was designed by renowned architect David Childs and was started in 2004


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[steveve]

dayum straight this thing is making its mark on the skyline ^^^
the more i look at it, this thing is really bringing back memories... on how the twins dominated the skyline and how massive they were. now, the skyline is coming back!... looking more futuristic/render-esque than ever!

The World Trade Center.... RISES!

[sterlippo1]

[QUOTE=hunser;5367438]^^ exactly.



you should post that pic. ;)

Hunser, thank you but i have not yet figured out the correct way to post a pic or pics in a thread. I got it to post but too small and this morning i guess i went backwards and the link showed up. I am dying to share my NY weekend pics but i am a bit pathetic in figuring this out. I have a lot of great ones taken from Jersey City last saturday too.

[sterlippo1]

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like i was saying..........a bit embarrassed, lol, but i'm trying. Not sure why the pic above is small,. the one on flicker isnt that size so it's back to the drawing board. I have seen all of the great shots all of you have posted and want to finally contribute something here and i have some good ones.

[sterlippo1]

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[HX_Guy]

Damn I'm super excited! Just booked 4 nights at the W New York Downtown, which is directly next to the World Trade Center!

It's not until late May 2012...anyone know if the tower will be topped off by then? I'm excited that the memorial will be open by then too.

[patrick989]

Damn I'm super excited! Just booked 4 nights at the W New York Downtown, which is directly next to the World Trade Center!

It's not until late May 2012...anyone know if the tower will be topped off by then? I'm excited that the memorial will be open by then too.

I think it's pretty safe to assume the tower will be topped off by that time, and the cladding should be pretty close to topping out around that time as well :tup:

[Otie]

^Topping out by 1Q 2012 and the Memorial open by the 9/11 Aniversary. :tup:

An Inside Look At The Rising Freedom Tower (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/08/03/an-inside-look-of-the-rising-freedom-tower/)

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[HX_Guy]

I think it's pretty safe to assume the tower will be topped off by that time, and the cladding should be pretty close to topping out around that time as well :tup:

So dope! :D

[jd3189]

^ Love that view. It will become as rare a view as the original complex was before the WFC was built.

By Ted Thornhill
3rd August 2011

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/03/article-2021703-0D4581C300000578-878_470x665.jpg

Cool perspective. NYguy,how do you find these photos?

[CarlosV]

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like i was saying..........a bit embarrassed, lol, but i'm trying. Not sure why the pic above is small,. the one on flicker isnt that size so it's back to the drawing board. I have seen all of the great shots all of you have posted and want to finally contribute something here and i have some good ones.

no need to be embarrassed! That gives you a different prespective from far away!!

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[sterlippo1]

^^^ we love Carlos, thanks man:tup:

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

I went to go see apartments at the Mima Tower today and this just seems massive from there.

[NYCLuver]

August 3rd, 2011

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[Ehrgeiz91]

The cladding on this is truly beautiful, more so I think than anything I've seen recently. So so so hope I get to see this around New Year's. :D

[rjb001]

:previous:
I agree, the cladding is beautiful, and even better in person! So being that the tower will be topped out in 1Q 2012, how soon after is cladding supposed to be topped out?

[patrick989]

:previous:
I agree, the cladding is beautiful, and even better in person! So being that the tower will be topped out in 1Q 2012, how soon after is cladding supposed to be topped out?

I think the cladding is around 26 or 27 floors behind the highest completed floor. So I'm guessing the cladding tops out around 6 months after the building does. Math isn't exactly my forte though. :typing:

[car2004]

Guys, just letting you know if you have not already been aware - they just updated Google maps. Looks great. By the looks of it, it seems to have been an update of a few days ago based on the water on one of the 9/11 memorial fountains.

