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

[NYguy]

1msf is a lot of space.what do they do with all that, if this is a magazine publisher?

Yeah, they outgrew the space at the Conde Nast tower...
http://www.condenastmediakit.com/

[2-TOWERS]

WITH the SUPERBOWL coming to NY/NJ In 2014 ONE WORLD TRADE SHOULD GET GREAT , WILL GET GREAT EXPOSURE....:cheers:

[RoldanTTLB]

Here's a few pics...

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[OneWorldTradeCenter]

What's that brown thing in the corner of the tower (first image). It looks like wood...:shrug:

[NYguy]

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[Roaming]

Excellent updates! Rise, rise, rise!!

[Kamatzu]

Tower is looking good.

Relevant? (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100526/ap_on_re_us/us_ground_zero_mosque) Concerning?

[uaarkson]

Relevant? (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100526/ap_on_re_us/us_ground_zero_mosque) Concerning?

Absolutely not.

[mwadswor]

Relevant? (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100526/ap_on_re_us/us_ground_zero_mosque) Concerning?

Absolutely not concerning, and completely irrelevant to the tower construction, though maybe not completely irrelevant to the memorial. It might be nice if there was some link to the memorial, just some sort of opportunity to clarify for those visiting the memorial that 9/11 was carried out by violent extremists who are way outside the mainstream of Islam, just like those who go around bombing abortion clinics are way outside the mainstream of Christianity. It's probably better to start a thread in CE for that discussion though because it is clearly unrelated to tower construction.

[steveve]

its so awesome to see aerial pics! The site looks amazing especially with the memorials! Its cool how they've moved up a huge portion of the site to ground level where the future park will be! Can't wait to see it all cleaned up with just the memorials! (not to mention the surrounding towers)

anyone know when we will expect trees to arrive/greenery :shrug:

[Nico54]

its so awesome to see aerial pics! The site looks amazing especially with the memorials! Its cool how they've moved up a huge portion of the site to ground level where the future park will be! Can't wait to see it all cleaned up with just the memorials! (not to mention the surrounding towers)

anyone know when we will expect trees to arrive/greenery :shrug:

By the end of this summer normally

[JACKinBeantown]

WITH the SUPERBOWL coming to NY/NJ In 2014 ONE WORLD TRADE SHOULD GET GREAT , WILL GET GREAT EXPOSURE....:cheers:

Looks like someone's been reading A Prayer for Owen Meany. :dancingtaco


(Off topic I know... I apologize.)

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

does anybody have any idea when new steel will rise?

[NYguy]

does anybody have any idea when new steel will rise?

Just keep watching.


http://www.national911memorial.org/site/PageServer?pagename=New_Visit_GoogleEarth

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[Wheelingman04]

It's about 300ft now.

[Zensteeldude]

266' 8", plus about 4 feet to the column splice.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

1 WTC looks so fantastic on that images. I can't wait to see it rising taller.

[scalziand]

Is the concrete contractor for the core still holding the steel work up?

[Zensteeldude]

From what I have herd, not any more. Steel erection was stopped untell the latest core pour had time to cure. The forms have advanced to the 5th floor and things are moving along now.

[scalziand]

^Nice. thanks for the reply.

[Onn]

Yep, the cam shows inner steel is going up on the two floors they're working on!

[car2004]

It's about 300ft now.

Just think, 1000 more ft to go!

[car2004]

That spire/crown has gone through enought renditons, it may end up looking like neither...

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/91204051/large.jpg

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Looks like Mr. Bean!

[car2004]

[QUOTE=NYguy;4833003]^ Looks a little lonely there, which reminds me. I posted this over in the visionary (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=4831892#post4831892) forum. The Freedom Tower always looks better with company...check the thread for more pics.

your first and last pictures are remarkable. They go well together. It almost seems like something that could happen. I wish...The second Tower looks almost like the first vision of the Freedow Tower's top part, only remastered for usable space. Nice, indeed.

[MercurySky]

I hope they build the design that has the "dish".

[shakman]

Looks like Mr. Bean!

:haha: :haha: :haha: I wonder if both are related.

[Onn]

World Trade Center site construction is supposed to be featured on The Rachel Maddow Show tonight on MSNBC, which starts at 9 pm EST. There's a preview video on the show’s blog.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/

[Zensteeldude]

The cameraman should retire and never touch another camera for the rest of his life. Does it matter that I'm listening to Pantera- Cemetery Gates ? Oh cool, Blue Oyster Cult- Morning Final is next on the playlist.

[kinggober]

Here's a screen shot from that video. You can one of the footings.
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[NYguy]

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[Onn]

Very nice tour! Thanks for the video NYguy, the inside of the tower feels massive.

