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

[THE BIG APPLE]

WOW this place is looking great. Can't wait to visit it later this year. WOW, and this is just the start. 2, 3 and maybe 5 here we come (we all hope). 1 WTC is in the record books ladies and gentlemen.

[NYC GUY]

Im assuming the light blue things at thee bottom of the base are cladding and if you look at the webcams looking at the north east side of the memorial is that base glass stacked into piles?

[kpdrummer82]

All of the earthcam webcam's are back up finally.

[Tectonic]

A waste of energy - and space - is you complaining about what people compain about. If you want to comment on the tower, that's fine. That you think no one else should have an opinion or comment is ridiculous.

I won't continue to point out that people have a right to voice their opinions on the tower, like or dislike. If you don't like the commentary, you don't have to, but that's your problem and no concern of anyone else's.

I have to agree and say I do think 1 WTC is cheating and the antenna will be ugly. At the same time given the cost of the tower and somewhat soft demand for office space, I have to say I understand the need to cut costs. I am hoping they at least light it up like the ones on 4 Times Square and One Bryant Park.

[TouchTheSky13]

I noticed that certain parts of the mast are covered in steel while others are exposed. I think it would look 10x better if they covered the exposed lattice parts. It would also reflect better during the day and shine brighter at night. See what I mean:

http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/2237_0076_120503_rgb.jpg

^ The part nearest to the beacon and the two middle parts are completely enclosed.

[NYguy]

I am hoping they at least light it up like the ones on 4 Times Square and One Bryant Park.

Durst has said that the lighting of all 3 towers would play off one another.

Here's a look at that top piece again...

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130202/NJCARING/302020006/

VIDEO: South Plainfield steel firm putting finishing touches on spire for WTC Freedom Tower


http://cmsimg.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=CN&Date=20130202&Category=NJCARING&ArtNo=302020006&Ref=AR&MaxW=600&Border=0


(ignore the radome, and you can see the antenna markings)
http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/09/images/One-Word-Trade-Center-11.jpg
http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/09/one-world-trade-center.asp

[CityGuy87]

The bitter irony to me is that, if they do end up re-painting the antenna (to give it a metallic finish) whenever it starts to rust or just to maintain that style yearly would probably cost a lot more in the long term than just putting the damn radome enclosure back on because we all know the reasoning behind its removal.

[The North One]

Got permission to post this one.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1623/pa02042013y.jpg
© Port Authority

I still don't get why they filled in the corners. Was there a specific reason for this or was it purely aesthetic?

[Hudson11]

http://cmsimg.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=CN&Date=20130202&Category=NJCARING&ArtNo=302020006&Ref=AR&MaxW=600&Border=0

can't wait to see the massive beacon lit

[PMadFlyer]

I noticed that certain parts of the mast are covered in steel while others are exposed. I think it would look 10x better if they covered the exposed lattice parts. It would also reflect better during the day and shine brighter at night. See what I mean:

http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/2237_0076_120503_rgb.jpg

^ The part nearest to the beacon and the two middle parts are completely enclosed.
I'm honestly tired of this render. It is overly simplistic, and I mean WAY too simplified. There are no completely round sections, the first two cylindrical sections in the render are actually eight sided plate with rectangular openings for transmitting equipment. The next section is square (likely tubular lattice), and the last before the beacon section is five sided, also with cutouts for equipment. The platform like pieces that jut out from the sides will carry the LED fixtures and are designed to hold up the now cancelled radome. I modeled the two eight sided sections already, minus interior ladders and platforms. They are available in the links below my messages. I just want people to know what to expect. Nothing against any one.

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM ME NYMAN2010

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8377/8455056966_ef20b53677_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8455056966/)
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8455056966/) by NYMAN2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/51949497@N08/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8245/8453963651_307ef5713e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8453963651/)
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8453963651/) by NYMAN2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/51949497@N08/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8453963381_a11abfe39a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8453963381/)
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8453963381/) by NYMAN2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/51949497@N08/), on Flickr

[TheCap'n]

I am hoping they at least light it up like the ones on 4 Times Square and One Bryant Park.

They will all be similar in the sense that they will all be uplit by color-changing LED fixtures, but I would say the actual appearance you should expect to see for 1WTC will be closer to the look of 4Times Square than One Bryant Park.

