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NewYorkSkyline117

Apr 3, 2012, 1:25 PM

I'm in Park Ridge, NJ. About 35 miles north of you. Only 29 miles north of the World Trade Center, though.

Oh really? Good to know there's another New Jerseyan here :)

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/46933029/#46932625

Freedom Tower to overtake Empire State Building

http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/120402/nn_11bw_frdomtower_120402.standard.jpg

The tower being erected at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan is currently nine feet from rising above the Empire State Building. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

nine feet? Six feet? ugh this is really annoying everybody is saying something different

And in case you didn't see it, sorry if you did, but I really want people to understand this photo I took- thanks

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/7040280961_d107ebcf50_b.jpg

hunser

Apr 3, 2012, 1:26 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/6895565542_523bea783d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinskoepke/6895565542/)
new york city; 4/2/2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinskoepke/6895565542/) by kevin scott koepke photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/kevinskoepke/), on Flickr

^^ Although we had some misunderstandings, I still appreciate your pics. Keep it up.

CarlosV

Apr 3, 2012, 3:03 PM

As of now....I heard on NBC news last night that 1 WTC is only 6 feet from taking over the Empire State Building as the tallest building in NY. :)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/6896032526_1f88ba8ee6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6896032526/)
DSC_0096 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6896032526/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

NewYorkSkyline117

Apr 3, 2012, 4:37 PM

Does anyone know if the safety netting will be up by thursday?

hunser

Apr 3, 2012, 5:15 PM

NBC and others are finally catching up... fellow forumer alan informed us about some two weeks ago that 1WTC is 1,244'.
Nice shot Carlos, can't wait till cladding resumes this month.

NewYorker2009

Apr 3, 2012, 6:12 PM

Lol this why I never listen to the media. They are usually behind and they rarely ever get their facts straight such as saying the tower being topped out by 2014 when we all know it will be 1,776 feet or whatever by the end of the year hopefully.

pnapp1

Apr 3, 2012, 8:09 PM

Anyway, any work on when floor beams might be installed? I haven't seen perimeter steel just hanging out in the open for this long before.

Outer beams are being installed now.

http://www.wtcphotos.com/photos/wtc1_2011-04-03_p1.jpg

Image Via Earthcam

Dense_Electric

Apr 3, 2012, 9:49 PM

Outer beams are being installed now.

http://www.wtcphotos.com/photos/wtc1_2011-04-03_p1.jpg

Image Via Earthcam

Hellz to the yes! :) Beams usually go pretty quick, hopefully decking and fireproofing goes fast as well. I can't wait until I can officially call the World Trade Center the tallest building in New York once again.

Puzzlecraft

Apr 3, 2012, 10:15 PM

More cross-beams added per Earthcam 5 minutes ago:

http://www.custompuzzlecraft.com/wtc/wtc1_20120403_0613pm_ET.jpg

Roadcruiser1

Apr 3, 2012, 10:26 PM

There are many misinformed people that come to the World Trade Center and spew random facts that aren't true. I really get frustrated when I visit the site and see the stupidity of the people walking about.

M II A II R II K

Apr 3, 2012, 10:46 PM

Ah yes and by the way it just hit 100 floors.

NewYorkSkyline117

Apr 3, 2012, 10:47 PM

Ah yes and by the way it just hit 100 floors.

Hasn't it been 100 floors? or officially full floor you mean

sw5710

Apr 3, 2012, 11:30 PM

Floor 100 has no beams yet.

QUEENSNYMAN

Apr 3, 2012, 11:52 PM

More cross-beams added per Earthcam 5 minutes ago:

http://www.custompuzzlecraft.com/wtc/wtc1_20120403_0613pm_ET.jpg

Nice to see the cross beams being installed :)

http://www.youtube.com/user/NYBOY75

NYguy

Apr 4, 2012, 12:29 AM

papoirier (http://www.flickr.com/photos/papoirier/7042701509/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

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AMARTI02 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/missbanana/7042255099/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

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jd3189

Apr 4, 2012, 12:47 AM

:previous: Cool. It's finally at the level of the Beekman from the East river. Judging by this, it will at least have some dominance.

