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

[Frankthetanki25]

http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/2237_0076_120503_rgb.jpg[url]
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1285894--quebec-built-antenna-to-top-world-trade-center-in-new-york-city
"Starting on Nov. 15 at the Port of Valleyfield, west of Montreal near the Quebec-Ontario border, nine hulking sections of an 18-piece antenna will be crane-loaded onto a barge. What follows will be a two-week voyage up the St. Lawrence River, past Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City and Rimouski."

[sw5710]

I understand the communications ring in this picture does not show the white dishes on it but has the steel ring been redesigned to.

[Kevin Scott Koepke]

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Titans of New York; 11/10/2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticfantasticphotography/8173265344/) by kevin scott koepke photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/plasticfantasticphotography/), on Flickr

[Otie]

antenna or spire, both are sticks thrown on top so let's just end that conversation here. Nice rendering, where's it from? Looks much better than those Miller-Hare renders.

It IS from Miller Hare.

[Hudson11]

right, I didn't notice it's this one zoomed in.

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/145279988/original.jpg


also good news about the antenna. I'm not familiar with shipping speeds but it will probably be here by the end of December.

[chris123678]

I'm very curious and skeptical to see how the antenna and base cladding will look on this tower.

Why hasn't the base been squared off yet?

[sw5710]

[QUOTE=NYCLuver;5896903]November 9th, 2012


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This shot is the 1st one that i have seen that shows the cooling towers that have been installed on the roof behind the parapet and also at the center of the steel deck above you can see the circular area for the antenna i believe. It is amazing how large some of those steel beams are over 1400' up.

[WTCman7301]

http://i.thestar.com/images/5f/3c/cb62aa494315b04fb3250d90ae56.jpg

Quebec-built antenna to top World Trade Center in New York City

By Alan Woods
November 10, 2012

TERREBONNE, QC—The 137-metre crown of the rebuilt World Trade Center is about to embark on a muted farewell tour of the province in which it was built.

Starting on Nov. 15 at the Port of Valleyfield, west of Montreal near the Quebec-Ontario border, nine hulking sections of an 18-piece antenna will be crane-loaded onto a barge. What follows will be a two-week voyage up the St. Lawrence River, past Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City and Rimouski. After a quick loop around the Gaspé and the northern coast of the remote Magdalen Islands the fruits of five years of precision cutting, drilling and fusing by the good men of Groupe ADF will push out into open waters.
Destination? New York City. The St. Lawrence Seaway closes to traffic in December, meaning that there remains just a small window of time to get the antenna loaded onto the barge and shipped to Manhattan where it is set to be installed in January. And just like the space shuttle Endeavour, which was drive 20 kilometres through the streets of Los Angeles on its way to the California Science Museum earlier this month, the Canadian-built antenna will also be a slow-motion spectacle when it is trucked piece-by-piece from the barge in the New York harbour to its new home around the start of December. A crane will unload the nine sections that have been sent by sea and load them onto trucks that will drive down Greenwich Street to the World Trade Center site. There, they will be reunited with eight smaller sections that are being driven down from Canada as well as the tip of the antenna, which has already been delivered.

[NYC=WTC]

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Quebec-built antenna to top World Trade Center in New York City

By Alan Woods
November 10, 2012

Wow, this antenna will be 17 sections all together! This will be most famous antenna ever and possibly the most technological, with all the high-definition microwaves and LED's on it. I wonder if they already made the radome? Maybe they can make it feasible to maintain the radome in the future, hopefully; after all it was part of the master plan & final design.

In other good news, earthcam is back up, finally. :banana::notacrook::cheers::cool:

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

[IntoTheLens827]

:previous: :banana: thanks
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We have a new HD cam up! It doesn't update every 15 mins like the old one, and doesn't catch as much of the WTC site, but it's way higher res.