[evanmack]

World Trade Center site construction is supposed to be featured on The Rachel Maddow Show tonight on MSNBC, which starts at 9 pm EST. There's a preview video on the show’s blog.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/

I saw it but there wasn't much information that didn't already know. The memorial is coming along nicely.

[NYguy]

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[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Visiable progress. Steel is continuing to rise at the 25 and 26th floor! :cool:

[texcolo]

:previous:

Wow. The 25th floor and they're just getting out of the base of the building.

[TheCity]

WITH the SUPERBOWL coming to NY/NJ In 2014 ONE WORLD TRADE SHOULD GET GREAT , WILL GET GREAT EXPOSURE....:cheers:

This thought entered my mind too, great landmark for Superbowl tourists to see.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

http://www.observer.com/2010/real-estate/zuckerman-out-1-wtc-race

Has someone already posted that?

[CSABA8]

So then...someone know the latest crown design ? (i think must be ready by now)

[vandelay]

You really get a sense of how huge the construction site is in that video clip. I don't think Manhattan has seen a construction zone this big since the days of Robert Moses.

[uaarkson]

So then...someone know the latest crown design ? (i think must be ready by now)

Nope. It'll be posted here when we know it.

[NYguy]

So then...someone know the latest crown design ? (i think must be ready by now)

It's basically the rings surronding some sort of open, "domelike" structure, behind which the spire rises. But no clear renderings have been released.

[CSABA8]

Thanks ! Just ask becouse I like the original crown more then this new cellphone antenna ..this just not fit to the tower...i hope they gonna change it back ..or hide the antennas somehow

[NYguy]

They are gonna show either way, don't be fooled by the renderings. Most of the tall skyscrapers have them.


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[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

its strange to see this thread die down abit,i hope the new steel goes up soon

[nycdagreatest]

:previous: I thought the same thing. I guess everybody is on vacation:)

[meh_cd]

Thanks ! Just ask becouse I like the original crown more then this new cellphone antenna ..this just not fit to the tower...i hope they gonna change it back ..or hide the antennas somehow

It looks fine either way. The restaurant + observation deck will make it a landmark.

[Lecom]

Regardless of how the communications ring comes out, from street level it will be perhaps the tower's least visible element, and on the skyline level the details of the ring would be hard to discern anyway, so even if they make it as utilitarian as it gets, it will not have too much impact on the tower's look except for postcard shots and other closeups of the top.

You really get a sense of how huge the construction site is in that video clip. I don't think Manhattan has seen a construction zone this big since the days of Robert Moses.

And, aside from militaty installations, it's never seen a construction site this secure and quality-controlled. They are combining quantity and quality, both of unheard-of levels for the city, and physical/legal complexity of the site perhaps unparalleled anywhere in the world (Asian megaconstruction sites tend to be bankrolled and built by a much simpler, straightforward developer/legal system), and some people still wonder why everything is taking so long.

[Onn]

And, aside from militaty installations, it's never seen a construction site this secure and quality-controlled. They are combining quantity and quality, both of unheard-of levels for the city, and physical/legal complexity of the site perhaps unparalleled anywhere in the world (Asian megaconstruction sites tend to be bankrolled and built by a much simpler, straightforward developer/legal system), and some people still wonder why everything is taking so long.

I just hope we see the difference when it's all done, and it really is quality construction. A lot of stuff going on around the world right now (outside of the Burji Dubai) is really not that great on a number of terms. Their construction has been messy and quick, the design somewhat lame. I somehow feel the Freedom Tower will be better than most of them when everything is done, hopefully I'm right.

[NYguy]

http://www.observer.com/2010/real-estate/ward-1-wtc-would-be-%E2%80%98pleased%E2%80%99-60-rent

Ward on 1 WTC: Would be ‘Pleased’ With $60 Rent

By Eliot Brown
May 31, 2010

Port Authority executive director Chris Ward apparently scheduled a few media interviews to run here during his European marketing trip for One World Trade Center (The Freedom Tower). In a Reuters story from over the weekend, Mr. Ward talked numbers on rents for the tower.

From the story:

"We'd be pleased in this market to start off with a $60 square foot rent, but if someone wanted to talk about a million square foot deal, we're open for business," said Ward.

"If someone wants daily access to that view from the top on the 88th floor, we'd hope to talk rents of $100 and upwards for that really valuable space," he said.

That's significantly lower than the $80 per square foot deal the agency struck with Beijing Vantone last year. Then again, perhaps Vantone had to pay a premium for its lack of a strong New York track record. The company had been involved with two prior New York leasing deals that had fallen through.

The calculus for pricing rents in the building is a bit different than the typical new office tower. At $3.2 billion for 2.6 million square feet of space, it is perhaps the world's most expensive major office tower and is not expected to make money in the short- or mid-term for the agency. (History repeats itself: the original World Trade Center towers, which were also built by the Port Authority and propped up by government tenants, were a huge drain on the agency's balance sheet for years).