NYguy

Apr 4, 2012, 12:51 AM

:previous: Cool. It's finally at the level of the Beekman from the East river. Judging by this, it will at least have some dominance.

It's already petty dominant. From most vantage points, it's extra dominant on the lower Manhattan skyline, a reminder for people who've already forgotten what was lost down there.

WTCman7301

Apr 4, 2012, 1:07 AM

I know we've been through this topic before, but when will the podium glass be installed?

Roadcruiser1

Apr 4, 2012, 1:13 AM

I know we've been through this topic before, but when will the podium glass be installed?

Originally the Port Authority said 2013 but it seems possible that it might be installed sooner than we thought, but that remains to be seen.

NewYorkDominates

Apr 4, 2012, 1:59 AM

1WTC has been all over the News websites lately,and last night it was on NBC.

CarlosV

Apr 4, 2012, 2:45 AM

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5337/6897695700_f4236416f7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6897695700/)
DSC_0103 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6897695700/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

NewYorker2009

Apr 4, 2012, 5:08 AM

Yeah One World Trade Center is a perfect fit for the 21st century although I wish 9/11 never happened.

robby68

Apr 4, 2012, 7:20 AM

Where is this walkway at

Noll

Apr 4, 2012, 11:12 AM

WTC Progress on Twitter (http://twitter.com/WTCProgress):

https://p.twimg.com/ApkRrfxCEAIGD2w.jpg:large

An inside look of construction on the 91st Floor of One WTC

PZelda

Apr 4, 2012, 1:46 PM

Oh god, the latest pictures are killing me. From the sheer awesomeness, that is. Two months til I get to visit NYC again -- I am soooooo excited to see what 1 WTC looks like then! I don't care if steel is still going up (altho I am sure they will have just finished that by the time I get there - not that many floors left!) or if the glass is still stalling then. I never had the chance to see the original twin towers in person, plus I was born about 14 years after the original towers were done being built (if I correctly recall 1971 as being the year the original towers were finally topped out - I know they didn't have the grand opening until early 1973 though).

It has made me so happy to have had the opportunity to come to NYC and see, for myself, the rebuilding of the complex. Even better that I'm coming back again (and I plan on coming back again for new years!) so soon.

As for the 'ground zero' name - I agree, the media needs to be informed of that. Lol. I remember reading somewhere a number of years ago that when the complex was still essentially ground zero, that the New Yorkers hated when people would call it that. So I stopped calling it that then. Now, when that name comes up in conversation with someone else, I have to remind them - it's really not ground zero anymore, they began rebuilding years ago. And there are - GASP! - BUILDINGS there now! And a park! It's not a literal hole in the ground anymore! The only holes that exist now are the reflecting pools at the park.

So - let's hear it for the WTC!! Yeah! :)

NewYorkSkyline117

Apr 4, 2012, 2:02 PM

I'll be there tomorrow with my new camera ;)

NYguy

Apr 4, 2012, 2:02 PM

briantek (http://www.flickr.com/photos/briantek/6897545032/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

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NewYorkDominates

Apr 4, 2012, 2:16 PM

Wow 1WTC is a masterpiece,easily going to be amongst the most iconic of the 21st century.Like the Empire and Chrysler were in the 20th.

PZelda

Apr 4, 2012, 2:25 PM

briantek (http://www.flickr.com/photos/briantek/6897545032/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7112/6897545032_c5ac90f97a_b.jpg

By far one of my fave pics. Once everything is topped out and cladded, the sunrise/sunset pictures will be absolutely magnificent. :)

mat97

Apr 4, 2012, 2:29 PM

The cocoon is started!!:banana:

Otie

Apr 4, 2012, 3:14 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/6896422180_4afb19b7d5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/6896422180/)
2012_03_14_aus-iah-bos_375b (http://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/6896422180/) by dsearls (http://www.flickr.com/people/docsearls/), on Flickr