[ih8pickingusernames]

The bitter irony to me is that, if they do end up re-painting the antenna (to give it a metallic finish) whenever it starts to rust or just to maintain that style yearly would probably cost a lot more in the long term than just putting the damn radome enclosure back on because we all know the reasoning behind its removal.

IK, Durst's plan is really shortsighted.

[CarlosV]

in the morning...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8454029343_db611891dc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8454029343/)
DSC_0010 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8454029343/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

.

in the afternoon...coming up!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8454038373_bfbcb796a1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8454038373/)
DSC_0018 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8454038373/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8454050901_b5b02994d6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8454050901/)
DSC_0026 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8454050901/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8092/8455158150_9da201a902_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8455158150/)
DSC_0031 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8455158150/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

[Yackemflaber69]

thats awesome

[TechTalkGuy]

:previous: Awesome update, CarlosV! :tup:

[bunky]

http://benjaminrosamond.com/r1360294237/cc/8/0/3/12803/w/1640x830-TT320JVvyrCsCOOe.jpg

http://benjaminrosamond.com/section/211801_WTC.html

[CityGuy87]

IK, Durst's plan is really shortsighted.

Completely devoid of logic. Not only is Durst making the maintenance more costly (if that ends up being the case w/ the antenna) but he's also jeopardizing the tower's official height.

All this is for $20 million...

What happened to David Childs making an alternate spire design? Did he just give up or something?

[NYguy]

What happened to David Childs making an alternate spire design? Did he just give up or something?

There is no alternative. This was made clear by Durst when announcing plans for the antenna.


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/145266216/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/145296632/original.jpg



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



AndrewArslan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eldru/8453832419/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8453832419_b19ec49c99_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8453832419_93f96c1411_o.png

[Silverfox]

Hopefully as time goes on and technology advances, they'll be able to renovate the antenna someday to improve aesthetics. Once the cranes are taken down, it'll probably be nearly impossible to add a radome enclosure in the future, and the only hope will be to rely on improvements in construction technology. I'm anticipating that this building will out-live the Great Pyramids, and it deserves so much more.

[MadGnome]

Hopefully as time goes on and technology advances, they'll be able to renovate the antenna someday to improve aesthetics. Once the cranes are taken down, it'll probably be nearly impossible to add a radome enclosure in the future, and the only hope will be to rely on improvements in construction technology. I'm anticipating that this building will out-live the Great Pyramids, and it deserves so much more.

It wouldn't be that hard. Each section of any cladding wouldn't be much harder to install than a broadcast antenna. But it won't happen. The antennas they put up there would have had to be designed and installed with cladding in mind. They're not going to disrupt service for all their customers to add cladding later.
And the great pyramids will still be around 5,000 years from now.

[Jaystang5]

Some time back some one already said this, but the spire/antenna really looks like the Elder Wand from a distance, if only they the made rings more ball shape... Really liking the final stages right now, anyone knows how many more months those cranes will be up there? (except the one for the spire)

[ih8pickingusernames]

It wouldn't be that hard. Each section of any cladding wouldn't be much harder to install than a broadcast antenna. But it won't happen. The antennas they put up there would have had to be designed and installed with cladding in mind. They're not going to disrupt service for all their customers to add cladding later.
And the great pyramids will still be around 5,000 years from now.

I thought that they simply removed the radome, and what we are seeing right now is what would have been concealed beneath it.

[NYguy]

I thought that they simply removed the radome, and what we are seeing right now is what would have been concealed beneath it.

The difference is shown here. I think he was referencing disrupting service for the construction workers. But I don't think that would be the case.
The radome itself wouldn't hurt anything, but its not going to happen.

http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/09/images/One-Word-Trade-Center-11.jpg




They get some sweet views from the top...

jakuberenc (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30643004@N02/8405534617/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8405534617_1ddd1f4462_z.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8504/8310776971_5792cc3ec8_z.jpg



iinituser (http://www.flickr.com/photos/78003396@N04/8454475709/sizes/h/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8111/8454475709_62f42efdad_h.jpg

[ih8pickingusernames]

^^^ Nice pics. How recent?

[NYdude]

I also love the weather a lot. I heard that weather cameras may be placed on top of this tower. Is the true, or just a rumor?

