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

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[Aleks]

this tower will look amazing from that view once it's finished!

that is if 3wtc isnt built...

[brian.odonnell20]

this tower will look amazing from that view once it's finished!

that is if 3wtc isnt built...

3 wtc will be at street level by the time 1wtc gets done... so i'm thinking we got a while until that view goes away :)

[Spud]

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This is a great shot. Nice work.

[eXodius]

Hi, all!

Anyone know what's going on in the SE corner of 1 WTC in the most recent pic?

[NY-rob-NY]

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[hunser]

^^ fixed. ;)

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[RKOwens44]

Hi, all!

Anyone know what's going on in the SE corner of 1 WTC in the most recent pic?

The yellow thing? It's a formwork for a wall of concrete that will eventually surround the base (except for entrances). They seemed to have poured the concrete about 2 months ago, but for some reason they still haven't removed the forms.

The only possible reason I can think of is that the concrete on that corner is at an angle, so maybe they're allowing it extra time to harden.

[Bucktown718]

Wow that was quick, let's just hope that the construction speed will move at the same pace if not faster
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This pic is absolutley amazing. The colors are rich, and the dark clouds in the background really add to the pic. :tup:

[colemonkee]

^ Definitely a HDR shot, but still a very good one.

[sw5710]

That picture is surreal just incredible! Finally a 1 floor a week pace! :banana: :banana: :banana:

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

WTC animation by fox 5

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/sept_11/world-trade-center-site-animation-20100726#62290127-1

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

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Hope for Ground Zero

By Steve Cuozzo | July 26, 2010
NY Post
It's taken nearly nine years, but large-scale commercial redevelopment of the World Trade Center site is tantalizingly close to taking off. But everything depends on the outcome of two ongoing, parallel negotiations involving the Port Authority -- neither of which is a sure thing.

The Port Authority's 1 WTC is pushing skyward, and Larry Silverstein's 4 WTC should start major construction soon. The towers together would restore about half of the Twin Towers' 8.8 million square feet of office space.
It's less than the city needs but more than political and bureaucratic inertia once seemed likely to bring forth -- and, if successful, would keep hope alive that two more great towers planned for the site will go up eventually.
PA Executive Director Chris Ward is backing agreements with developers to ensure that 4 WTC rises and to make 1 WTC viable. But either deal could be undone by the PA's New Jersey side or by rogue commissioners from either state.
The more critical issue involves 4 WTC. Without a deal for the PA to provide full "backstop" financing (i.e., loan guarantees), Silverstein can't build the $1.8 billion, 61-story, state-of-the-art structure above its current, six-story steel base.
The PA and Silverstein announced a tentative agreement in March, with a binding contract to be signed within 120 days -- but indications now are that a final deal won't happen by the PA's next board meeting, on Aug. 5.
Ominously, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has sounded less than fully committed to the plan -- and one PA commissioner, Henry R. Silverman (a New York appointee and until recently the agency's vice chairman), has grumbled that the PA can't afford it.
Even a delay could prove devastating. Silverstein hopes to finish 4 WTC by 2013, when New York's aged office stock will seem even more antiquated to companies requiring state-of-the art facilities. The project's 1.8 million square feet will help meet the inevitable demand.
But Silverstein must convert $1 billion in Liberty Bonds (now in escrow) into a construction loan by year's end to meet the 2013 target -- or to build at all. (The tax-exempt bonds would let him borrow more cheaply; the PA backstop would protect borrowers against default.)
Yet he can't sell the bonds until the PA agrees to the financing terms. And given the history between the sides, nothing should be mistaken for done until it's done.
At 1 WTC, the PA and Douglas Durst are trying to hammer out a partnership arrangement, announced last month, to give him a $100 million stake in the $2.6 billion project. That would "brand" the long-troubled tower in the name of one of the city's most successful private developers and make him responsible for leasing and managing it.
Durst would have a far stronger chance of making 1 WTC commercially viable; the PA has neither heart nor skill for the task. But, the New York Observer reported, the PA wants the right to boot Durst simply if it doesn't like how things are going. Such a prenup hardly suggests confidence and could end up putting the PA at war with Durst, as it's long been with Silverstein.
Private-developer expertise is needed because nearly all of 1 WTC's 2.6 million square feet are up for grabs. The oft-published assertion that a federal agency and a state agency are "committed" to 1 million square feet is false: Neither lease has been signed three years since they were first announced.
Yet private-sector interest in 1 WTC is strong. As I first reported, Bank of New York Mellon is considering moving its headquarters there. So is Conde Nast, a tenant at Durst's 4 Times Square.
Durst could also help break the logjam with the larger of the stalled government-agency leases. The Federal General Services Administration, which would take 600,000 square feet, happens to be a tenant at his 1133 Sixth Ave.
The PA must overcome internal bickering and complete the deals with Silverstein and Durst. Otherwise, the "World Trade Center" will consist of a sprawling memorial and one lonely, near-empty office building amid empty lots.
http://www.wtc.com/news/hope-for-ground-zero

[Bucktown718]

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[Spud]

The yellow thing? It's a formwork for a wall of concrete that will eventually surround the base (except for entrances). They seemed to have poured the concrete about 2 months ago, but for some reason they still haven't removed the forms.

