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[NewYorker2009]

It looks like more perimeter columns have gone up today - anyone know for sure? Looks like it on the WTC Progress webcam. :) So exciting! Making me even more excited for my upcoming visit. :D

Yes, more perimeter columns have been put up today. I'm sure Carlos will have some great pics later of the progress.

[CarlosV]

It looks like more perimeter columns have gone up today - anyone know for sure? Looks like it on the WTC Progress webcam. :) So exciting! Making me even more excited for my upcoming visit. :D

here's your answer girl!

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[SoaringSkylines]

Hello folks! I thought I should introduce myself here in the forum to all you skyscraper fanatics! My name is Jesse and I live in Miami! But you New Yorkers laugh at our small 400 ft skyscrapers, hehe! :haha:

I'm new here as a member, but I've been following for almost a month now! :D

I'm very psyched about this project! :)

[NewYorkSkyline117]

:awesome::awesome:here's your answer girl!

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That's incredible. That's the most columns I've ever seen at the same time!

[NewYorker2009]

Yeah Carlos now we're talking. That's a lot of steel.

[FMIII]

Three floors all at once ! :)

[dar124]

Man they really got those perimeter columns up fast!!! :tup: I like the progress.

[Zapatan]

Hello folks! I thought I should introduce myself here in the forum to all you skyscraper fanatics! My name is Jesse and I live in Miami! But you New Yorkers laugh at our small 400 ft skyscrapers, hehe! :haha:

I'm new here as a member, but I've been following for almost a month now! :D

I'm very psyched about this project! :)

Really? I think Miami has a great skyline, with plently of buildings higher than 400 ft.

And Welcome :)

[pnapp1]

Great pic as always Carlos! Looks like they've installed most if not all of the perimeter columns. Great Progress! Man I have missed this!

[CarlosV]

looks like 1 WTC is going thru puberty :haha:

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[NewYorkDominates]

here's your answer girl!

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It's true height is going to show once the scaffolding goes up.Trust me on this.:banana:

[CarlosV]

snow on the way??? :shrug:

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[SoaringSkylines]

snow on the way??? :shrug:

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UGH! God, Carlos.. You are making me hate you! It looks so beautiful right now in NYC! The dark gloomy cold look! LOL! I wish it would snow here! :/

[sw5710]

The side crane jumped up today.

[NewYorkSkyline117]

So is it still 1,181 feet with this steel? Or has it officially passed Bank of America Tower

[sw5710]

Still 1,181' 8'' to the 92nd floor + splices.

[NewYorkSkyline117]

Still 1,181' 8'' to the 92nd floor + splices.

Thanks......seems taller though which I guess is a good thing if is still has more to go

[sw5710]

611' from floor 92 to the lightning rod.

[NewYorkSkyline117]

611' from floor 92 to the lightning rod.

It's just so hard to believe:) And I've been curious about two things: As soon as the roof tops out, will they immediately begin construction on the communications ring/mast? And will this mast be thicker than the average spire?:shrug:

[NewYorkDominates]

611' from floor 92 to the lightning rod.

Crazy to think the tallest building here in Nashville is 617' and looks immense.God New York is so lucky.:(

[Modulair]

i'm afraid they will never manage to top out the tower in april:
we are the 8th of february and 70 meters are still missing !
in two month, it's nearly impossible... :(

there's still hope :worship:

[NewYorkSkyline117]

i'm afraid they will never manage to top out the tower in april:
we are the 8th of february and 70 meters are still missing !
in two month, it's nearly impossible... :(

there's still hope :worship:

Well its not like at the stroke of midnight at April 1 they'll just top out. At least possibly by the end of April. Theres only about 4-5 jumps left so maybe the mid to end of April

[1Boston]

^haha yea, but on April 1st and this isn't done, the news is definitely gonna make a story about how it missed the deadline or something, just like they made a story out of wtc being capped even though it was known for a wicked long time already.