[TouchTheSky13]

Some time back some one already said this, but the spire/antenna really looks like the Elder Wand from a distance, if only they the made rings more ball shape... Really liking the final stages right now, anyone knows how many more months those cranes will be up there? (except the one for the spire)

Yeah that was me lol

[Hudson11]

base cladding progress from the kpitv cams

http://oi49.tinypic.com/124k6cz.jpg

[CityGuy87]

There is no alternative. This was made clear by Durst when announcing plans for the antenna.


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/145266216/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/145296632/original.jpg



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



AndrewArslan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eldru/8453832419/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8453832419_b19ec49c99_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8453832419_93f96c1411_o.png

http://observer.com/2012/05/wtc/

He didn't officially say that he had an alternate design ready to go, he said he was more than willing to make develop one. I don't see why he didn't push harder for his design, but he might've gotten fed up trying to deal w/ Durst. I'm not a legal expert so I don't know if this is lawsuit territory. But who knows?

[ih8pickingusernames]

^It's not lawsuit territory. It's all legal. Unfortunately.

[Yankee fan for life]

I think it's time for MikeR' to update his diagram of 1wtc and get rid of that bronze color for the antenna/mast, and add a little more detail to the mast and the communication platform ring, it's not giving a true representation of 1 wtc .

[-Filipe-]

I think it's time for MikeR' to update his diagram of 1wtc and get rid of that bronze color for the antenna/mast, and add a little more detail to the mast and the communication platform ring, it's not giving a true Representative of 1 wtc .

and add the vents for the mechanical floors, i hate that diagram...

[AlphaCentauri]

Looks like the storm has moved in...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8457051866_bc8d8520b9_b.jpg

[kpdrummer82]

Inb4 banned :haha:

Looks like the storm has moved in...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8457051866_bc8d8520b9_b.jpg

Oh the storm has moved in alright, it's blowin and snowin here in New York, as said before, progress will be completely shut down for at least today and tomorrow.

[MadGnome]

I thought that they simply removed the radome, and what we are seeing right now is what would have been concealed beneath it.

The structure is almost the same, but the design and placement of antennas will probably be different. The windloading will be different without the cladding, But I don't think the resign was much more than removing the cladding mounting structure. Just a guess. I've done plenty of towers, but never worked on anything like the original spire design.
I just hope any antennas aren't mounted too far from the mast. It could get ugly fast. The farther out you put an omni broadcast antenna, the less of a shadow the mast makes.

[ih8pickingusernames]

^^^Would it be difficult to move the antennas if they wanted to add the radome again?

[NYguy]

hungryk9 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51109884@N06/8457109870/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8457109870_1a7d9f8d74_b.jpg

[NOPA]

Awesome photo, SO glad I live in SF where its sunny and 54 degrees.

[N830MH]

Looks like the storm has moved in...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8457051866_bc8d8520b9_b.jpg

Uh-oh! Not good! Hope the weather will get better tomorrow. When the weather will get better on Sunday or Monday. Depends if the weather condition will be cleared.

[unanimity]

can someone please explain to me why they're bothering to square off the base as opposed to leaving at designed and built???

[ih8pickingusernames]

^^How much snow?

[ih8pickingusernames]

^The New base cladding wouldn't have worked with the chamfered corners, so it was deemed necessary to square it off.

[DURKEY427]

I love snowy New York!

[AlphaCentauri]

can someone please explain to me why they're bothering to square off the base as opposed to leaving at designed and built???

The original plan for the base called for a cladding of prismatic glass.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8457704594_b5a0c259d2_b.jpg
(PBS NOVA Engineering Ground Zero (2011) )

But it was found to shatter in large, dangerous chunks so they had to change the design (and therefore had to remove the chamfered corners from the base)

^^How much snow?

I have no idea.

[kpdrummer82]

^^How much snow?

I live maybe a 45 minute car ride from the city on Long Island and I'd say we have about a foot of snow so far, this storm is a big one

[PMadFlyer]

Big news: I'm going to make a 32 second long video/render of my spire model with new updates. It will take 7 hours to produce, so expect it by tomorrow night unless something comes up. Here is my first ever video rendering...
x_DqEo8hfss

[CalibratedZeus]

I live maybe a 45 minute car ride from the city on Long Island and I'd say we have about a foot of snow so far, this storm is a big one


30 minutes west of the city and we only have about 5-6 inches so far, but apparently the worst of this is still to come.

I think the city has honestly been spared most of the snow to this point, Long Island has it somewhat bad and MA and CT are the ones getting hammered.

