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[Freedomtower Mikey]

So it looks like The Freedom Tower is back to being the tallest in the US upon completion

[theWatusi]

There's quite an eerie similarity between Calatrava's new concourse arches and the Mexico WTC... Think it's on purpose?


Because Calatrava is overrated and not all of his designs are original from one another? :shrug:

[NYguy]

DECEMBER 26, 2008

The worker bees, busy at work...

1.
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487154/large.jpg

2.
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487165/large.jpg

3.
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487169/large.jpg

4.
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6.
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487177/large.jpg

7.
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487180/large.jpg

8. Gehry's tower rises, while his PAC does not...
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487182/large.jpg

9.
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487185/large.jpg

10.
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487186/large.jpg

11. The memorial continues to reach street level on all sides...
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487187/large.jpg

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http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487189/large.jpg

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http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107487290/large.jpg

[Ghost]

Great update, keep those coming!

[theWatusi]

Thanks :tup:

[2-TOWERS]

Really Coming Along, However Is It Me Or Is It Hard To See The Footprints If The North Tower , It Just Seems Like The Steel Is Covering Too Much , But Maybe Its Way To Early Yet !!!!!!!!

[CSABA8]

Great pictures !.

[Lecom]

Nice to see the memorial take shape next to the FT. I kept waiting for steel to rise around the footprints till recently it hit me that it's the one place where it won't be rising. Common sense thould've told me earlier than when you build voids, you create them by building everything around them but not the voids themselves.

[Bergenser]

Great to see this one growing!

:cheers:

[oiler-dude]

Lookin' good so far.

Are there any renderings of how the entire WTC site will look when completed?

[Freedomtower Mikey]

Lookin' good so far.

Are there any renderings of how the entire WTC site will look when completed?

100s they are all over the place

[Kamatzu]

Because Calatrava is overrated and not all of his designs are original from one another? :shrug:

Ah, cool. I didn't know he had helped design the Mexico WTC.

[America 117]

^I don't think he did. Did he?

[HarshLiving]

some good progress in those updates :)

[talltowers08]

when will the last side of the colums be added? you know how there is only 3 side to this building so far.

[CSABA8]

Yes in deed , progress week by week stronger , hope they keep it up.

[America 117]

http://gothamist.com/attachments/jen/2008_04_freedtower.jpg
http://gothamist.com/2008/04/09/blowing_up_a_mo.php

I think this pic has already been posted but take a look.
If this is what the FT is really going to look like, then im really liking the facade!

[jason111]

good to see this one actually going up with the spire and waterfront tower both on hold

[Lt. Washburn]

Hey, can anyone tell if they are pouring part of the floor right now? There are white tubes trailing from street level down to the part of the tower that they built up rebar in recently.

[NYguy]

Hey, can anyone tell if they are pouring part of the floor right now? There are white tubes trailing from street level down to the part of the tower that they built up rebar in recently.

Probably so.

[talltowers08]

checked earthcam and u can tell they have poured that floor concrete looks dry

[theWatusi]

nitpicking, but this is a pet peeve of mine:

concrete does not dry, it cures.

[BrandonJXN]

Cures what? Cancer?

;)

[lakegz]

^it cures ham you dummy!

[alexjon]

Concrete cured my mumps

[photoLith]

When this tower is done for the most part, I think Ill take a trip up there again. Cant wait!!!!

[NYguy]

BostonCityWalk (http://flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/3146748876/sizes/l/)

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[talltowers08]

nitpicking, but this is a pet peeve of mine:

concrete does not dry, it cures.

wow sorry my mistake lol

[NYguy]

BostonCityWalk (http://flickr.com/photos/bostoncitywalk/3146756644/sizes/l/)

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[2-TOWERS]

keep it coming, we got liftoff:)

[gttx]

nitpicking, but this is a pet peeve of mine:

concrete does not dry, it cures.

Yeah, and it also dries. "Curing" and "drying," while technically distinct phenomena, happen simultaneously. Maybe we'll throw in "set" just to spice things up.

Ever wonder why they call them "drying shrinkage cracks?"