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

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

YAY! THANKS INDEED! The World Trade Center Earthcam Is Now Working Again! :-) Sooo happy to see the World Trade Center Up & Running Again After Hurricane Sandy. I am sooo happy & glad that everything is ok now! :-)

[NYguy]

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[SupertallSkyline88]

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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1285894--quebec-built-antenna-to-top-world-trade-center-in-new-york-city
"Starting on Nov. 15 at the Port of Valleyfield, west of Montreal near the Quebec-Ontario border, nine hulking sections of an 18-piece antenna will be crane-loaded onto a barge. What follows will be a two-week voyage up the St. Lawrence River, past Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City and Rimouski."
I don't like how the antenna and radome looks. It looks ugly.

[NYC GUY]

I don't like how the antenna and radome looks. It looks ugly.

That's not how it will look it will actually be silver. And the radome will have the dishes on it.

[jd3189]

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It's as large as it is tall.

[Maxter]

I think the antenna and radome upon completion looks like its still under construction

[Otie]

I don't like how the antenna and radome looks. It looks ugly.

That's not how it will look it will actually be silver. And the radome will have the dishes on it.

Ok, we're messing things up here. First off, it's not an antenna, the word you're looking at is mast. Where in the world have you seen a 400ton antenna? Use the correct term, please.

Second, the radome is nothing but the fiberglass enclosure that was originally planned to cover the whole tower mast.
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1WTC | Mast and radome enclosure (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62018165@N04/6709801577/) by Otie O'Daniel (http://www.flickr.com/people/62018165@N04/), on Flickr

What makes the crown at the base of the mast is called the Communications Platform Ring, and yes eventually it will be filled up with microwave drums and satellite-like dishes. As opposed to recent comments, this section wasn't re-engineered at all. All new renderings depict how will the top look in the short term, give it a couple of years and you'll have all the radio stuff mounted on.
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8396/012hct.jpg
Visual by Miller Hare

[Chapelo]

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[MadGnome]

What makes the crown at the base of the mast is called the Communications Platform Ring, and yes eventually it will be filled up with microwave drums and satellite-like dishes. As opposed to recent comments, this section wasn't re-engineered at all. All new renderings depict how will the top look in the short term, give it a couple of years and you'll have all the radio stuff mounted on.
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8396/012hct.jpg
Visual by Miller Hare

That's the plan, but with the fiber buildout in recent years and spectrum reallocations, the microwave link business hasn't exactly been booming. And the size of those enclosures in the old conceptions made me wonder if they weren't enclosures for all kinds of different antenna systems and not one giant dish. There's pretty much no possibility they're going to have a nice, evenly spaced and pointed ring of dishes like the drawings show. That last picture is likely to be a lot closer to the appearance than the early ones. Uneven antenna placement will be a lot less noticeable in that design.
I gave up trying to explain what an antenna was a while back. When you have halfwits like one of the "experts" in this forum stating that they're dangerous because they they emit radiation as a byproduct, and half the people in the room believe him, it's pretty much a lost cause.

[babou95]

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YAY! THANKS INDEED! The World Trade Center Earthcam Is Now Working Again! :-) Sooo happy to see the World Trade Center Up & Running Again After Hurricane Sandy. I am sooo happy & glad that everything is ok now! :-)

great :tup:

[DURKEY427]

great :tup:

do you know what are their build in front of the Winter Garden of the WFC ?

Their renevating diffrent parts

[NYguy]

Ok, we're messing things up here. First off, it's not an antenna, the word you're looking at is mast. Where in the world have you seen a 400ton antenna? Use the correct term, please.


That may be true, but they are generally referred to as antennas. From the Conde Nast, to Sears, even to the original tower, its commonly called an antenna. The man on the street won't get too technical about it.

But whatever you call it, that won't change they way it will appear on the building, which would look so much better without it.


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Video footage recorded in the hours before Superstorm Sandy hit downtown Manhattan has revealed an errie sound created by the strong winds whistling through the unfinished tower. The storm, which included gusts of 80mph, briefly turned the tower in an enormous concrete version of an æolian harp, a musical instrument played by the wind. The footage has been viewed more than 30,000 times on YouTube, where comments are divided between those who found the sound to be unearthly and a creepy foreboding of the disaster to come and those who think the high pitched noise has a certain tranquility and beauty to it.