[NYguy]

Weather updates here...
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=194309



http://photos.nj.com/star-ledger/2013/02/world_trade_center_spire_could.html

World Trade Center spire could make 1 WTC tallest building in west


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/148691658/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/148691659/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/148691660/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/148691661/original.jpg

Steve Plate, director of construction, World Trade Center, right, looks over site plans during a tour of 1 World Trade Center.



janwellmann (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8456494969/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8456494969_86a2e41c7b_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8456688893_02be6a4688_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8457731876_021b9a0af8_h.jpg



Older, but great view...

Valentinian (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neunzehn/8360322459/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8360322459_7bc634e5f7_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8360322459_a8b1ee25b3_h.jpg

[bigreach]

^^^^ Nice job P mad,, and Carols in 1 of the last photos, is that a lightning rod?

[599GTO]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCfjCndCMAAntD7.jpg:large

[NewYorkDominates]

^ :D:slob::worship:

[CarlosV]

:omg:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8457353825_3da9ba0920_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8457353825/)
NY/NJ PA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8457353825/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

.

1 WTC invisible from the first blizzard of 2013......

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8458465886_fdd662ce79_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8458465886/)
Blizzard 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8458465886/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

.

today, saturday morning...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8103/8458533098_e6aa214e27_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8458533098/)
20130209_071550 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8458533098/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8457464711_a9d9879f3c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8457464711/)
DSC_0035 copy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8457464711/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr

[hunser]

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/148691661/original.jpg

Steve Plate, director of construction, World Trade Center, right, looks over site plans during a tour of 1 World Trade Center.


Plate: 'Hmm, our tower doesn't look that tall in the diagram ... oh damn, the antenna is a cheat! I better keep it to myself.'

[eleven=11]

Plate: 'Hmm, our tower doesn't look that tall in the diagram ... oh damn, the antenna is a cheat! I better keep it to myself.'

whats the deal with that ??
can some one zoom in on the page?

[NYdude]

Darn, the Downtown Skyline cam from Earthcam is not there anymore... Anyone know why? They don't reply on Twitter.

[NYguy]

Plate: 'Hmm, our tower doesn't look that tall in the diagram ...

I don't even know why they need that diagram comparison. The tower wasn't built to be the tallest in the world, though it would have been if built earlier when it was supposed to.
What they should be looking at is a diagram of New York's planned towers.


lazerCam (http://www.flickr.com/photos/86027886@N06/8459109924/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8459109924_05de3c7dc7_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8459109924_6e4da41d00_k.jpg

[Otie]

The diagram and the whole set of papers is for the media who visits the site. It includes renderings and other visuals that are completely useless for construction.

[gramsjdg]

The diagram and the whole set of papers is for the media who visits the site. It includes renderings and other visuals that are completely useless for construction.


That's what I was thinking. Looks like a staged publicity photo-op to me.

[pnapp1]

Just a nice shot from the Ground Zero Webcam.

http://www.wtcphotos.com/photos/wtc1_02-09-2013_p2.jpg
KPITV: http://www.video-monitoring.com/construction/kpitv/silver.htm

[NYC GUY]

If i was the guy looking at the diagram i'd be like umm why is it not in first! lol

[bigreach]

Nice shot nyguy the sledding hill and the town, would that be Brooklyn or Queens?

[PiJay]

Nice shot nyguy the sledding hill and the town, would that be Brooklyn or Queens?

http://tinyurl.com/sunset-park-brooklyn

Lovely place :)

Edit: Sorry I took the German Google, but I'm sure you'll figure out :D

[marshall]

Just wondering if they are going to paint the antenna with anything, or is it already galavnized steel protecting it from the elements? Hard to believe they would not cover it with anything at all, unless the pre-fabricated sections are already coated in something?

[NYC=WTC]

What date will this building officially open? What date will the observation deck officially open? It took 6 years to complete 1wtc & 4wtc, not bad! It will probably take another 3-4 years to build 2wtc & 3wtc, considering their foundations are fully complete. So around 2020 everything should look normal and settled in and we can enjoy, work, live and play in downtown nyc as intended.

[jd3189]

:omg:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8457353825_3da9ba0920_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8457353825/)
NY/NJ PA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceva321/8457353825/) by Ceva321 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ceva321/), on Flickr


The Giants.:cheers:

[Yankee fan for life]

http://tinyurl.com/sunset-park-brooklyn

Lovely place :)

Edit: Sorry I took the German Google, but I'm sure you'll figure out :D

Sunset from 5 ave and 4 ave and from 53 st to park slope is a pretty rough nighboorhood but the view of 1 wtc from sunset park is pretty amazing.