[Davidsam52]

looks like 1 WTC is going thru puberty :haha:

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Perimeter Pandemonium!!:banana::banana::banana:
But I still wish they would have bathed the building in Big Blue lights!!

[THE BIG APPLE]

^ I don't see why they should, although it would be nice. The ESB does the lights. The old Twins never did anything like that. But the new WTC will definitely be more lit than the old.

i'm afraid they will never manage to top out the tower in april:
we are the 8th of february and 70 meters are still missing !
in two month, it's nearly impossible... :(

there's still hope :worship:

I don't see why not. The steel is higher so it will grow taller faster. But if not early April than definitely late May-early June.

[CarlosV]

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[sw5710]

Carlos thats the greatest steel shot yet.

[Tru Bert]

I'm happy to see new steel! Biggest columns so far looks like cause of mechanical floors, but anyway the PA released a statement today. It said that the reason of One Wtc's small delay was of two reasons, one being that it was cause of harsh winter weather .And two because, as some of you may have all ready seen, of a design flaw with the tenants loading dock under the tower. They also said the building is still on schedule and WILL top out this spring in either April or May!

[CarlosV]

it looks amazing from my terrace. Floors 91 thru 93M are all mechanical..so these are the boxy looking windows....

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[WTCman7301]

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We are headed to the promise land...:angel::angel::angel:

[QUEENSNYMAN]

Thanks once again to the great Carlos!!!!!!! for the great updates my friend.


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[SoaringSkylines]

Fantastic imagines, NYguy! :notacrook:

[NewYorkSkyline117]

^haha yea, but on April 1st and this isn't done, the news is definitely gonna make a story about how it missed the deadline or something, just like they made a story out of wtc being capped even though it was known for a wicked long time already.

true that!

[adam_777]

I'll be in New York Mid May, really hoping to see the building topped by then, when I was there in early January I was already blown away by how much presence this building had, I can only imagine once they throw on a couple hundred more feet and a spire!

[NewYorkSkyline117]

It's amazing to think that this tower is just 20 feet above the height of 3 WTC, which is going to be huge I guess seeing this tower at 1,155 feet recently :)

[2-TOWERS]

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hey carlos, your stock has always been up but these pics are the bomb..... the carlos cam is out of reach...thanks for the great updates......:cheers:

[THE BIG APPLE]

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[Yankee fan for life]

I think 1 wtc could top out in April if their is no more delays other than weather their is only 179 feet left.

[NewYorkSkyline117]

I think 1 wtc could top out in April if their is no more delays other than weather their is only 179 feet left.

Wouldn't it be around 187 feet? :shrug: we're at 1,181 feet right

[PZelda]

here's your answer girl!

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WOW!! The top didn't look like that when I looked at the cam earlier. Everybody has been super busy today! :awesome:

[WTCman7301]

Not to rain or your parade or anything but I just have the feeling that it's going to take another 2 months to raise steel again on One World Trade Center, I hope that doesn't happen again I really want this tower finished ASAP.:shrug:

[SoaringSkylines]

Not to rain or your parade or anything but I just have the feeling that it's going to take another 2 months to raise steel again on One World Trade Center, I hope that doesn't happen again I really want this tower finished ASAP.:shrug:


WOW!!!? Seriously!? That's so disappointing :( Why is it taking them so long?

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I long for the day when 1 WTC will appear taller than the Beekman from the Brooklyn Bridge.

[NYguy]

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Older shot, but I love it...

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[yankeesfan1000]

WOW!!!? Seriously!? That's so disappointing :( Why is it taking them so long?

There is no indication that anything he said is true. There is no reason, outside of weather, that their current pace will not continue. These are mechanical floors if I'm not mistaken, so they'll take a little bit longer than office floors, but again there's no indication that their current pace will slow.

[NewYorkSkyline117]

Not to rain or your parade or anything but I just have the feeling that it's going to take another 2 months to raise steel again on One World Trade Center, I hope that doesn't happen again I really want this tower finished ASAP.:shrug:

Why would you say that..? Let's not make negative assumptions without any proof :sly:

[Kevin Scott Koepke]

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Great pics :)

[shakman]

WOW!!!? Seriously!? That's so disappointing :( Why is it taking them so long?