10023

Apr 4, 2012, 3:21 PM

Somehow I can see 3 WTC from my apartment but not 1 WTC. Somehow it gets perfectly blocked by another building.

jigglysquishy

Apr 4, 2012, 3:54 PM

I remember when they first got steel off the ground

When glass started getting installed

When 1 WTC finally passed 7 WTC

When it hit 1000 feet

Its come so far and still has so far to go. Truly a momentous building.

pnapp1

Apr 4, 2012, 4:25 PM

Today, April 4th.

https://p.twimg.com/Appfb-VCMAAuSX_.jpg:large
Image via: WTCProgress Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/WTCProgress/status/187567268677431296/photo/1

Fishman92

Apr 4, 2012, 5:50 PM

Somehow I can see 3 WTC from my apartment but not 1 WTC. Somehow it gets perfectly blocked by another building.

But 3WTC isn't built yet?

CarlosV

Apr 4, 2012, 6:11 PM

The cocoon is started!!:banana:

Here it is!!!!! :haha:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7181/6899513574_2a734f88b5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6899513574/)
DSC_0109 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6899513574/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

Otie

Apr 4, 2012, 6:21 PM

^Love it!

The most recent rendering by dbox, now depicting glass fins at the base, they've improved the reflections in the curtain wall glass.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2176/dboxonewtcj.jpg

2-TOWERS

Apr 4, 2012, 6:59 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7044048969_86d56dc188_o.jpg

WOW !!!!!!! LOVE IT :cheers:

meh_cd

Apr 4, 2012, 7:11 PM

^Love it!

The most recent rendering by dbox, now depicting glass fins at the base, they've improved the reflections in the curtain wall glass.

Such a silly waste of engineering work now that the base is just a square. It is what it is, I guess. I'll reserve final judgment until I see the finished product, but I can't help but feeling the LED backlit base is going to look kitschy in 10 years.

\/\/\/ Awesome.

Otie

Apr 4, 2012, 7:13 PM

From PA's Newsletter (https://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/pdf/bcp-072811-board-meeting.pdf)
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7807/bathroomfitout.jpg

Otie

Apr 4, 2012, 8:07 PM

Onn

Apr 4, 2012, 8:34 PM

^
Soo much for the cool fountain. Here they go again cheapifying what was a great design. :(

hunser

Apr 4, 2012, 8:37 PM

^^ Cheap- cheaper- PA. If you mention the word cheap, the PA is all over it.

Otie

Apr 4, 2012, 8:49 PM

^^ Cheap- cheaper- PA. If you mention the word cheap, the PA is all over it.

Main problem: funded with taxes, they'll always look for the lowest bidder and for the cheapest design.

Roadcruiser1

Apr 4, 2012, 8:57 PM

Main problem: funded with taxes, they'll always look for the lowest bidder and for the cheapest design.

And bonds. You can buy bonds right now for the construction of the World Trade Center.

aquablue

Apr 4, 2012, 9:06 PM

^
Soo much for the cool fountain. Here they go again cheapifying what was a great design. :(

There is something fishy about that wall. I bet it is for security reasons, not cost. I mean, why remove a staircase and put up a wall otherwise? Also, it looks like they put up some kind of glass barrier around the plaza. Perhaps to protect against a blast?

sw5710

Apr 4, 2012, 9:10 PM

Here it is!!!!! :haha:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7181/6899513574_2a734f88b5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6899513574/)
DSC_0109 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6899513574/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

The top row of beams for floor 100 or 1,240' are going in now.

THE BIG APPLE

Apr 4, 2012, 9:10 PM

:previous: Cool. It's finally at the level of the Beekman from the East river. Judging by this, it will at least have some dominance.

From a higher altitude ofcourse, it's taller, but it's not taller (roof height wise) when looking from street level in Brooklyn.

wong21fr

Apr 4, 2012, 9:11 PM

Main problem: funded with taxes, they'll always look for the lowest bidder and for the cheapest design.