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[CarlosV]

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[Hudson11]

But whatever you call it, that won't change they way it will appear on the building, which would look so much better without it.



i disagree, the antenna completes the tower. It wouldn't fit in at New York without a pinnacle. The cladding is nice but imo the flat top with the tapering would be look terrible and out of place in lower Manhattan without something to go on top.

its my opinion, but this... i don't like.

http://oi47.tinypic.com/2z50wuu.jpg

[Chibears85]

i disagree, the antenna completes the tower. It wouldn't fit in at New York without a pinnacle. The cladding is nice but imo the flat top with the tapering would be look terrible and out of place in lower Manhattan without something to go on top.

its my opinion, but this... i don't like.

http://oi47.tinypic.com/2z50wuu.jpg

Dont just crop the image, actually take the antenna out if you want to see what it would really look like:
http://i.imgur.com/6nT9B.png
http://i.imgur.com/f2wca.png
I honestly think it looks to plain without it, if they ever did decided to go without it (They wont) They would need something to add more of an effect to it...

[Chapelo]

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Freedom Tower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaparker/8180071066/) by ParkerJones Family (http://www.flickr.com/people/donnaparker/), on Flickr

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Freedom Tower and Church (http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaparker/8180073058/) by ParkerJones Family (http://www.flickr.com/people/donnaparker/), on Flickr

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[Hudson11]

Dont just crop the image, actually take the antenna out if you want to see what it would really look like


I have no editing skills :shrug:

[Chibears85]

I have no editing skills :shrug:
Haha im just messing with you.

[kpdrummer82]

Guys lets be honest, any talk about "changing the blueprint for the antenna" is complete monkey business and will obviously never happen. I mean you all seem to be pretty intelligent men and women but if we're gonna go back to talking about "changing the design" then let me interfere.

[MadGnome]

Guys lets be honest, any talk about "changing the blueprint for the antenna" is complete monkey business and will obviously never happen. I mean you all seem to be pretty intelligent men and women but if we're gonna go back to talking about "changing the design" then let me interfere.
The design has had major changes in the last year. And even after it's basic structure is up, the appearance can be greatly altered without changing the basic structure. Hopefully, when they start adding antennas to the mast appearance will be a consideration and they won't garbage it up like they did with the ESB.

[NYguy]

Dont just crop the image, actually take the antenna out if you want to see what it would really look like:
http://i.imgur.com/6nT9B.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/f2wca.png



I don't see anything wrong with that. Only one of the original towers had an antenna on top, and the other tower didn't look "incomplete" without it. It they want to revive the spire idea, then I could see that as an extension of the design. I didn't see that with the original complex, and I won't see it with what they have planned now.



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[CarlosV]

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[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

I can't help but wonder if Durst doesn't want to put a spire because Conde Nast's antenna has been manipulated at night to look rather good. perhaps the new lighting there made for an argument for why a spire isn't needed here...?

[NYC GUY]

Is there a reason the facade is taking so long to complete cause 4 WTC's facade is nearly done.

[babou95]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Otie
Ok, we're messing things up here. First off, it's not an antenna, the word you're looking at is mast. Where in the world have you seen a 400ton antenna? Use the correct term, please.
That may be true, but they are generally referred to as antennas. From the Conde Nast, to Sears, even to the original tower, its commonly called an antenna. The man on the street won't get too technical about it.

But whatever you call it, that won't change they way it will appear on the building, which would look so much better without it.

Antenna and mast are the same things at the beginning but mast is like the KVLY-TV mast and an antenna is on a building

[bigreach]

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Anybody know where was this photo taken from? One of nicer 1's on here, really shows the scale of the BLDG.. Just Massive...

[IntoTheLens827]

Anybody know where was this photo taken from? One of nicer 1's on here, really shows the scale of the BLDG.. Just Massive...

This shot was taken over the Hudson River in a chopper.