While the Port Authority surely wants to be mindful about its losses, one would imagine that whoever is running the agency over the next few years will face political pressure to get it leased up, presumably leading to lower rents than comparable buildings in private hands. After all, an empty, money-losing, government-built tower is far more of a political liability than a full, money-losing, government-built tower.

The agency is also planning to bring on one of two private developers--Stephen Ross or Douglas Durst--to be the new public face of the tower. While the agency has said each is planning to invest about $100 million for a stake of the tower, it has not disclosed the details of how the winning developer would get a return on his money, making it impossible to evaluate how the deal will impact the agency financially.

[Onn]

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[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

Zen,any idea when steel will rise again?

[Domamania]

Zen,any idea when steel will rise again?

I am not Zen but to what my dad told me that they might have steel rise again within the next week to week and a half, due to the fact that have to atleast put the corrigated steel floor on floor number 26.

[westmc9th]

I just booked my room for the millenium hilton in August i asked for a room looking at ground zero i will be there for a week so there will be plenty of pictures!

[nycdagreatest]

:previous: Great, the tower will probably be 35 stories by then.:tup:

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Great shots. It's rising taller and taller!

[TANGELD_SLC]

Let Freedom RISE! :notacrook:

[RobertWalpole]

People forget how beautiful NYC is!

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[JDRCRASH]

I like how Google Earth 3d Warehouse is updating it ever month or so.:)

[nycdagreatest]

:previous:It's not really Google Earth it's the model maker who updates it 2 times a month OneWorldTradeCenter (http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=106f082d16fc9f54631a5b7d7e03136&prevstart=12)

[Bucktown718]

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[fayto]

como crece esta obra......

el 2011 estare alli......espero q esten en el 80% de avance.

[Innsertnamehere]

:previous: translation: this is growing....

i will be there in 2011, hope it will be 80% complete.

(thanks to google translate)

[car2004]

:previous: translation: this is growing....

i will be there in 2011, hope it will be 80% complete.

(thanks to google translate)

I'll be there in 2012 for a conference. I cannot wait to see it in full. I was there in 2009 march for the same conference and saw nothing:(. I am also hoping they start work on the other great towers.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

By 2012 it will be topped out at 541m / 1,776ft. No doubt.

[nycdagreatest]

when is the curtain wall expected to be completed?

[NYguy]

I haven't been on this site in a few days, and won't even be home until next week, but like clockwork, some people just won't let it be. The building is under construction folks. Be happy about it, because there are a lot of other things that could be under construction now, but aren't as fortunate.

[nycdagreatest]

:previous: Yeah, just in downtown manhattan alone you got 50 west street,56 leonard street,30 park place,45 broad street and the 375 pearl street renovation all on hold because of financing. So yeah your right everybody should really appreciate what is going on at the wtc.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

i suppose ppl are just mad at even the most minor road bumps due to the fact that this site has a deeper importance nationally and internationally than other projects, and as ive stated before this site has seen enough road bumps. its time to build it on schedule and restore the skyline.

[Ordo_]

Be happy about it, because there are a lot of other things that could be under construction now, but aren't as fortunate.

Government $$$,$$$,$$$ and Port Authority Bonds really help.

[HyperPower]

Well it's been a while, but this is starting to look like a skyscraper for once.

[Ecotic]

Oh :shrug: , I haven't seen any new steel come up in a little while.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

The tower is still on shedule... no worries

[eaguir3]

Jeez you guys are desperate..it takes time to build a tower. Especially a big, important, and significant landmark like the Freedom Tower. Have patience New Yorkers, lol wait you guys are New Yorkers, nvrmnd

[SpeedoPro]

thanks for the pics and updates. is the "core" of this tower made of reinforced concret + steel frame?

[Domamania]

thanks for the pics and updates. is the "core" of this tower made of reinforced concret + steel frame?

yes it is. the rebar size goes up to a size 20 the size of a persons forarm. and the conqrete is about 1, 500 to 1, 600 psi.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Any image updates?

[car2004]

By 2012 it will be topped out at 541m / 1,776ft. No doubt.

Let's open. That would be a nice treat!

[Surrealplaces]

Compared to the progress we saw earlier with this tower, it's going at a good pace. Glad to see it moving upward.

[plinko]

yes it is. the rebar size goes up to a size 20 the size of a persons forarm. and the conqrete is about 1, 500 to 1, 600 psi.

The concrete is only 1,500 to 1,600psi? I'd expect it to be much stiffer than that. Anybody know?