The only possible reason I can think of is that the concrete on that corner is at an angle, so maybe they're allowing it extra time to harden.

I'm not sure which formwork you guys are talking about but as a construction foreman I can tell you that the main reason we leave formwork in place longer than a couple of days.

It is usually because a connecting beam, slab or other structure needs to be poured at a later date. To achieve this it is usually necessary to keep some reinforcing steel exposed. (Unless of course a system using threaded inserts or the like is used) If the connection is to be near the top the easiest way to do this is to pour a certain height below the top of the formwork, tie in the the new structure then pour to the final height.

Of course, since I'm not sure which formwork you're referring to I could be completely wrong on this.

[sw5710]

Does anyone know how tall the Vertical steel beams are for 2 floors.? I thought about 28 feet.?

[Domamania]

Does anyone know how tall the Vertical steel beams are for 2 floors.? I thought about 28 feet.?

Well from what I hear each floor or level of Tower 1v2 is 13.4 feet high so lets see 13.4 x 2= 26.8 feet.

[brian.odonnell20]

32nd floor steel going up today :banana:

[NYguy]

The video animation is great...

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I'll be away for a couple of weeks, but was able to get some shots before leaving...

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[westmc9th]

[QUOTE=NYguy;4926406]The video animation is great...

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yes it is and on their program tonight their going into new rendeings of the transit hub and tower, it will be interesting to see, hopefull someone can record it or it will be online for everyone to see

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A building that reaches this height here would be great. I guess it's about the height of Burj Khalifa.

[Traynor]

Look carefully and you can see behind the netting, this close-up detail below, gives the first inklings of the chamfered corners, that will eventually slope gently to the top.

Nice!:)

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[J_M_Tungsten]

A building that reaches this height here would be great. I guess it's about the height of Burj Khalifa.

Could you imagine that penthouse!!! would be arguably one of the best views in the world.

[brian.odonnell20]

They should build a 2400 foot observation tower in Jersey City, right on the coast of the Hudson.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

[QUOTE=NYguy;4926406]The video animation is great...

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yes it is and on their program tonight their going into new rendeings of the transit hub and tower, it will be interesting to see, hopefull someone can record it or it will be online for everyone to see

wheres trade center 2? they didnt show it built to full height...o well

[sw5710]

Great view from the plane.

[sw5710]

Does anyone know when the date for the tower reaching the roof level is. And then the top of the spire.

[NYCLuver]

July 27th, 2010

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[Onn]

Wonderful pictures, thank you! :)

[NYguy]

A few more from saturday....(July 24, 2010)

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[Boquillas]

A building that reaches this height here would be great. I guess it's about the height of Burj Khalifa.

That shot is taken from much higher than the height of the Burj Khalifa. Look how far the top of the ESB is from the horizon. The horizon is constantly at the viewer's eye level-- it can be used to determine the viewer's height above the groundplane. You could fit two more ESBs on top of each other before reaching the horizon. That would make the plane/helicopter at least 3600 feet high.

[sw5710]

That shot is taken from much higher than the height of the Burj Khalifa. Look how far the top of the ESB is from the horizon. The horizon is constantly at the viewer's eye level-- it can be used to determine the viewer's height above the groundplane. You could fit two more ESBs on top of each other before reaching the horizon. That would make the plane/helicopter at least 3600 feet high.

If that is Beekman Place tower I see in Lower Manhattan from that plane. That building is 876'. It looks like you could fit 5 more on top of each other. 5000 feet?

[pattali]

Earthcam moved this night :

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Flying bed :
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[pattali]

And return :

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[androo_k]

And return :

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every time I look at this pic I can't help but be reminded of the alignment of the pyramids to Orions Belt and how the Tower Memorial and new tower one look like they have the same Alignment.

[NY-rob-NY]

Great.this pictures are wonderful.:tup:


San Fransisco & New York=
Best cities in the world

[rich_200]

every time I look at this pic I can't help but be reminded of the alignment of the pyramids to Orions Belt and how the Tower Memorial and new tower one look like they have the same Alignment.