More likely it was yet another "security" measure. The high-boxed gardens provide another barrier against vehicular attacks while also serving to limit the avenue of approach for pedestrians to one set of stairs. This redesign looks like it was intended to eliminate multiple approaches and to discourage loitering by pedestrians.

Hell, just put a crew-served weapon position to the right of WTC's entrance and you've got almost all avenues of approach covered.

Onn

Apr 4, 2012, 9:14 PM

Roadcruiser1

Apr 4, 2012, 9:28 PM

Or to make the plaza look boring and sterile, so you have no idea your going into the tallest building in the city. Look at those dumb planters, those are really going to draw in the crowds aren't they...

It doesn't matter. The old plaza of the World Trade Center didn't draw in much people either. Most of the shopping and the activities for the new World Trade Center would be the same. Either it would be in the skyscrapers or underground.

See how empty it is?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Austin_Tobin_Plaza_Marriott_World_Trade_Center_-_1995.jpg

Otie

Apr 4, 2012, 9:33 PM

There is something fishy about that wall. I bet it is for security reasons, not cost. I mean, why remove a staircase and put up a wall otherwise? Also, it looks like they put up some kind of glass barrier around the plaza. Perhaps to protect against a blast?

The plaza will get enclosed in black fiberglass to protect visitors against breeze.

More likely it was yet another "security" measure. The high-boxed gardens provide another barrier against vehicular attacks while also serving to limit the avenue of approach for pedestrians to one set of stairs. This redesign looks like it was intended to eliminate multiple approaches and to discourage loitering by pedestrians.

Hell, just put a crew-served weapon position to the right of WTC's entrance and you've got almost all avenues of approach covered.

What I don't get is why to add boxed gardens when you have already big fat bollards tied down all over the perimeter. Pretty sure the NYPD is behind all of this.
While these box gardens were added for security concers, I'm pretty sure the removal of the terraced steps and the fountain/skylight were ment to reduce costs. Benches simply don't work here, completely out of the architectural context...

nygirl1

Apr 4, 2012, 9:50 PM

^
Soo much for the cool fountain. Here they go again cheapifying what was a great design. :(

Fountain? So much for anything worthwhile from that pic. No wrap around steps, no cool benches, bleachers, whatever the heck those were...looks much more confined and far less open. This blows.

1Boston

Apr 4, 2012, 10:02 PM

It doesn't matter. The old plaza of the World Trade Center didn't draw in much people either. Most of the shopping and the activities for the new World Trade Center would be the same. Either it would be in the skyscrapers or underground.

Well at least the old one didn't have a big wall covering up half of it. I agree with aquablue, the old design was nice and open and inviting. this new design is going to sort of create a distance of the building from the people walking by it. I wouldn't mind if they got rid of the fountain and kept the big staircase, but this is not good. It seems like this would cost more because now they need a wall, before they just needed to make the staircase.

QUEENSNYMAN

Apr 4, 2012, 10:55 PM

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgzt8R47NEU

CarlosV

Apr 4, 2012, 11:33 PM

the revisions on the plaza level are dissapointing to say the least.... :(

but i cant wait until the glass is all the way up and the sun hits it this way!! it will look like it is on flames!!! :slob:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/6900261204_4f443e1134_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6900261204/)
DSC_0117 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6900261204/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

IntoTheLens827

Apr 4, 2012, 11:49 PM

Hello All 1WTC Freedom Tower, New WTC, & NYC Skyline Fans! (This is what I filmed on Monday)! This is the first of many other videos from a Video Series Production that I am working on with a Fellow Youtuber of the NYC Skyline, NYC it self, 1WTC Freedom Tower, & the New World Trade Center it self. Please Watch & Subscribe to my channel "IntoTheLens827". I will be getting the rest of my NYC & 1WTC & NEW WTC videos up a.s.a.p.! Please stay tuned to my channel.