[Noll]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8458923335_951f83637f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yukonblizzard/8458923335/)
World Trade 1, waiting for nemo on February 8, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yukonblizzard/8458923335/) by mudpig (http://www.flickr.com/people/yukonblizzard/), on Flickr

[THE BIG APPLE]

Sunset from 5 ave and 4 ave and from 53 st to park slope is a pretty rough nighboorhood but the view of 1 wtc from sunset park is pretty amazing.

Great photos taken from bad neighborhoods, Sunset is in the NY Post daily blotter everyday, 1 WTC is on SSP everyday.

[hunser]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8509/8456631659_090f77d566_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8456631659/)
IMG_1738S (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8456631659/) von janwellmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/janwellmann/) auf Flickr


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8457731876_4974574b9f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8457731876/)
IMG_1737S (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8457731876/) von janwellmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/janwellmann/) auf Flickr


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8097/8456596963_0c542f9218_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8456596963/)
IMG_1725S (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8456596963/) von janwellmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/janwellmann/) auf Flickr


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8110/8457623346_cd641cbecb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8457623346/)
IMG_1692S (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8457623346/) von janwellmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/janwellmann/) auf Flickr


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8457732980_0a07f2cc0a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8457732980/)
IMG_1703S (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janwellmann/8457732980/) von janwellmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/janwellmann/) auf Flickr

[CalibratedZeus]

Gorgeous pictures Hunser! :cheers:

[PMadFlyer]

Here she is, after 20.25 hours of rendering. I hope you guys enjoy.
qEZqNpcmJRU

[QUEENSNYMAN]

Just a little quick video taken by me QUEENSNY121

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLuhCSCBoyE&feature=youtu.be

[MercurySky]

The color of the spire is pretty dull. How will it be illuminated? Are there going to be lights shining up on it from the roof?

[Chapelo]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8460940698_5c20c271b1_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/donsolo/8460940698/)
looking south (http://www.flickr.com/photos/donsolo/8460940698/) by Ѕolo (http://www.flickr.com/people/donsolo/), on Flickr

[NYguy]

Mitch Waxman (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitchwaxman/8459298231/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8370/8459298231_91e1360730_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8373/8460343974_80428ba72d_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8460273632_5921d4e977_b.jpg



Technicolorone (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25946193@N08/8460013456/sizes/c/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8460013456_fa1683495b_c.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8460013456_f63ac3be95_h.jpg



drken10003 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28030045@N06/8462929758/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8089/8462929758_df59a6d524_b.jpg

[Dac150]

Oh wow - they're really moving along with this!

[NewYorkDominates]

For some reason I can't get to to copy the URL of the image.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelaedwards/8459604761/sizes/h/in/set-72157632733012226/

[hunser]

For some reason I can't get to to copy the URL of the image.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelaedwards/8459604761/sizes/h/in/set-72157632733012226/

Sure you can. ;)

Michaela Edwards (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelaedwards/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8459604761_01bfc987ca_h.jpg

Another cool one...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8370/8460952879_93d6b7c15c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelaedwards/8460952879/)
Unbenannt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelaedwards/8460952879/) von Michaela Edwards (http://www.flickr.com/people/michaelaedwards/) auf Flickr

[NewYorkDominates]

^ Wow,Thanks.I just love Lower Manhattan so much.Old and new blending in flawlessly.

[hunser]

^ Wow,Thanks.I just love Lower Manhattan so much.Old and new blending in flawlessly.

You're welcome. Next time you have trouble posting a pic just right click on the pic, then select "Inspect element". A window will pop up on the bottom with some info --> you'll find the .jpg file there. Then just C&P the URL.