[hunser]

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like i was saying..........a bit embarrassed, lol, but i'm trying. Not sure why the pic above is small,. the one on flicker isnt that size so it's back to the drawing board. I have seen all of the great shots all of you have posted and want to finally contribute something here and i have some good ones.

and we appreciate your effort. ;) strange thing though that the one pic I posted from your photostream is accessible in all sizes, the other ones not so much.

first pic: 768 x 1024, ok. :)
other pics: 320 x 240 --> should be at least 1024 x ...

I think you need to upload those pics in different sizes before posting them. :)

[hunser]

some cool pics posted by Tisov84 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=419362&page=1250):

http://www.ilpost.it/files/2011/08/AP110730015002.jpg

http://www.ilpost.it/files/2011/08/AP110728024305.jpg

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[JesseNewYorkCity]

I went to go see apartments at the Mima Tower today and this just seems massive from there.

You should come look at the Silver Towers here in Hell's Kitchen! I live up on the 54th floor and I have a great view of the WTC! I've lived here for 9 months and I've been filming a time lapse of it going up with my camera! I can't wait to look at it and put it on Youtube!

[pnapp1]

3 of the 5 cams are working again on KPITV. w00t!!!
http://evsdatacenter.netfirms.com/kpitv/silver.htm

[CarlosV]

The strike is over!!!! & one crane is higher :tup:

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[CoolCzech]

I think we all should bitch slap Libeskind. He's the one that almost fucked this whole thing up in the first place.

HUH??

He's the one that came up with the site plan that will result in arguably the most spectacular skyline arrangement in the known world.

[NYCLuver]

You should come look at the Silver Towers here in Hell's Kitchen! I live up on the 54th floor and I have a great view of the WTC! I've lived here for 9 months and I've been filming a time lapse of it going up with my camera! I can't wait to look at it and put it on Youtube!

If you are having a party to celebrate WTC's topping off at your apartment, invite away. :jester::cheers:

[Fabio Leopoldo]

The strike is over!!!! & one crane is higher :tup:

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Carlos, you still have the best daily updates :Worship:

[JesseNewYorkCity]

If you are having a party to celebrate WTC's topping off at your apartment, invite away. :jester::cheers:

Haha! Come on over! Just kidding, I'm probably going to get a private helicopter and fly over it to actually see what it looks like from up there.

[Fabio Leopoldo]

The strike is over!!!! & one crane is higher :tup:

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Carlos, you still have the best daily updates. :lWorshipl:

[Otie]

Workers Back on the Job at World Trade Center Site (http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/08/04/concrete-workers-return-to-world-trade-center-site/?mod=google_news_blog)

By Joseph De Avila

Concrete laborers who had refused to work at the World Trade Center for three days returned to their jobs Thursday morning after their union reached an agreement with contractors late Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.


The Cement League, a contractors’ association that represents management, and the Cement and Concrete Workers District Council, representing concrete workers, agreed late Wednesday night to extend a contract until Aug. 16. Talks will be ongoing until then.

Hundreds of cement workers began a work stoppage Monday after their contract ended. The job action affected work at One and Two World Trade Center, its downtown transit hub, the new Barclays Center, Madison Square Garden, Weill Cornell Medical Center and a residential development on 57th Street.

A labor arbitrator ordered some of those workers back to their jobs on Tuesday and Wednesday because their project labor agreements had no-strike provisions. But workers at One World Trade Center and its 800,000-square-foot transit hub had no such agreement and threatened to remain off the job until they reached a new contract.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed Thursday that the workers had returned to their jobs.

The main dispute is over contractors’ insistence that concrete workers accept 20% less in wages and benefits for residential and hotel construction relative to commercial construction. The union hasn’t budged on that demand so far.

Patrick Keane, a concrete laborer from New Windsor, N.Y., said he is afraid that $200, or 20 percent, is going to be plucked from his weekly wages. Keane, originally from Ireland, said he is hoping the negotiations result in enough money to match his living expenses.

“Allow us to live and allow us to live decently,” he said. “It’s another basic right — we’re not looking to break anybody.”