PLEASE RATE, SUBSCRIBE, & COMMENT! Thank you all for watching & thank your VERY MUCH for your support! :-)
This video is from (April 2, 2012). Here is the link to my video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnBHME7WVGU

PS. I don't want to know what is going on with 1WTC Freedom Tower "West Plaza" now. Why is this happening all of a sudden. ALL OF THESE CHANGES is very dissapointing... :yuck: First the "Restraunt, then the Base, then the Spire, NOW THIS (The West Plaza)"... UNBELIVABLE! :hell: :( :slob:

meh_cd

Apr 5, 2012, 12:37 AM

Redesign of the west plaza.

Original design:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2360/oldpeterwalker.jpg

Redesign:
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg841/scaled.php?server=841&filename=peterwalker.jpg&res=medium

Wait wait wait. I thought they already poured all of those stairs back in 2009? That redesign is absolute garbage. Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe my feelings on this.

NewYorkSkyline117

Apr 5, 2012, 12:38 AM

Took these today with the new camera, definitely sharper than my other ones from the past months.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/7046477255_c420f04ecb_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/7046478139_3639fbcca2_b.jpg

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2-TOWERS

Apr 5, 2012, 12:54 AM

the revisions on the plaza level are dissapointing to say the least.... :(

but i cant wait until the glass is all the way up and the sun hits it this way!! It will look like it is on flames!!! :slob:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/6900261204_4f443e1134_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6900261204/)
dsc_0117 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/6900261204/) by ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on flickr

amazing shot carlos !!!!!!

WTCman7301

Apr 5, 2012, 2:11 AM

Redesign of the west plaza.

Original design:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2360/oldpeterwalker.jpg

Redesign:
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg841/scaled.php?server=841&filename=peterwalker.jpg&res=medium

Personally I don't like the new design:hell:, I think the PA is too paranoid about another terrorist attack so they chose a different design for the plaza. I liked the old plaza, it was more open than this one. Only one staircase? What if somebody is running late for work there and had to run to that one staircase? I wouldnt like to work there...

WorldTradeCenter

Apr 5, 2012, 2:18 AM

Roadcruiser1

Apr 5, 2012, 2:30 AM

Where did this new design come from? On the PA website I still see the first design.

They haven't updated it yet. Go on WTC.com.

Personally I don't like the new design:hell:, I think the PA is too paranoid about another terrorist attack so they chose a different design for the plaza. I liked the old plaza, it was more open than this one. Only one staircase? What if somebody is running late for work there and had to run to that one staircase? I wouldnt like to work there...

The Twin Towers weren't exactly open. The plaza was two stories above the street. You had to climb two flights of stairs to get up. The plaza was windy and was devoid of anything except for concrete and the fountain at the center. The buildings surrounding it blocked the street views. This design isn't much different from that.

However the original World Trade Center's plaza was designed by Minoru Yamasaki to have more meaning architecturally even though it wasn't attractive. It was supposed to be a people's space in human scale to balance the huge bulk of the towers, and to bring a touch of serenity. The plaza also allowed the towers to be taken in as a whole. I am quoting a bit from Henry Gutthard. A man who worked with Yamasaki for the original World Trade Center.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/09/09/us/sept-11-reckoning/the-world-trade-center-as-it-was.html

I think the Memorial would do the job now of balancing the bulk of the new towers of the World Trade Center. It would be the open space and the serenity that people need much like the plaza was.

Otie

Apr 5, 2012, 2:44 AM

Personally I don't like the new design:hell:, I think the PA is too paranoid about another terrorist attack so they chose a different design for the plaza. I liked the old plaza, it was more open than this one. Only one staircase? What if somebody is running late for work there and had to run to that one staircase? I wouldnt like to work there...

:haha: Tenants will access the building through the north and south entrances, the west entrance is designated for tourists heading up to the observation deck.

Where did this new design come from? On the PA website I still see the first design.
The rendering was modified by the PA itself, they're too stingy to allow the 3D studio to make the modifications. Rendering can be found in this pdf (http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/pdf/bcp-032912-wtc.pdf) file, don't expect to see it at the PA's main site.

Don098

Apr 5, 2012, 3:09 AM

This is a very cool piece on the Mohawk Indians from Montreal that have been building Manhattan skyscrapers for the past 100 years...extremely well done as only NPR can do.