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM ME NYMAN2010

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8461941393_b05d6d3760_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8461941393/)
One World Trade Center Update, February 10, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8461941393/) by NYMAN2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/51949497@N08/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8370/8463040068_07ddf013c4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8463040068/)
One World Trade Center Update, February 10, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8463040068/) by NYMAN2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/51949497@N08/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8461940779_63e03e6921_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8461940779/)
One World Trade Center Update, February 10, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8461940779/) by NYMAN2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/51949497@N08/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8392/8461940575_735a8c8bd4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8461940575/)
One World Trade Center Update, February 10, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8461940575/) by NYMAN2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/51949497@N08/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8461940289_ddf65ef42d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8461940289/)
One World Trade Center Update, February 10, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8461940289/) by NYMAN2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/51949497@N08/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8093/8463038746_ec178dbdc4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8463038746/)
One World Trade Center Update, February 10, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/51949497@N08/8463038746/) by NYMAN2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/51949497@N08/), on Flickr

[NewYorkDominates]

Thanks a lot Hunser,and amazing pictures QUEENSNYMAN.

hawkstersf
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8463351748_6de908b89b_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawkstersf/8463351748/sizes/l/in/photostream/

New York City magic

eaglexl
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8463355158_7760814c65_h.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42612148@N07/8463355158/sizes/l/in/photostream/

noamgalai
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8463694060_a6cfb6671b_h.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/noamg/8463694060/

[bigreach]

2nd and 3rd pic NYD are quite impressive

[ThatOneGuy]

I can distinctly make out the spire in each of the pics from the distance. It will not look 'invisible' but I think it will have some cool effects with the sun shining through it.

[meh_cd]

The color of the spire is pretty dull. How will it be illuminated? Are there going to be lights shining up on it from the roof?

It'll look like the antenna on 4 Times Square I believe. Alternating colors at night and specific colors for special occasions.

[THE BIG APPLE]

^ Yes.

iainh124a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/iainh124a/6904315674/sizes/k/in/photostream/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6904315674_80db08cda0_k.jpg

[TheCap'n]

The color of the spire is pretty dull. How will it be illuminated? Are there going to be lights shining up on it from the roof?

Not from the roof itself. There are a good number of fixtures to be mounted to a catwalk surrounding the base of the mast. Those, along with additional fixtures mounted on the bottom and top communication rings will uplight the mast all the way up to Section 8 (where the guy-wires attach). The rest of the mast will be uplit by fixtures encircling the mast on each of the platforms at 40' increments, ending with the platform at the bottom of section 16.

My understanding is that it will be lit in white in normal usage, and the color LEDs won't be used except for special occasions/holidays. I don't anticipate a lot of continual color-shifting on ordinary days like you'd see at 4 Times Square (Conde Nast bldg), because this is a special and more meaningful piece of historic architecture, and I think there is a sense that sometimes less is more, and this is a building that won't need all of that color-changing to stand out in the Manhattan skyline. It will do that on it's own. Also, with the horizontal beacon at the top rotating and shooting out in all directions, I think having a continual color-shift going on at the same time will be overkill.
That's just my impression from what I've been hearing regarding the limited use of the color.

Having said all that, at the end of the day this is a Durst property and they seem to have a love-affair with color-changing light shows on their other antennae in NYC, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Childs seems pretty impressed with the color LEDs as well....see article from 2011 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/nyc_lightens_up_z6IxU26uv5Xx5mBI5KgQkI#ixzz1f0qZFxmo

[NYguy]

I can distinctly make out the spire in each of the pics from the distance. It will not look 'invisible'


It won't be invisible. And that is part of the problem with the design. All you need to know is that what we are seeing was supposed to be hidden. That sums it up nicely.



Bryan Kremkau | SkaPunkPhotos.com (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skapunkphotos/8462814375/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8462814375_5bac4fbe56_b.jpg



Roblawol (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roblawol/8463803662/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8384/8463803662_7eb67d7aeb_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8384/8463803662_cbe09657e0_h.jpg



basair (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andresgarciam/8461186979/sizes/h/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8461186979_3465a2a0cf_h.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8462281756_a4fca5d00a_h.jpg

[scalziand]

^Excellent compilation of the spires of NY at night. :)

[Chapelo]

Interesting...

rjsnyc2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjsnyc/8466365900/sizes/h/)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8466365900_10cbbfe980_h.jpg

[Hudson11]

^Excellent compilation of the spires of NY at night. :)

the New York Times Tower's spire needs to join the group, plus there's the tower next to grand central which will likely have a spire to look forward to.
Midtown can have a bunch, but in downtown 1 WTC should be unique.