–Alison Fox contributed to this report.

[mac78130]

FYI the cams are back up

http://evsdatacenter.netfirms.com/kpitv/silver.htm

[NYguy]

some cool pics posted by Tisov84 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=419362&page=1250):

http://www.ilpost.it/files/2011/08/AP110730015002.jpg


Sweet view that will be sweeter once completed.



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[JesseNewYorkCity]

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This is CRAZY. Everyone (especially photographers of the WTC) watch this.

[RKOwens44]

:previous: I saw that video a few months ago and sent a private message to him over YouTube. He's an internet conspiracy theorist who has a lot of videos indicating that he believes in "the shadow government" seizing total power over the people through police force and economically, so he's not exactly unbiased to begin with when it comes to his interpretation of his encounter at Ground Zero.

You are technically not allowed to shoot photography of the WTC for security reasons, although this is NEVER enforced. If you look on this very thread, you will see literally hundreds and hundreds of pictures taken from outside the gates and I've even taken pictures from inside the site and never had anyone come after me or say anything to me. The guy in the video was probably greatly exaggerating his experience, as he does in the rest of his videos. Probably some police officer asked him why he was taking pictures of the building, and he's trying to make it out like the police are nazis and this is further evidence that the government is trying to destroy all of our rights. The internet is filled with conspiracy theory crap like this. Don't pay the guy any mind.

[NYC-Graffhead91]

This is CRAZY. Everyone (especially photographers of the WTC) watch this.

I doubt he was exaggerating, happens to me all the time in NYC

[hunser]

--- nevermind ---

[sterlippo1]

and we appreciate your effort. ;) strange thing though that the one pic I posted from your photostream is accessible in all sizes, the other ones not so much.

first pic: 768 x 1024, ok. :)
other pics: 320 x 240 --> should be at least 1024 x ...

I think you need to upload those pics in different sizes before posting them. :)

ok, well, that is a big help, thanks. i am going to try it. I hope 1WTC isnt topped out before i figure out how to post a pic the right size:whip::haha:;)

[Yankee fan for life]

was around the area this morning 1 wtc looks great.

[Roadcruiser1]

I often see One World Trade Center when I am going to work, and I am standing on the elevated platform at 18th Avenue on the D Line. I also see it when I am crossing the Manhattan Bridge. It's doing good. Too bad 4 WTC isn't visible yet.

[THE BIG APPLE]

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[RobertWalpole]

Good video from WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/video/top-10-best-places-to-live/D5561896-C688-49C8-A656-0A2C673A5B0A.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_mpvidcar_2

[NYCLuver]

I always go and take photos and no one has ever said anything to me? :)

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

I always go and take photos and no one has ever said anything to me? :)

Ive only seen that happen once on Liberty street by 4 WTC's gate.

[CarlosV]

lots of work done since yesterday...

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[Brian Dino Vabec]

Yup..And trucks with new steel arrived in early morning today..

[hunser]

nice shot as always carlos!

lots of work done since yesterday...

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[animatedmartian]

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[NYguy]

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[JesseNewYorkCity]

It's so funny how most of these people who post these speculation pictures of the WTC being topped out forget 4 WTC. 4WTC will be almost 3.5 out of 5% done when the One World Trade Center is completed and will make an indention on the skyline.

[Starship Catvern]

From my photography run to NYC. This thing is already the nemesis that dominates the whole downtown skyline (Especially at night)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/6010957904_333f2a0d08_b.jpg

Can't wait till its complete so I can go to Jersey City at sundown to take pictures of it.

[Otie]

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[Jeff900]

What does the One World Trade Center base is gonna be made of ?
And could u please give an image or a rendering of what it's gonna looks like?
Because I know they cancelled a project for the Base,but now,what is it gonna be made of ??
Thanks a lot!