[myshtern]

nitpicking, but this is a pet peeve of mine:

concrete does not dry, it cures.

Concrete doesn't cure, it hydrates ;)

[chaust]

Has the tower rised above ground level as of yet?

[Aleks]

^Seems like it^

Can't wait to see this building by the end of Spring. I imagine the core will be a few 100 feet or so.

[drew11]

I really cant wait to see this one finished. :)

[genop]

:previous: you and the rest of the country:tup:

[NYguy]

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[STERNyc]

Its becoming easier to visualize how everything will work together now that ground level has been reached in places. You can see the northern outline of the memorial falls, and the underground passageway separating the memorial from the Freedom Tower. The passageway and the memorial better defines the Freedom Tower's footprint, now I can't wait for some horizontal steel to be attached to the core and for the north core to catch up.

[PhxPavilion]

Is it just me or is progress going at a snails pace on this tower. Seems like the core was not much shorter than it is now more than a month ago.

[talltowers08]

In the photos the ramp has a part missing at the top you think if u got a car n drove fast enuff you could clear the jump haha iv been thinkin about that for a while yes ino im sad just abit of fun. EVEL KNIEVEL

[photoLith]

I didnt even notice that they were taking the ramp down, cool. At least theres some progress going on.

[talltowers08]

so what do you think about my idea , could it have been done ?

[NYguy]

^ Stay on topic or posts will be deleted.


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[NYguy]

In the shadows...

kanigma (http://flickr.com/photos/kanigma/3153182220/sizes/l/)

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[Aleks]

That first shot is a great pic! Everything looks mammoth like.

[HyperPower]

Is it me or does the WFC across the street need some work. The blue entrance framing in the front looks retarded, and the green bronze roof on top of the complex looks so unmaintained you would think it's over 100 hundred yrs old.

[gttx]

Is it me or does the WFC across the street need some work. The blue entrance framing in the front looks retarded, and the green bronze roof on top of the complex looks so unmaintained you would think it's over 100 hundred yrs old.

Those don't really bother me as much as the facade changes after the second setback of each tower. In fact, I quite like the copper, and I especially like that they (although perhaps clumsily) tied together the WTC site with the river via public space (the large atrium and retail space) rather than closing it off to just office tenants.

[Austin55]

They fixed and upgraded it alot after 9/11. I still would not be surprised if they decided to reclad it to bring it up to date
With the glassy NWTC, sure hope not. But that's for another thread.

So you guys out there, What exactly is the "Wedge of light"? It's in all the plans, up the road between 2NWTC and the hub, and it seems very important as it seems to dictate 2wtcs shape. Just wondering.

[NYguy]

Is it me or does the WFC across the street need some work. The blue entrance framing in the front looks retarded, and the green bronze roof on top of the complex looks so unmaintained you would think it's over 100 hundred yrs old.

That's not really an "entrance", and the "aged" look is intentional.

[NYguy]

So you guys out there, What exactly is the "Wedge of light"? It's in all the plans, up the road between 2NWTC and the hub, and it seems very important as it seems to dictate 2wtcs shape. Just wondering.

Just an element of Daniel Libeskind's master plan for the site.

[Nomadd22]

Have I been asleep? What's all that structure in the old WTC 1 & 2 pit that seems to have popped up in the last two days? A third of the area looks like it's covered by some sort of roof.

[theWatusi]

That's the memorial

[NYguy]

Yeah, the memorial has been coming together relatively quickly...

jennicakez (http://flickr.com/photos/jennicakez/3165084872/sizes/l/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1188/3165084872_3d8d4bdcfe_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3164250591_18ef01bfcd_b.jpg

[Nei!l]

Slightly unrelated to WTC1, but I couldn't help but notice that it is now possible to see the outline of the northern memorial pool.


http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp16/Nutane_bucket/Megapixel_Camera_2009-01-04_1430002.jpg?t=1231110092
Memorial on 1/4/09

http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/U/h/memorialWTCMemorial_aerial_view.jpg
Older Rendering

[NYguy]

Slightly unrelated to WTC1, but I couldn't help but notice that it is now possible to see the outline of the northern memorial pool.