[IntoTheLens827]

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It looks very weired not seeing the tower lit. WOW!

[Chapelo]

It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime event to see the tower, and indeed, Lower Manhattan completely black. Very reminiscent of the 2003 blackout.

[NewYorkDominates]

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[bigreach]

This shot was taken over the Hudson River in a chopper.

SWEET,, 1 of the best photos on here,,, awesome wallpaper material,,, Thankyou.. NYGuy,, from another Chopper,, cool... I thought maybe another bldg.. Thanks Inthelens

[NYguy]

I can't help but wonder if Durst doesn't want to put a spire because Conde Nast's antenna has been manipulated at night to look rather good. perhaps the new lighting there made for an argument for why a spire isn't needed here...?

Not at all. Different buildings. Durst has said the lighting of all three buildings (including the BofA) will play off of each other. But anything can be lit. This has to do with the overall look of the building - day and night - and what the spire was supposed to represent. Let us not forget that this is no ordinary development, and there was only one reason why a spire was included in the first place. (Had David Childs had his way, there would be no spire at all). Sure, you can put an antenna on top of any building, and it will be acceptable, but again, this isn't any building.



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[Chapelo]

^^^ Well said

[jd3189]

Agreed, but alas, what they are doing now is going to be done sooner or later. I'm still hoping for some last minute arrangements.

[hunser]

Epic shot by andru04499 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=97307894&postcount=38731) on SSC:

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[LMich]

Epic, indeed. Best photo I've seen on the thread.

[Ed007Toronto]

Amazing shot!

[NYC GUY]

Is it true that the concrete reached the roof?

[CarlosV]

Is it true that the concrete reached the roof?

per my buddy who works at the site...concrete has been poured up to 104 floor, but they are not finished yet. they still have to do a thick pour of concrete for roof of building probably next month.


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[NewYorkDominates]

Brilliant photos by CarlosV and andru04499

I'm an avid boxing fan...

Look closely

http://www.boxing.com/images/sized/images/articles/Cotto-Vs-Trout-Poster-Lrg1-530x317.jpg

http://www.boxing.com/cotto_trout_and_the_garden.html

http://sports.sho.com/media/BAhbB1sHOgZmSSIuYXNzZXRzL2V2ZW50cy8xMzIvMTM1MjE0MDM3OS9vcmlnaW5hbC5qcGcGOgZFVFsIOgZwOgp0aHVtYkkiCTc2MHgGOwZU/TROUT_VS_COTTO_HP_110512.jpg

http://www.boxing.com/cotto_trout_and_the_garden.html

The people behind the advertising of this match-up decided to put 1WTC on their second poster.

[NYguy]

Epic shot by andru04499 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=97307894&postcount=38731) on SSC:

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Beautiful shot. This is the time for the Freedom Tower to shine alone in the spotlight.



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[bigreach]

Great shots CV,, & NYGuy,, concrete at 104,, how high must it be, before the antennae can start,, (the concrete that is?) It's been so long since I heard, but how many floors must be concreted????

[IntoTheLens827]

Hi Guys! Just some video history of 1WTC Freedom Tower & the New WTC Site that I took from 2 years ago on this day! Gosh! I can't belive how much it has changed since then! :-) I like sharing my old videos on here! :-) I can't wait to go back to the site in Dec 2012 to get more updated shots & videos of the site! Looking forward to going to the 9-11 Memorial for the first time as well! :-) Here is my video Link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFoksUW9Eo

eDFoksUW9Eo

[IntoTheLens827]

Hi Guys! Just some video history of 1WTC Freedom Tower & the New WTC Site that I took from 2 years ago on this day! Gosh! I can't belive how much it has changed since then! :-) I like sharing my old videos on here! :-) I can't wait to go back to the site in Dec 2012 to get more updated shots & videos of the site! Looking forward to going to the 9-11 Memorial for the first time as well! :-) Here is my video Link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFoksUW9Eo

eDFoksUW9Eo

This happens to be the very same day when the glass started going up on 1WTC! Here we are now 2 years later & the glass is alost done now! :-) I love looking back into History! :-) Glad I shot this video for you guys here! :-):tup:

[NewYorkDominates]

^ Now two years later,the the shipment of the antenna is on the way.Tomorrow will be another milestone,the voyage of the infamous antenna begins.Whether you hate it or love it,the antenna being embarked on the ship and than on the huge truck will be a sight to behold.

bastartsy
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md7gtxvQSg1rry6nyo1_1280.jpg

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/freedom-tower?before=1352665104

[uaarkson]

Hell yeah to that post.