Let us savor the moment about construction continuing on WTC1.

[CarlosV]

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[sw5710]

Looks like beams for floor 91 have started going in. Floor 91 is at 1,151' 8''

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Photo. Of. The. Flipping. Year. Come Year 2020.......... :hyper:

[Fluffybagel]

:previous:
Aren't we at floor 92?:shrug:

[sw5710]

Yes the columns extend to floor 92 near the top of the columns. Those beams are near the bottom of the columns floor 91.

[CarlosV]

Looks like beams for floor 91 have started going in. Floor 91 is at 1,151' 8''

yes, you are correct!!!!! :)

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[sw5710]

That zoom helps Carlos thanks. Now i wonder if floor 91 is a few feet above these beams on those mounting points on the columns. Look below that to floor 89 the 1st large floor you can see through. There are beams that don't hold a floor.

[NewYorkDominates]

yes, you are correct!!!!! :)

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How tall are floors 92 and 93?Also,how many more jumps before T/O?:koko:

[THE BIG APPLE]

^ One of the top mech floors is supposed to be equivalent to 2 office floors.

[Roadcruiser1]

How tall are floors 92 and 93?Also,how many more jumps before T/O?:koko:

Otie's diagram shows that there are 6 or 7 more jumps till topping off, and each column is 20 something feet so floors 92 and 93 are twice the height of the office floors.

Credits to Otie.

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[CarlosV]

:omg: this sunset is so beautiful!!!!!!


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even my cat loves this pic LOL :)

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[Trinity2112]

:omg: this sunset is so beautiful!!!!!!

Indeed it is! :worship:

[Roadcruiser1]

:omg: this sunset is so beautiful!!!!!!

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They remind me of my youth when I was young and I used to look out the window of my parent's Chinatown apartment and see the Twin Towers with the setting sun, and it would look just like those images you posted Carlos, but now new towers are being built, and they are completely different from the Twins, and I am proud something is being built to fill the void and to give the lights that the Twin Towers used to do. Slowly but surely your picture confirms that these new buildings will take over the job of the Twin Towers pretty well.

[THE BIG APPLE]

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WWWWWOOOOOOOWWWWWWW

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[CarlosV]

^^^
last pic :omg: I love NY

[THE BIG APPLE]

^ Talk about it. That ONE pic should be considered the best pic in the HISTORY of SSP.

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp3Eg_xFoZk

[sw5710]

That night shot from the plane is incredible!

As for 1WTC the next several floors to tie the ESB are.
Floor 89 is the 1st tall floor at 1,107, 8''
90 is 1,130' 8''
91 is 1,151' 8''
92 is 1,181' 8'' (As of today we are here)
92m is 1,194' 8''
93 is 1208' 4''
93m is 1,223' 6'' (The same as the ESB floor 102 1,224')
(Not including splices)

[CarlosV]

^ Talk about it. That ONE pic should be considered the best pic in the HISTORY of SSP.

not quite! :coolugh:

I love NY especially in the evening!!!


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[sw5710]

That sky wow.

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EK5Z_xzw6I

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYMAN2010

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[NewYorkDominates]

That night shot from the plane is incredible!

As for 1WTC the next several floors to tie the ESB are.
Floor 89 is the 1st tall floor at 1,107, 8''
90 is 1,130' 8''
91 is 1,151' 8''
92 is 1,181' 8'' (As of today we are here)
92m is 1,194' 8''
93 is 1208' 4''
93m is 1,223' 6'' (The same as the ESB floor 102 1,224')
(Not including splices)

Yeah,so it's like saying floors within floors.FLOORCEPTION!!!!:koko:.JK but I never knew that.Pretty cool though

[sw5710]

I think the M floors are full floors like any other 13' to 15' tall

[Roadcruiser1]

Otie's diagram shows that there are 6 or 7 more jumps till topping off, and each column is 20 something feet so floors 92 and 93 are twice the height of the office floors.