It has been for some time now, but you will also see in that first pic that the "survivors stairs" has been put into position..
http://www.tribecatrib.com/news/newsjan09/survivorstairs010906.html

http://www.tribecatrib.com/photos/news/jan09/survivorstairs-craine.jpg
http://www.tribecatrib.com/photos/news/jan09/Captions%20-%20Jan%2009/survivorstairs.gif

[TANGELD_SLC]

It's nice to see things moving along! Hopefully whenever I'm in NYC I'll be able to check out the progress myself :D

[Nomadd22]

I helped out with communications in the early days of that time. It still seems surreal. It will mean much to me to stand in that memorial one day and look up at the tower this thread is about. The end of a long dream. Despite the all knowing critics disdain of the two towers, they were my favorites ever since I lived on Governor's Island and saw them every day. I'm very much looking forward to their replacements, and hoping to stare up at them and say "Yep. They'll do"

[Austin55]

Just an element of Daniel Libeskind's master plan for the site.

Is it symbolic or just an element?

It's great, and kinds sad, to see the outlines of the waterfalls.

[NYguy]

Is it symbolic or just an element?

Irrelevant is probably the better word.

[uaarkson]

I really like the memorial. It's going to be a very soothing place when it's finished.

[Puzzlecraft]

What's this? The tall fat vertical gray thing between the brackets? Wasn't there yesterday, can't new steel as it is resting on a concrete pad, I think.

http://www.custompuzzlecraft.com/temp/Freedom_Tower_20090106.jpg

[Puzzlecraft]

I see in the picture I just posted, that the crane in the North Core was picking up another section that was on the pavement to the right. That section has now been placed it on top of the section already noted, increasing its height to the top of the South Core! Maybe ventilation? Updated picture:

http://www.custompuzzlecraft.com/temp/Freedom_Tower_20090106b.jpg

[talltowers08]

Maybe its a lift for the workers to reach the top of the south core ?

[M II A II R II K]

Nice to see this finally rising out of the ground, and it'll be well worth the wait to watch it rise.

[Puzzlecraft]

Is there a separate forum for Fumihiko Maki’s WTC Tower 4? Looks like the core prep is well underway for that one. If so, link please, thanks.

http://www.custompuzzlecraft.com/temp/wtc_tower4_coreprep_20090106.jpg

[M II A II R II K]

Is there a separate forum for Fumihiko Maki’s WTC Tower 4?

It's in the Highrise Construction section since it's less than 1,000' tall.

Here's the last page of that thread:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=130302&page=14

[M.K.]

I will be in Ice Age times when this is getting up.

[NYguy]

lo83 (http://flickr.com/photos/lo9883/3173232385/sizes/l/)

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[CoolCzech]

The Goldman Sachs and 7 WTC both look sharp in that pic... what a superb new NYC district this will be, once all the construction is finished! Truly "the first new city of the 21st century," as the NY Time's architecture critic put it a few years ago...

[NYguy]

The Goldman Sachs and 7 WTC both look sharp in that pic.....

Both will be dwarfed by what is to come. I think the awareness of the scale of the original WTC has been lost on some, but the combined effect of 3 supertalls (and a couple of 900 footers) in that short space will be more dramatic than what was there before.

[NYguy]

From wtc.com, images dated Jan 3rd...

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107925490/large.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107925491/large.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107925490/original.jpg


The ramp will soon be gone completely...

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/107925491/original.jpg

[theWatusi]

awesome update

[deja vu]

That is an epic looking construction site. Thanks for the update.

[A-K O.G.]

Maybe its a lift for the workers to reach the top of the south core ?

yup looks to be, second note the ramp seems to be 90% deconstructed

[ZZ-II]

is there a timeline for the north core?

[CoolCzech]

Is it just my imagination, or is the Deutsche Bank Building actually beginning to slowly descend? Seems like it's gotten shorter - I thought work on pulling it down was on hold?

[Nomadd22]

Is it just my imagination, or is the Deutsche Bank Building actually beginning to slowly descend? Seems like it's gotten shorter - I thought work on pulling it down was on hold?

It's your imagination. It'll be stuck at 25 stories until it's completely abated.