[JordanCam]

Interesting...

rjsnyc2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjsnyc/8466365900/sizes/h/)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8375/8466365900_10cbbfe980_h.jpg

There is no way that picture is real

[Chapelo]

Found by OnePointWest on SSC

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8466106584_9b70a92e02_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonpiercephotography/8466106584/)
morning after nemo (NYC) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonpiercephotography/8466106584/) by Jason Pierce Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/jasonpiercephotography/), on Flickr

[MarshallKnight]

There is no way that picture is real

No, you can see where the real water begins and ends... but does it really matter? It's a beautiful shot.

[JordanCam]

No, you can see where the real water begins and ends... but does it really matter? It's a beautiful shot.

Yeah now i see but the picture is amazing... i wonder if thats a panorama or if thats 1 wide angle lens

[bigreach]

So the rest of the spire will be assembled above that platform, on temp stairs? Thats like 40 stories of temp stairs,, I don't think I'd like that job. Off topic why when you go to the opening of ssp, when you click on highest bldgs of 2013, 2WTC is gone, and 3 WTC, is there saying U/C. I thought they were both capped at 7 stories or so and stuck until tenants committ, I would hope 2 WTC would be built before 3,, I would think 2WTC would be NY'ers more of a demand or priority, because it's the taller, more radical, and the nicest of the 5 bldgs,, but that's (and I heard a lot of other's agree) my opinion. People already voiced their wanting new twin towers, (Years ago, But as everybody knows that's not possible anymore), but if they built WTC2 first,, I think a LOT more people would be satisfied. And if they had to scrap one, I think more ppl would rather see 3 put on hold, and have 2 be the one they start next. At Least I think 2 is the coolest of them all.

[eleven=11]

So the rest of the spire will be assembled above that platform, on temp stairs? Thats like 40 stories of temp stairs,, I don't think I'd like that job. Off topic why when you go to the opening of ssp, when you click on highest bldgs of 2013, 2WTC is gone, and 3 WTC, is there saying U/C. I thought they were both capped at 7 stories or so and stuck until tenants committ, I would hope 2 WTC would be built before 3,, I would think 2WTC would be NY'ers more of a demand or priority, because it's the taller, more radical, and the nicest of the 5 bldgs,, but that's (and I heard a lot of other's agree) my opinion. People already voiced their wanting new twin towers, (Years ago, But as everybody knows that's not possible anymore), but if they built WTC2 first,, I think a LOT more people would be satisfied. And if they had to scrap one, I think more ppl would rather see 3 put on hold, and have 2 be the one they start next. At Least I think 2 is the coolest of them all.

yes now that the Tower is 95% done I cant wait to see the
final 5%......

[NYguy]

In4ocus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/in4ocus/8462368887/sizes/c/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8462368887_6231dc9f2b_c.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8462368887_1b491f34d8_h.jpg



High-on-Life (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lewscholl/8459507007/sizes/c/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8111/8459507007_da44186aaf_c.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8111/8459507007_da44186aaf_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8459600427_76c04a0841_h.jpg



______________________________________



http://beehivehairdresser.com/2013/02/12/what-happens-to-snow-on-top-of-the-freedom-tower/

What Happens To Snow On Top Of The Freedom Tower?


February 12th, 2013

We’ve witnessed several pieces of the Freedom Tower be either hoisted up or slowly dropped down below to the ground again, but it is still thrilling to watch. It is a wonder
to see the skill with which the crane operator pulls heavy objects through the tight and windy sky without breaking windows. Anyway, we watched a big dumpster being pulled
up to the top of the Trade Center. The big kind of dumpster that scares drivers on the highway to the point where nobody with half a brain will follow close behind.

http://beehivehairdresser.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/freedom-tower-crane.jpg



http://beehivehairdresser.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dumpster-in-the-sky.jpg


Just look at that reflection in the Freedom Tower…


http://beehivehairdresser.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dumpster-at-freedom-tower.jpg


We wondered what the dumpster was being brought up on a Sunday for. Then we looked below and saw what the crews were doing with the dumpsters at street level.


http://beehivehairdresser.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wtc-snow-removal.jpg


The construction crews needed to put all of the snow that stuck to the roof of the Freedom Tower into something in order to safely remove it so that they could get back
to actually building the building. It’s not like they could simply shovel it over the side of the building.

[NYguy]

bojettt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ralstonpix/8469003120/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8247/8469003120_d7930bb551_b.jpg



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8247/8469003120_045e18abb9_h.jpg

[deepen915]

WTF happened to the Earthcam skyline cam?