[NYguy]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121109/MONEY/711109999/1707

Omaha's Ballantyne to provide One World Trade Center beacons

By Barbara Soderlin
November 10, 2012


Omaha's Ballantyne Strong designed and is producing the high-powered LED lights that will shine from atop New York City's One World Trade Center when the building opens in 2014. The twin beams will revolve horizontally, like a beacon from a lighthouse, 1,776 feet above the city, the company said. They are intended to symbolize resilience, democracy and freedom by illuminating the skies above where the World Trade Center's twin towers were destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001.

The light will be visible in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, said Jordan Barowitz, director of external affairs for the Durst Organization, which is developing the property with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He said the tower and lights will be “the most noticeable architectural expression on New York's skyline.”

Ballantyne announced Friday that its Strong Entertainment Lighting division won a contract to provide the beacons on top of the building's 408-foot antenna, and the lighting that will illuminate the antenna tower itself in colors that can be changed to celebrate holidays and events. “With the tragedy at the World Trade Center, to be awarded something that's going to be so visible not only in the United States but around the world, it's tremendous for our company and for Nebraska,” said Chris Stark, Ballantyne's senior vice president and chief operating officer.

Counting its antenna tower, the One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in North America; not counting it, that distinction still belongs to Chicago's Willis Tower, formerly called the Sears Tower. Even without the 408-foot antenna tower, at 1,368 feet, the building will be more than twice as tall as Nebraska's tallest building, the 634-foot One First National Center.

Stark said the LED technology behind the lights was originally manufactured in Omaha, and manufacture of the light assemblies already has begun at several U.S. facilities. The pieces will be delivered late this year and early next year according to the builders' regimented time frame. While Strong employees won't be installing the lights — that requires people qualified to work at great heights — the company will be performing some preliminary assembly on the ground level.

The beacon assembly will include 264 LED lights, each within a “reflector module” that magnifies its brightness. The building is being designed to the LEED Gold standard of environmental efficiency, and Stark said use of the LED lighting will complement that. A rotating mirror will send the light revolving out from the antenna tower.

“It's a one-of-a-kind, unique application of our LED technology,” Stark said.



If only it were still lighting the spire. That at least answers the question on whether the lighting will be horizontal or vertical. From some of the earlier videos, it will be capable of both.


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[599GTO]

Nice. But too bad the lights will be showcased on a hideous, crappy and cheap antenna (yes, it's an antenna no matter what the idiot developers say). What a shame.

[uakoops]

Do i see some boarded up windows about halfway up?

[KevinFromTexas]

I think I like the idea of horizontal illumination more since it suggests the building is bathing the area (New York, America, American soil) in the light and covering (protecting it?) It just seems more dynamic than a simple light shooting straight up into the sky. I don't know, I'll have reserve judgement until later, but we've already seen vertical beacons, but there are few horizontal ones. I think the building should go for more originality since that's what America has always been about.

And that last rendering with the light shooting up in the sky makes the building look like a light saber.

[Jonboy1983]

I think I like the idea of horizontal illumination more since it suggests the building is bathing the area (New York, America, American soil) in the light and covering (protecting it?) It just seems more dynamic than a simple light shooting straight up into the sky. I don't know, I'll have reserve judgement until later, but we've already seen vertical beacons, but there are few horizontal ones. I think the building should go for more originality since that's what America has always been about.

And that last rendering with the light shooting up in the sky makes the building look like a light saber.