[hunser]

DER SPIEGEL (http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,778504,00.html)

http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-245349-galleryV9-ywqu.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-245362-galleryV9-asnd.jpg

Die 15 Meter hohe Eingangslobby und der 57-Meter-Betonsockel des 1 WTC-Hochhauses sind so konstruiert, dass sie Bomben, Bränden und Erdbeben standhalten können. Die Aussichtsplattform wird sich auf der selben Höhenmarke befinden wie die Dächer der einstigen Twin Towers (415 und 417 Meter). Rechts: Das Hochhaus 7 WTC, das bereits 2006 fertiggestellt wurde, aber außerhalb der offiziellen Grenzen von Ground Zero liegt.

that's just wrong. :-/

Das 1 WTC, vormals "Freedom Tower", entworfen von Stararchitekt David Childs: Die Höhe von 1776 Fuß (541,32 Metern) steht für das Jahr der Unabhängigkeiterklärung 1776. Die Baukosten werden auf rund drei Milliarden Dollar geschätzt.

Be aware, DER SPIEGEL spreads wrong info! ;)

[uaarkson]

It's so funny how most of these people who post these speculation pictures of the WTC being topped out forget 4 WTC. 4WTC will be almost 3.5 out of 5% done when the One World Trade Center is completed and will make an indention on the skyline.

Wait...what?

[RockMont]

What does the One World Trade Center base is gonna be made of ?
And could u please give an image or a rendering of what it's gonna looks like?
Because I know they cancelled a project for the Base,but now,what is it gonna be made of ??
Thanks a lot!



Good Question. And no, not one that deserves a stupid answer, or any stupid answers either.

[Kevin Scott Koepke]

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[Roadcruiser1]

Originally, and still now the base will be a concrete structure that reaches 20 floors so car bombers can't damage the building badly. The plan is to cover the concrete with glass to hide the concrete and to make the building look better.

Here is an image.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/sfb111/story_xlimage_2010_10_R871_ONE_WORLD_TRADE_CENTER_FACADE10072010.jpg

[RockMont]

That sounds like a good logical explanation. It should look good covered with glass. It was my understanding, that the attempt was to clad it with some sort of prismatic glass and it just wasn't going to work.

[Roadcruiser1]

Well they could use any glass. As long as it doesn't show the concrete, and hides it well.

[Loqy Lion]

Originally, and still now the base will be a concrete structure that reaches 20 floors so car bombers can't damage the building badly. The plan is to cover the concrete with glass to hide the concrete and to make the building look better.


It should be the new standard, especially in a place like the capital of the world- New York, New York. "Terrorism" is here to stay. Maybe not organized and of the extremist Muslim stripe, but it will always be a reality.

[JayPro]

That sounds like a good logical explanation. It should look good covered with glass. It was my understanding, that the attempt was to clad it with some sort of prismatic glass and it just wasn't going to work.

Yeah...flip a coin with the word "impracticality" on the one side and "cost" on the flip side and it's still 50/50.

Could they maybe take the air vents that are IIRC supposed to be for the upper floors and do the same treatment here as with 150G, i.e. put the vents at the base? That might work.

[NYguy]

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[JesseNewYorkCity]

It's rising! It's rising!

[Traynor]

Originally, and still now the base will be a concrete structure that reaches 20 floors so car bombers can't damage the building badly. The plan is to cover the concrete with glass to hide the concrete and to make the building look better...

The concrete only extends to approximately the 6th floor. The remaining 13 floors of the base are mechanical and recessed from the facade by several feet.

The entire base is actually only equal to 14 office-size floors of 13'4" (as the rest of the office floors are measured). The number 20 is arbitrarily used because the base takes up approximately 19 apartment-sized floors on any residential building. From the ground, the first office floor would appear, to the average person, to be about 20 floors up (from their frame of reference of residential floors) Also 20 was used to boost the floor count and make the overall height of the building closely match the number of floors of the old twins.