[NYguy]

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[America 117]

How exciting! I wonder if there going to have a huge grand opening with obama or bush there or something like that? And have people sing or something.

[BrandonJXN]

^ George Michael will be there. He's going to sing 'Freedom.'


..seriously

[theWatusi]

:yuck:

[Zerton]

^ George Michael will be there. He's going to sing 'Freedom.'


..seriously

Kinda messed up. There was no one better that even volunteered? There are so many more 'patriotic' and 'new york' based musicians that I bet would kill to do that.

[2-TOWERS]

Lets Talk About The Building . NO NEED FOR THIS

[Zerton]

^wtf? calm down.

[NYguy]

Kinda messed up. There was no one better that even volunteered?

There is no planned ceremony as of yet, though more than likely there will be one, maybe for the entire complex. The memorial is another matter.

[photoLith]

There is indeed progress on the site. Each time I come on here it looks like the site has made no progress whatsoever. It looks like the core hasnt risen but a few meters or so in the past month, but there has been a lot of changes everywhere else.

images from earthcam

Today
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3191556446_1849d36540_o.jpg

December 14, 08

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3333/3191556370_aa557ecb9a_o.jpg

[Lt. Washburn]

The ramp is completely down now. And they're building something on top of that building in the center. I don't know if it's something temporary, like a crane platform or something permanent.

[CGII]

Those photos show how small the Freedom Tower's footprint is in context of everything else around it. With monsters like Goldman Sachs or the WFC around it'll look anorexic.

[CSABA8]

The freedom tower footprint is 200×200 feet ( 60×60 m ) so it's bigger than 7 WTC and around the same as WFC towers.The Goldman sachs tower upper floors around 150×240 feet. It may look like small now, but wait couple months !

[Freedomtower Mikey]

The freedom tower footprint is 200×200 feet ( 60×60 m ) so it's bigger than WTC 6 and around the same as WFC towers.The Goldman sachs tower upper floors around 150×240 feet. It may look like small now, but wait couple months !

its basically the same size as the old WTC; its a pretty massive building

[2-TOWERS]

Wtc Was 200 X 200 And The Sears Is 225 X 225

[theWatusi]

Wtc Was 200 X 200 And The Sears Is 225 X 225

Lets Talk About The Building . NO NEED FOR THIS

:whip:

[NYguy]

Those photos show how small the Freedom Tower's footprint is in context of everything else around it.

In fact, the Freedom Tower has a very small base compared to the other WTC towers...

[NYguy]

There is indeed progress on the site. Each time I come on here it looks like the site has made no progress whatsoever.

There's always progress on site, regardless of what you see above street level. Most impressive is the memorial, where they are now
predicting an earlier completion.

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future Greenwich St

[NYguy]

Wtc Was 200 X 200 And The Sears Is 225 X 225

I believe the original WTC towers to be 208 X 208.

[STERNyc]

Yes. It should be a little smaller than 200 X 200 feet because of the outward rising notches that were added. The tower footprint on the memorial was supposed to be 208 X 208 but were made smaller for logistical reasons. But whats a couple of feet? For all extensive purposes the Freedom Tower will be the same size as the North Tower and the memorial will mark the footprints. As far as the progress I would wager the bitterly cold weather has something to do with the frequency of concrete pours. What I really want to see though is steel!

[theWatusi]

The steel for the memorial is flying. It won't be long before the entire west side of the site is at street level.

[NYguy]

The steel for the memorial is flying. It won't be long before the entire west side of the site is at street level.

They expect to have all of the steel for the memorial in place before the end of the year. At the pace they're going, I could see that being done easily.

Freedom Tower rising behind the memorial (before ramp removal completion)

http://www.wtc.com/uploads/images/712x534/14_44_Memorial-January-6,-2008.jpg
wtc.com

[2-TOWERS]

The steel for the memorial is flying. It won't be long before the entire west side of the site is at street level.NOT TO MENTION TOWER 4 IS MOVING FAST ALSO:)

[photoLith]

I hope someone out there is doing a time lapse of this project from the very beginning to the end of it. That would be the most awesome timelapse ever!