One World Trade Center, may the force be with you.

"The World Trade Center strikes back."

Ok, now they're getting cheesy...

[IntoTheLens827]

Do i see some boarded up windows about halfway up?

Yea, I saw it too. I wonder what's that about?

[ThatOneGuy]

I thought those were boards just placed against the side of the windows on the inside...

[Chibears85]

1WTC 3 year time lapse (2009-2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwp0Xn8UNWA

[NYguy]

I think I like the idea of horizontal illumination more since it suggests the building is bathing the area (New York, America, American soil) in the light and covering (protecting it?)
It just seems more dynamic than a simple light shooting straight up into the sky.

The only thing I can remember close to it in New York was the laser/light show they had at the original WTC years back, early 90's.
It will be interesting to see people's reaction to what's planned.



ParkerJones Family (http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaparker/8188187136/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

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Joel Raskin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelrnyc/8188330736/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

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s g s (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahsonnic/8187598580/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

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[SuperstructureFan]

Some pics I took from the Top of the Rock Observation Deck on a recent trip to NYC:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nePUCulkrK8/UKV4F0yopBI/AAAAAAAAAAo/jZcF5A6zS5A/s1600/NYC+012.JPG

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E4XK15SXWzw/UKV4MIV1z3I/AAAAAAAAAAw/KhSyqa76JTA/s1600/NYC+020.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sDE4LNGLAzo/UKV4QVwdlGI/AAAAAAAAAA4/cGk-4WsD0bM/s1600/NYC+025c.jpg

This is my first post here, so I hope this is formatted appropriately.

[TechTalkGuy]

This is my first post here, so I hope this is formatted appropriately.

Welcome to SkyscraperPage, SuperstructureFan !! :cheers:

Those are some excellent photos for your first post! :tup:

[yankeesfan1000]

Welcome to SkyscraperPage, SuperstructureFan !! :cheers:

Those are some excellent photos for your first post! :tup:

+1 Welcome!

Your photos show how nicely the cutback top third of 4 WTC reflects the sunset from that angle. Great pics.

[bomberguy]

Great photos! Wallpaper material.

[chris123678]

Just thought this be a nice update: From wtc.com

Under the Port Authority's supervision, tower steel has topped out at the 105th floor with the fitting of the glass curtain wall above the 88th floor and concrete floors poured above the 104th floor. Core shear walls topped out in October 2012 with the final concrete placement extending walls to the 104th floor mezzanine. The elevator landings, stairs and related structural elements is now completed to the 102nd floor mezzanine. All trusses for the east lobby escalators are set in position and the installation of escalators 1-7 are in progress at the east lobby areas between the B2 and ground floor levels. The installation of the 408-foot-tall telecommunications spire is expected to begin in late November 2012 and reach its full height, 1776 feet, in March 2013.

[TechTalkGuy]

:previous: We are very close to seeing the installation of the communications (antenna) spire! :tup:

[NYC GUY]

I think they put some new glass you can just make it out on earthcam.

[uaarkson]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E4XK15SXWzw/UKV4MIV1z3I/AAAAAAAAAAw/KhSyqa76JTA/s1600/NYC+020.JPG

There's plenty more room in this thread for photos like this!

[NewYorkDominates]

Some pics I took from the Top of the Rock Observation Deck on a recent trip to NYC:
You came in with a bang.Awesome pics.

The installation of the 408-foot-tall telecommunications spire is expected to begin in late November 2012 and reach its full height, 1776 feet, in March 2013.

Nice to hear

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[NYguy]

http://www.tribecatrib.com/content/spire-will-travel-trade-center-tower-next-month-through-tribeca

Spire Will Travel to Trade Center Tower Next Month Through Tribeca


http://www.tribecatrib.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/standaloneslideshow/spire-combo.jpg

Detail of diagram, shown to Community Board 1 on Nov. 14, illustrates the bottom nine sections of the 1 World Trade Center spire
that are scheduled to arrive by barge next month at Pier 25 from their factory in Canada.