[Traynor]

They are moving along quickly today. Exterior nodes for 77 and 78 are up already.

http://i.imgur.com/H6WZK.jpg (http://imgur.com/H6WZK)
(Close-up of screen capture from OxBlue HD webcam found here: http://oxblue.com/pro/open/panynj/wtc )

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYMAN2010

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[mindbender]

They are moving along quickly today. Exterior nodes for 77 and 78 are up already.

You know the cool part about the taper, is that unlike a lot of other buildings we'll know exactly when the steel is topping out.

[Loqy Lion]

it will get NYC nearly to the top of the world class skylines again. :worship:

Already is. Just look at the aerial threads. Depth is second to none.

[jthornton17]

If your paying for it. ;)

THank You. SOmetimes I wonder if people understand just how expensive this building is. I'm sure if you wanted to go ahead and pay for wtc 2 and wtc 3, they might consider it where wtc 5 would go. I hope you have billions. lol.

[THE BIG APPLE]

Didn't want to waste time putting the article up but the Post reported that the Millennium Hotel is sueing Larry Silverstein for noise caused by the construction of the WTC since 2006.

[Loqy Lion]

Didn't want to waste time putting the article up but the Post reported that the Millennium Hotel is sueing Larry Silverstein for noise caused by the construction of the WTC since 2006.

Hahahahahah.

[Yankee fan for life]

[QUOTE=THE BIG APPLE;5370482]Didn't want to waste time putting the article up but the Post reported that the Millennium Hotel is sueing Larry Silverstein for noise caused by the construction of the WTC since 2006

What do these people expect, people will use any excuse to get some money.

[JesseNewYorkCity]

The Millennium Hotel is already screwed. When all of the WTC buildings are built, their views will be cut off and all the people in the front hotel will see nothing but a building in front of them.

[The Grand Architect]

Didn't want to waste time putting the article up but the Post reported that the Millennium Hotel is sueing Larry Silverstein for noise caused by the construction of the WTC since 2006.

They won't have a chance against Larry

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

The Millennium Hotel is already screwed. When all of the WTC buildings are built, their views will be cut off and all the people in the front hotel will see nothing but a building in front of them.

Theres always the rooms facing to the north,east and south.

[jsr]

DER SPIEGEL (http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,778504,00.html)

http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-245349-galleryV9-ywqu.jpg


From that vantage point it's going to appear ridiculously tall when finished. :slob:

[Dylan Leblanc]

cool pic. does anyone know which floor is exactly octagonal shaped?

http://www.ilpost.it/files/2011/08/AP110727073576.jpg

[rjb001]

cool pic. does anyone know which floor is exactly octagonal shaped?


That was floor 72.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

cool pic. does anyone know which floor is exactly octagonal shaped?

I believe its the 72nd floor.

[uaarkson]

Why are so many people obsessed with the octagonal floor? I don't get it.

[meh_cd]

The Millennium Hotel is already screwed. When all of the WTC buildings are built, their views will be cut off and all the people in the front hotel will see nothing but a building in front of them.

No it won't. It will have a straight view at the Transportation Hub between Towers 2 and 3.

Not as good as pre-9/11, but it isn't "screwed."

[NYguy]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023061/Hilton-hotel-sues-Ground-Zero-developers-8-million--construction-noisy.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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[CarlosV]

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[The Grand Architect]

Hmmm. I found this picture of The Shard in London, and it's facade is very similar to 1WTC's, in terms of panel shape and size:

Picture by Chest (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141871&page=36).

http://web.me.com/benveasey/_MG_4231.jpg

[Davidsam52]

cool pic. does anyone know which floor is exactly octagonal shaped?

Wow! One of the coolist pics to date! :cheers::cheers::cheers:

[Davidsam52]

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Hmmm no "extra" column for 79-80 this time!:D

[Traynor]

Hmmm no "extra" column for 79-80 this time!:D

Not yet... That mysterious lone column always appears a couple of days after the perimeter columns have been set.