Credits to Otie.

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If you count the M floors One World Trade Center would only have 100 floors not 104. I honestly wished that it had 110 to match the floor count of the Twin Towers.

[NewYorkSkyline117]

Just went to the 9/11 memorial were I have a view of the taller buildings in the distance 30 miles......a full yellow harvest moon, huge too, was rising above the city, & gosh it was GORGEOUS! Wish I had my FZ100

[CarlosV]

If you count the M floors One World Trade Center would only have 99 floors not 104. I honestly wished that it had 110 to match the floor count of the Twin Towers.

why?

[Roadcruiser1]

why?

Because they skipped multiple floor numbers, and if you count the concrete base it would actually make One World Trade Center an 85 story building...

[2-TOWERS]

not quite! :coolugh:

I love NY especially in the evening!!!


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pic of the year # 1

[2-TOWERS]

Photo. Of. The. Flipping. Year. Come Year 2020.......... :hyper:
stunning pic

[sw5710]

Today they got 51 pieces of perimeter spandrel/core beams erected. Tomorrow the cocoon should be jumped. Thanks to Alan88 for the info.

[Roadcruiser1]

WTC agency vows cost cuts as project price soars
By Joan Gralla

The lead agency rebuilding the World Trade Center on Thursday sought to counter criticism about the project's long delays and cost overruns, stressing the need for spending cuts after the project's price tag ballooned by billions of dollars.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owns the 16-acre (6.5 hectare) World Trade Center site. A preliminary audit of the authority's operations and the World Trade Center costs released Tuesday raised the cost of rebuilding to $14.8 billion, up from 2008's $11 billion estimate.

"That report is not going to go on the shelf and gather dust," Port Authority Chairman David Samson told reporters.

He has directed the agency's senior management to soon recommend ways to slice the soaring cost of its workforce.

Overtime, unused vacation days and rewards designed to keep workers from leaving the authority have helped raise total compensation by 19 percent to $749 million in the past five years, the audit summary said.

The World Trade Center's redevelopment has stalled for years due to clashes over insurance proceeds, security concerns and design problems. The Port Authority has had seven executive directors since 2001, the officials said. The audit called the authority a "challenged and dysfunctional organization" with "a lack of consistent leadership."

"The last 10 years this agency has gone through have been completely destabilizing," said Scott Rechler, vice chairman of the Port Authority. "There's a new team in town."

The Port Authority will have to spend an extra $1.6 billion on the World Trade Center rebuilding if it fails to recover cost overruns for delayed projects such as the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. That would raise the cost of the World Trade Center complex to $16.4 billion.

"The expectation is that we will be recovering a large portion of those costs," Rechler said.

Port Authority officials said the project's 2008 price estimates should have been $1 billion higher because they left out expenses, such as tenant improvements for One World Trade Center, the tallest building on the site.

An extra $500 million was spent switching the order in which projects - the transit hub, four skyscrapers, and an underground parking garage - will be built so the memorial to the 3,000 people who died on September 11, 2001 would be finished in time for the tenth anniversary.

Even with that, the museum's opening has been delayed from September 11, 2012 due to a clash over how much it will cost.

The governors of New York and New Jersey share control of the Port Authority and the two states have had a total of nine governors since the air attacks. Each time a new governor is elected, progress tends to slow because the newcomer has to be brought up to speed on the complicated construction project.

A second study of the authority's capital planning and the way it prioritizes projects is being conducted by financial advisory firm Rothschild Inc and is due in June. This study is expected to recommend "financing alternatives," the officials said, including more reliance on the private sector.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/09/us-worldtradecenter-costs-idUSTRE8182KI20120209

[plinko]

Because they skipped multiple floor numbers, and if you count the concrete base it would actually make One World Trade Center an 85 story building...