[nycdagreatest]

:previous: I think he just forgot a zero it's 15000 to 16000psi

[scalziand]

:previous: I think he just forgot a zero it's 15000 to 16000psi

Indeed. Cheap, basic concrete used for sidewalks and driveways is usually at least 3000psi. Thus, the concrete being used in 1WTC is 5-6 times stronger than a sidewalk.

[nycdagreatest]

:previous: Yeah and over 60000 cubic yards of that concrete has already been poured,which is as much that was used at ESB.

[NYguy]

View of the Freedom Tower from the World Center Hotel...

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[evanmack]

View of the Freedom Tower from the World Center Hotel...

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imagine having that view everyday...

[NYC4Life]

Imagine having that view in a few years from now.

[NYC4Life]

WABC-TV NEW YORK / AP

New hotel offers up-close views of ground zero
Updated at 05:38 PM today

AP Eyewitness News

NEW YORK -- At rates from $199 a night, guests at the new World Center Hotel can get as close to the hive of activity that is ground zero as it's possible to get without a hard hat.

The 169-room hotel just south of the World Trade Center site celebrated its grand opening Wednesday and Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed World Center Hotel Day. But in what hotel executives call a soft opening, guests have been staying there for months as construction was completed floor by floor.

Deena Mendlowitz, an improv performer from Cleveland, said after checking out that it was "phenomenal" to see the rebuilding firsthand.

Mendlowitz said she visited New York in 2002 and the trade center site was depressing then, just a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"It's more hopeful now," she said. "It seems like they're reaching the next phase, which is great."

Some of the hotel's rooms have floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the trade center site or the former Deutsche Bank building, which was irreparably contaminated when the twin towers were destroyed and is being dismantled. The 20th-floor restaurant terrace is just about level with the formerly 40-story Deutsche Bank tower.

The hotel's Web site advertises its proximity to the trade center rebuilding process and to the financial industry. Some rooms have been made into corporate apartments for extended stays.

"People choose to be here for a number of different reasons," said Cheryl Palmer, vice president of Club Quarters Inc., the company that's opening the hotel.

She added, "There are people who want to come and view the site. People do appreciate the opportunity to be as close as they are to the rebuilding."



(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[premeet01245]

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nice I wanna to go here.

[The North One]

This building is like skyscraper heaven on a stick...

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[Domamania]

yay. they are almost finished with the steel floor of the 26th floor and now they are starting to build the inner steel core for floors 27 and 28.

so once the 28 floor is complete how tall will the tower be?

[nycdagreatest]

:previous:okay let me do the math if the base consists of 20 floors at 211 feet and each office floor is 4 meters then at the 28th floor the tower will be 316 feet

[NewYorker2009]

:previous:okay let me do the math if the base consists of 20 floors at 211 feet and each office floor is 4 meters then at the 28th floor the tower will be 316 feet

Where in the world did you get 211 Feet from? The Base alone is just 187 feet or 186.8 feet to be accurate. Each office floor is 13.4 Feet. To the top of the 20th floor just do 13.4 X 8 Office Floors, which comes out to about 107.2 feet. Then add the base 186.8 + 107.2 Feet = 294 Feet. When we hit the 30th Floor we'll be over 300 feet, about 321 feet so we're getting there.

[Domamania]

Where in the world did you get 211 Feet from? The Base alone is just 187 feet or 186.8 feet to be accurate. Each office floor is 13.4 Feet. To the top of the 20th floor just do 13.4 X 8 Office Floors, which comes out to about 107.2 feet. Then add the base 186.8 + 107.2 Feet = 294 Feet. When we hit the 30th Floor we'll be over 300 feet, about 321 feet so we're getting there.

wow so when the 28 floor is complete the tower will be about a 1/4 of the height of the Empire State Building.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

A shot from Wikimedia Commons (June 10)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/One_WTC_Construction_10_June.jpg

[Zensteeldude]

yay. they are almost finished with the steel floor of the 26th floor and now they are starting to build the inner steel core for floors 27 and 28.

so once the 28 floor is complete how tall will the tower be?

293' 4" or 89.4m.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

They did not start with floor 27 and 28 at the time

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

They did not start with floor 27 and 28 at the time

nooooo!!! :(

[Domamania]

nooooo!!! :(

Yes they did, My dad who is working at the world trade center and tower 1v2 told me that they started to work on erecting floors 27 and 28, so I went to earth cam and confirmed what he told me while he was down there at the tower it self.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

Yes they did, My dad who is working at the world trade center and tower 1v2 told me that they started to work on erecting floors 27 and 28, so I went to earth cam and confirmed what he told me while he was down there at the tower it self.

i was at the site an hr. ago and i saw no new steel

[Bucktown718]

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[Zensteeldude]

Looks like the 26th floor is decked out and the cranes have jumped as have the work platforms. The core cement is up to the underside of the 6th floor, I would be shocked if they did not go ahead with the steel erection this coming week.