By Carl Glassman


The lower nine of 18 sections of the 408-foot-high antenna structure are expected to arrive by barge at Tribeca's Pier 25 within the next few weeks. Each of the giant sections, up to 24 feet long and 20 feet in diameter, will be lifted by derrick crane onto a truck, then make a slow, nocturnal journey to 1 World Trade Center. It will travel one block up West Street to North Moore, east a block to Greenwich and down to the north side of 1 WTC, which has reached its full, spireless height. The first section could make the trip as early as Dec. 5, Brian Hegarty, the Port Authority's director of the 1 World Trade Center project, told Community Board 1's Tribeca Committee on Wednesday, Nov. 14.

The pieces are so large that electricians in bucket trucks, traveling in front of and behind the spire section, will move traffic light poles out of the way, then swing them back into place after the spire-toting truck has passed. "You will see a very interesting train for this," Hegarty said.

The process for each section, beginning with the derrick operation, is expected to begin around 10:30 p.m. and end at 5 a.m. and could take place any day of the week, including weekends, Hegarty said. The pieces are so large, according to Hegarty, they could not travel directly down West Street because two pedestrian bridges stand in their way.

The size of the structures also prevents more than two sections at a time to be stored at the base of the building as they wait to be lifted into place. And because that hoisting is weather dependent, it is not certain how long it will take before all the sections can be off-loaded from their barge at Pier 25.

The whole process could take up to seven months, said Glenn Guzy, a Port Authority program director. No mention was made of the upper nine sections of the antenna. "The overall goal is to move a piece or two a week," Guzy said.

The spire became a center of controversy earlier this year when developer Douglas Durst, who has a $100 million stake in 1 World Trade Center, announced that the antenna would shed its ornamental casing, a savings of $20 million, he said. Critics questioned whether the unsheathed antenna should still count towards the building's 1,776-foot height, making it the tallest tower in North America.

[SuperstructureFan]

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome and the nice compliments about my pictures. Your kindness has motivated me to post a few more pictures. :)

I took these pictures around the construction site on Sunday, November 11, 2012:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TevpdZrt1wQ/UKWs9taJHvI/AAAAAAAAACk/fay_6vKPOGk/s1600/NYC+494.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dnAr2hPlVKQ/UKWrZTzk13I/AAAAAAAAACY/M-CgkVny_tE/s1600/NYC+460.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RA-KUU1LJl0/UKWtViQg8WI/AAAAAAAAACs/rPO2TgGYzr8/s1600/Construction+Site+Stitch+6.jpg

A picture I took from the back of Staten Island Ferry:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJuF2qsmQyc/UKWwZc-Lq8I/AAAAAAAAADI/GAS7DKrxLfs/s1600/NYC+152.JPG

Finally, a picture from the graveyard at Trinity Church:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hK9asznpHYI/UKWtgotsUxI/AAAAAAAAAC0/P2WeqIaVn4Q/s1600/NYC+217.JPG

[NewYorkDominates]

^ Man,do you have one awesome camera,and your photographic skills are superb.

[sterlippo1]

^ Man,do you have one awesome camera,and your photographic skills are superb.

agree, he is a great addition to the threads.....thanks SuperstructureFan:tup:

[islandxtreme26]

Today from the 90th Floor of 1WTC. Courtesy of WTC Progress on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=391102387633672&set=a.133475800063000.32624.109423129134934&type=1)

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3039/17863039110238763367286.jpg (https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/178630_391102387633672_869333913_o.jpg)

[Kevin Scott Koepke]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8345/8191076706_128128237d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticfantasticphotography/8191076706/)
Lower Manhattan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticfantasticphotography/8191076706/) by kevin scott koepke photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/plasticfantasticphotography/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8063/8191145772_7d47423c3b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticfantasticphotography/8191145772/)
Manhattan Morning (http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticfantasticphotography/8191145772/) by kevin scott koepke photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/plasticfantasticphotography/), on Flickr

[NYguy]

Pictometry International Corp. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pictometry/8190950648/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

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Brechtbug (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93779577@N00/8189660746/sizes/h/in/photostream/)

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[MadGnome]

I'm thinking they're going to erect the bottom third of the spire, place all the guys and use the spire itself for crane bracing to raise them to ludicrous height for finishing the job.