Fewer Tribal Ironworkers Reaching For The Sky
by STEPHEN NESSEN for NPR
April 4, 2012 from WNYC

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/04/150008075/fewer-tribal-ironworkers-reaching-for-the-sky

Since the 1900s, the country's most iconic bridges and skyscrapers have been put up by men who risked life and limb to connect steel beams hundreds of feet in the sky. Ironworkers come from all backgrounds, but a small Indian reserve outside Montreal has supplied the U.S. with a proud lineage of Mohawk ironworkers.

But with fewer Mohawks going into the trade, the tradition may be on the wane.

Striding across a steel beam 26 stories in the sky, a lean ironworker grabs the corner column and pulls himself up. What could someday be a corner office on 55th Street in Manhattan is now nothing but open air. It's windless and the sun is bright, a perfect day for putting up steel.

"Like Houdini, he gets up there and disappears," one of the workers says of Kaniehtakeron Martin. "Poof!"

In 2 1/2 hours, the crew lays 68 pieces of steel.

"I'm a connector in the raising gang. It's my job to climb the steel and erect the iron," says Martin, or Geggs as he's known. "It's my job to put the building up, basically. The only thing mechanized about it is the crane."

Martin is a fourth-generation Mohawk ironworker from a reserve just south of Montreal. At about 5 feet 8 inches, the 35-year-old is one of the smaller guys on the site, and with 15 years of experience, one of the smartest.

"A lot of people, they watch us, they see what we do and they ask me if I'm crazy, but it's fun. You gotta love what you do," he says. "They always often ask me, 'Are you afraid of heights?' Naw, I'm not. A lot of people are, but I'm one of them who isn't."

The Long Commute

At the peak in the 1950s, there were as many as 800 Mohawks living in New York City. Now, Martin is one of about 200.

jsr

Apr 5, 2012, 3:25 AM

Redesign of the west plaza.
Redesign:
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg841/scaled.php?server=841&filename=peterwalker.jpg&res=medium

Sloppy render-over. Looks like the theater seating from the original image is still visible in the upper right corner.

jd3189

Apr 5, 2012, 5:55 AM

Redesign of the west plaza.

Original design:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2360/oldpeterwalker.jpg

Redesign:
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg841/scaled.php?server=841&filename=peterwalker.jpg&res=medium

I don't think it's that bad. They can always change the design even after this is built. The PA will have to learn the hard way as this is not how you attract people to a tower.

Zafor

Apr 5, 2012, 6:06 AM

Redesign of the west plaza.

Original design:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2360/oldpeterwalker.jpg

Redesign:
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A huge disappointment. A great plaza has been incredibly dimmed down with the new design. I am really missing 3 world trade center's braces, 1 world trade center's old base, and now the original plaza. Please, no more.

NYguy

Apr 5, 2012, 6:12 AM

I don't like that plaza revision. It makes the building appear to be even more closed off than it does now with the "bunkerish" base.
Where before the plan was to keep it lively, with people hanging around it looks like that will be discouraged. But this could be more
Durst than Port Authority.

Today, April 4th.

[Image via: WTCProgress Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/WTCProgress/status/187567268677431296/photo/1

Another look at that one...

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Otie

Apr 5, 2012, 7:50 AM

EXCLUSIVE: 1 WTC Logo Revealed (http://www.commercialobserver.com/2012/04/exclusive-durst-unveils-new-one-world-trade-center-logo/)

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bunky

Apr 5, 2012, 11:59 AM

Crane jump currently in progress.

sw5710

Apr 5, 2012, 12:40 PM

This crane jump will place the 270' free standing part of the cranes on floor 93 at 1,208' or a total of 1,478' taller then ESBs antenna top as of today.

cityenthusiast

Apr 5, 2012, 12:53 PM

Somehow I can see 3 WTC from my apartment but not 1 WTC. Somehow it gets perfectly blocked by another building.