All the other 100 story buildings in the world must make fun of it! :rolleyes:

Carlos, stunning photos...keep it up!

[Chapelo]

not quite! :coolugh:

I love NY especially in the evening!!!


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Vaguely reminds me of this photo from September 5, 2001..

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/911before090711/b01_00777_10.jpg

From: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/09/911-the-week-before/100142/

[rshaw113]

More news on cost overruns from Crains

An audit this week branded the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey as dysfunctional and warned that $3.8 billion in new World Trade Center costs loom. But the picture may not be a bad as it seems. A closer reading of the audit shows that the increase is largely due to newly budgeted commercial leasing expenses that the agency could recover, according to Crain's Insider.
The Port's remaining costs to complete the $14.8 billion World Trade Center project are expected to be $7.7 billion, up $1.7 billion since 2008. But the audit noted that the increase “was not primarily driven by cost growth in the original scope of the WTC program.”
Instead, while some of the additional expenses are linked to infrastructure cost overruns, nearly $1 billion stems from funds recently budgeted to lease 1 World Trade Center (about $700 million) and the site's retail space ($275 million).
“Why would you put the full billion in the Port Authority's costs?” asked one former employee, noting that the Port should be able to lease the space and make money in the process.
Port Authority Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman Scott Rechler said the audit simply made public the project's total cost to allow the agency to properly allocate resources.


Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120209/REAL_ESTATE/120209883##ixzz1lxKMhEuG"

[sw5710]

It's all about how tall a floor is. The twins had 12' office floors. Tower 1 here today has 13' 4'' office floors with many even taller floors. It will be 1,240' to floor 100 even though that floor is 81 floors up it is about equal in elevation to floor 100 in some other tall buildings. I think they skip floor count to make up for the equivalent of what other tall buildings have at that same elevation. The ESB is 1,224' to floor 102 not even a 12' average floor height with its tall lobby included. They could have put 12' floors on top of the 60' lobby at 1WTC and had a 107 floor building. It's all in the Floor height. The 1st 6 floors here cover the 1st 187 feet above the lobby. I spoke with a steel worker at the site last night and he also told me the column splices rise to 1,188' above the lobby.

[CarlosV]

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[NYguy]

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[MadGnome]

It's all about how tall a floor is. The twins had 12' office floors. Tower 1 here today has 13' 4'' office floors with many even taller floors. It will be 1,240' to floor 100 even though that floor is 81 floors up it is about equal in elevation to floor 100 in some other tall buildings. I think they skip floor count to make up for the equivalent of what other tall buildings have at that same elevation. The ESB is 1,224' to floor 102 not even a 12' average floor height with its tall lobby included. They could have put 12' floors on top of the 60' lobby at 1WTC and had a 107 floor building. It's all in the Floor height. The 1st 6 floors here cover the 1st 187 feet above the lobby. I spoke with a steel worker at the site last night and he also told me the column splices rise to 1,188' above the lobby.

It makes more sense if you start from the lowest basement level, not the lobby. Then the floor numbers from 20 on up almost exactly match 13'4" per floor.

[CarlosV]

As of right now!!!!

men at work! :yes:

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[Fluffybagel]

:previous: :banana::banana::banana:

[CarlosV]

oh what a beautiful sight!!


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[Fluffybagel]

Carlos, what's the URL link for the live earthcam tower 1 thing? I can only find the earthcam on the port authority website, and it's a pretty bad vantage point. :shrug:

[CarlosV]

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/worldtradecenter/

[MrSlippery519]

Looks like the cocoon has jumped up :)

[CarlosV]

let's just be patient and wait until this tower is fully completed and illuminated!!!

:order:

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[uaarkson]

Another thing people forget is that this tower caps off a development that will complete the world's greatest skyline. It's tall enough for this purpose. By the end of this decade, no other city will come close.

[CarlosV]

Just look at the difference it has made on the world's greatest skyline...

one year ago today exactly!

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one year later today!

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[RockMont]

And it's not even finished yet!