[TechTalkGuy]

Progress update:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/mr-fish/Construction%20in%20New%20York/Tower1Zoom.jpg
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/worldtradecenter/

[NewYorkDominates]

Freedom Tower Rising
http://4freedomtower.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dsc02101.jpg

http://4freedomtower.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dsc02101.jpg

[mrnyc]

I think I like the idea of horizontal illumination more since it suggests the building is bathing the area (New York, America, American soil) in the light and covering (protecting it?) It just seems more dynamic than a simple light shooting straight up into the sky. I don't know, I'll have reserve judgement until later, but we've already seen vertical beacons, but there are few horizontal ones. I think the building should go for more originality since that's what America has always been about.

And that last rendering with the light shooting up in the sky makes the building look like a light saber.



it better hum and buzz when it goes into light saber mode -- oh, and play the cantina music when you walk into the lobby!

[TowerVerre:)]

how i can show pictures?

[Chibears85]

What is this they are carrying?
http://www.earthcam.com/swf/cam_player/temp_images/1353170627144.jpg

[NYC GUY]

Looks like steel.

[Chibears85]

Looks like steel.
But to where?

[Guiltyspark]

But to where?

My guess would be the top. :sly:

[dar124]

my guess would be the top. :sly:

+1 !!!!!!!!:d

[Chapelo]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8197/8189709913_4057f5ffa2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/8189709913/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmarella/8189709913/) by pmarella (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmarella/), on Flickr

jillannsiegel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillannsiegel/8184862486/sizes/l/)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8484/8184862486_c60c59b184_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8189417068_b2e9619024_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandyresponsenps/8189417068/)
Statue of Liberty National Monument (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandyresponsenps/8189417068/) by SandyResponseNPS (http://www.flickr.com/people/sandyresponsenps/), on Flickr

[GioFX]

1400!!! :)

[PMadFlyer]

I'm thinking they're going to erect the bottom third of the spire, place all the guys and use the spire itself for crane bracing to raise them to ludicrous height for finishing the job.

No, I thought so too, but IrishInNYC posted non-confidential pictures from the official rigging plan. A TG-1900 with a HUGE custom tower will rest on top of the platform and the base sections may be custom made to allow a higher maximum unbraced height.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8330/8123612229_76d89f61bd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmadflyer/8123612229/)
tg-1900 mast (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmadflyer/8123612229/) by PMadFlyer (http://www.flickr.com/people/pmadflyer/), on Flickr
view point is south looking north at the tower.

[Davidsam52]

But to where?

Probably more temporary structure for ring/antenna erection would be my guess.

[bigreach]

Has there been any "real" noticable progress on the site since Sandy? Or are they mostly doing concrete right now?

[MadGnome]

Rigging like that picture isn't even remotely possible. That crane tower has to either go through the base or be braced part way up.

[NewYorkDominates]

jbh1126
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdn057dFZB1rnxtzco1_1280.jpg

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/manhattan?before=1353165873

[Chapelo]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8197755444_bf8ce4a2e1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8379824@N07/8197755444/)
The City of New York (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8379824@N07/8197755444/) by beanhead4529 (http://www.flickr.com/people/8379824@N07/), on Flickr


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8349/8197754260_6f8c543be1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8379824@N07/8197754260/)
At the Top (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8379824@N07/8197754260/) by beanhead4529 (http://www.flickr.com/people/8379824@N07/), on Flickr

[kpdrummer82]

^^ That first picture Chapelo is probably the most beautiful one yet, the sun glistens off the glass like heaven. Simply breathtaking

[Chapelo]

:previous: Hear, hear! :cheers:

There'll be plenty of gorgeous sunsets when the whole complex is completed. I can't wait.