I think you mean 4 world trade center

cityenthusiast

Apr 5, 2012, 12:57 PM

There is something fishy about that wall. I bet it is for security reasons, not cost. I mean, why remove a staircase and put up a wall otherwise? Also, it looks like they put up some kind of glass barrier around the plaza. Perhaps to protect against a blast?

Im pretty sure glass wouldn't protect against a blast from a bomb but I'am curious why they redesigned and what the glass is for.

cityenthusiast

Apr 5, 2012, 1:05 PM

Love the new logo too

hunser

Apr 5, 2012, 1:57 PM

Btw I hate the new plaza, looks kind of cheap. The logo is ok.

PZelda

Apr 5, 2012, 3:01 PM

Not sure how I feel about the logo just yet. It'll have to grow on me - like when the designs for the buildings came out. I wasn't crazy about them at first, but they grew on me. 1 WTC is by far my fave. :)

Puzzlecraft

Apr 5, 2012, 3:20 PM

I like the logo.

Two notes:

1) To be true to the logo, the radome ring will have to be built and no skinny antennae.

2) There used to be two and now there is ONE.

CarlosV

Apr 5, 2012, 5:06 PM

cocoon...

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fimiak

Apr 5, 2012, 5:10 PM

meh_cd

Apr 5, 2012, 5:30 PM

CarlosV

Apr 5, 2012, 5:31 PM

^^^

you might have a point there...the new entrance might be more confined and less inviting......

anyways....1 wtc is getting so close to topping out now!! and 4 wtc keeps moving on :)

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CHAPINM1

Apr 5, 2012, 6:40 PM

What's really eating at me is what the observatory is going to have in store! I wonder what it will include. I know already since it will be so tall it will give an even greater affect as to the feeling how height up you are. Who knows, maybe you attach yourself to a tightrope and sway yourself around from a tract along the ceiling and feel like your flying high above the city like Superman, IDK, just a random thought... :haha:

WorldTradeCenter

Apr 5, 2012, 8:27 PM

I like the logo.

Two notes:

1) To be true to the logo, the radome ring will have to be built and no skinny antennae.

2) There used to be two and now there is ONE.

No, there is one, there will be two...

Roadcruiser1

Apr 5, 2012, 8:35 PM

I probably just set the forum's record in taking the most pictures of the World Trade Center in 1 day. In case if we never did I guess I am the first. All of these were taken by me today. I walked across DUMBO and the Brooklyn Bridge to the World Trade Center and the World Financial Center. I completed my journey at Battery Park. My legs are killing me.

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NewYorkDominates

Apr 5, 2012, 8:40 PM

What happened to the netting in the upper floors?Maybe preparation for the incoming installation of the facade.

SoaringSkylines

Apr 5, 2012, 9:10 PM

Roadcruiser1

Apr 5, 2012, 9:17 PM

Roadcruiser1 just read my mind, haha! :D
I was just about to ask if anyone in here had any recent shots from the Brooklyn Bridge to show us how much dominance it had on the skyline from that angle.

Hey, at least you got a good workout! :haha:

I at first didn't want to cross the bridge since it was pretty long. I just wanted to walk the bridge a bit down to get farther into DUMBO to go to Brooklyn Bridge Park (my favorite place in the entire city) and snap pictures there. I decided not to however because it was a nice day out and in the end it was worth it.

soulcapn

Apr 5, 2012, 9:46 PM

What happened to the netting in the upper floors?Maybe preparation for the incoming installation of the facade.

No, the blue netting was pulled up to surround the recent steel construction. New black netting will fill in shortly. Facade work will continue being placed in rows on top of the existing facade as soon as internal concrete core, floor decking, stair wells and fireproofing move up and out of the way.

Dense_Electric

Apr 5, 2012, 10:15 PM

No, the blue netting was pulled up to surround the recent steel construction. New black netting will fill in shortly. Facade work will continue being placed in rows on top of the existing facade as soon as internal concrete core, floor decking, stair wells and fireproofing move up and out of the way.

I think he means the black netting above the glass, "facade" in this case referring to the glass.

This is a bit off-subject, but what are the plans for the sphere? Will it be moved back to the WTC (the memorial, I'd think) or remain where it is?

Roadcruiser1

Apr 5, 2012, 10:24 PM

I think he means the black netting above the glass, "facade" in this case referring to the glass.

This is a bit off-subject, but what are the plans for the sphere? Will it be moved back to the WTC (the memorial, I'd think) or remain where it is?

1) There is no black netting there. That is open space. The poster above was correct.

2) The Sphere will be moved to Liberty Park in 2014. It will be a block away from the Memorial.

CarlosV

Apr 5, 2012, 11:17 PM

sbarn

Apr 5, 2012, 11:22 PM

That plaza redesign is ridiculously horrible. :yuck:

jd3189

Apr 6, 2012, 12:00 AM

another fiery sunset!!

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I believe that when all is said and done, the whole WTC is going to be gleaming at sunsets and sunrises. It will be a sight to behold.

WorldTradeCenter

Apr 6, 2012, 12:04 AM

I believe that when all is said and done, the whole WTC is going to be gleaming at sunsets and sunrises. It will be a sight to behold.

Definitely. And, God forbid, if something happens to the new one, in 30 years they'll be complaining about the same 'problems' in the 'new wtc' of that time. Again, god forbid.

Roadcruiser1

Apr 6, 2012, 12:41 AM

The glass already gleams. Look at the pictures I took from early morning. The glare was so bright that if I kept looking at it I would have been blind. It actually hurt my eyes so I took a picture and moved away. I am glad in how it turned out though even though I wasn't willing to stay too long.

QUEENSNYMAN

Apr 6, 2012, 12:49 AM

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnACeG9cnfY

NewYorkSkyline117

Apr 6, 2012, 12:58 AM

RoadCruiser, your picture of the building from the little harbor in front of the winter garden, you didn't have a tripod did you?

NYguy

Apr 6, 2012, 1:10 AM

The 1WTC West Plaza redesign is a definite improvement. Now it separates the sidewalk and the tower plaza so as to maintain the movement of the streetwalkers while not encouraging 1,000 Europeans to sit on the stairs. 1WTC is not a museum and does not need to encourage loitering.

It's not a "museum", but the purpose of that design was to encourage people to "hang around", creating life outside and around the building. They didn't want to create a sterile plaza like you find around many buildings, and certainly didn't want it as dead as it was around the original buildings. Furthermore, it's a tourist attraction, as that side and the entrance will be the only one specifically for the observation deck.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hands_on_deck_at_wtc_observatory_vN3ksgJ3vXuGZ7vrCQDltJ?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Business

8+ hands on deck at WTC observatory

By LOIS WEISS
April 5, 2012

Companies are lining up for a chance to run the observation deck at the top of 1 World Trade Center. The Post has learned that at least eight of 10 groups are expected to respond to a request for proposal by May 7, with an operator likely to be chosen over the summer. The winner will take over the 100th, 101st and 102nd floors of the building and be able to run restaurants as part of their operations.

The Durst Organization, which has partnered with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to operate and manage the 104-story tower, will be reviewing the responses. Durst declined to comment.

The 100th floor observatory is expected to become a cash cow for the building as millions of visitors are already making pilgrimages to the Sept. 11 memorial pools and eventually a museum. Prior to 2001, the previous WTC observatory had 2 million visitors. Public restaurants will eventually open on the 101st and 102nd floors.

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WorldTradeCenter

Apr 6, 2012, 1:25 AM

it's not a "museum", but the purpose of that design was to encourage people to "hang around", creating life outside and around the building. They didn't want to create a sterile plaza like you find around many buildings, and certainly didn't want it as dead as it was around the original buildings. Furthermore, it's a tourist attraction, as that side and the entrance will be the only one specifically for the observation deck.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hands_on_deck_at_wtc_observatory_vn3ksgj3vxugz7vrcqdltj?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=business

8+ hands on deck at wtc observatory

by lois weiss
april 5, 2012

restaurants!! Yeah!!!