That's right, I have never thought of it before

[NYCLuver]

Like the positioning of the Pyramids at Giza? :P

[elysium]

Wait, so are two of the other buildings officially scrapped? :(

[sw5710]

No buildings have been scrapped at the WTC location this year.

[elysium]

No buildings have been scrapped at the WTC location this year.

I was abroad for a while. So the discussion of making 2 and 3 "stumps" is officially over? They're being built?

[sw5710]

I was abroad for a while. So the discussion of making 2 and 3 "stumps" is officially over? They're being built?

The latest talk I believe is to build towers 2 and 3 to street level by next year. Towers 2 and 3 havn't been canceled beyond that.

[mwadswor]

I was abroad for a while. So the discussion of making 2 and 3 "stumps" is officially over? They're being built?

The plan is to build the podiums for towers 2 and 3, then halt construction if enough office space can't be leased to justify construction of the rest of the tower. Ideally, enough office space will be leased that the towers will be built right away, otherwise they will be held up until the market justifies finishing the towers. Nothing has been cancelled, there is just a possibility that towers 2 and 3 might be temporarily held up if the market doesn't justify their construction when they get to that point. The podiums still won't be completed for a year or 2 though, so they have plenty of time to lease enough office space in 1 or both towers to finish them.

[uaarkson]

What people have to realize right now is that the future of the WTC is the brightest it's been in 4 years.

[NYC4Life]

The time lapse animation shown during the FOX 5 newscast showed only the stumps on towers 2 & 3. Given the time it will take to build to street level, I believe the markets will improve by then and eventually enough tenants will signup to complete the towers to their full heights. Not a matter of IF they will be built, only WHEN.

[NYguy]

The fates of towers 2 and 3 are discussed in their own threads at length for anyone concerned with that.

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[RKOwens44]

At 347 feet tall, 1WTC is now slightly more than a quarter of its final rooftop height (1368/4 = 342).

[Domamania]

At 347 feet tall, 1WTC is now slightly more than a quarter of its final rooftop height (1368/4 = 342).

you know i would have to agree with you on this one, your absolutly right.

and I would say in one year from now it should be taller then the Varcey aka Verizon building, and just as tall and if not taller then Tower 7. and I dont mean what the path deadline for the building but in actuall time and speed of the construction on Tower 1v2

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[NYC4Life]

Those last sepia photos seem reminiscent of construction of the original WTC.

[Bucktown718]

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[Domamania]

wow, i was doing some calculations on the height of Tower 1v2 and lets see. The base is 186 feet right, Each office floor is 13.4 right, and there up to the 12th office floor. so 12x13.4=160.8. Now the base plus office floor is 186+160.8=346.8.

now the varcey aka verizon building is 500 feet heigh. so 500-346.8=153.2 feet. so there for 10 floors or 5 more rises and tower 1v2 will be the same height as the varcey aka verizon building. so hopefull by late november it will be the same height as the verizion building and just 241 feet less then tower 7.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

:previous:
i think it'll be higher than that by November

[Domamania]

:previous:
i think it'll be higher than that by November

so how high do you think it will be by late november?

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

so how high do you think it will be by late november?

maybe about 580 to 600 ft. i mean i just think it'll be somewhere very close to the size of WTC 7 by the years end. bu thats just my opinion.

[Domamania]

maybe about 580 to 600 ft. i mean i just think it'll be somewhere very close to the size of WTC 7 by the years end. bu thats just my opinion.

but if you do your calculation the base was done around feb 26. so since then 12 office floors were added and so it took them almost 5 months to do that. so for another 10 floors is just about in 4 months from now. but i could be wrong.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

but if you do your calculation the base was done around feb 26. so since then 12 office floors were added and so it took them almost 5 months to do that. so for another 10 floors is just about in 4 months from now. but i could be wrong.

true but remember the big stall with the concrete core,maybe im going out on leg here but im gonna trust the port authority on this one.

[Domamania]

true but remember the big stall with the concrete core,maybe im going out on leg here but im gonna trust the port authority on this one.

i just hope by my birthday on december 27 i just hope we will see a noticeable difference in height on tower 1 v2. do you think by then we could clearly see a difference by then?

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

i just hope by my birthday on december 27 i just hope we will see a noticeable difference in height on tower 1 v2. do you think by then we could clearly see a difference by then?

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[Domamania]

about here

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wow that would be a difference. i just cant wait now.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

wow that would be a difference. i just cant wait now.

it'll definately be visible in the skyline so you have alot to look forward to :tup: actually from the Brooklyn Bridge its already visible

[Domamania]

would you see it from the roof of the empire state building by then? also its allready visable by the broklyn bridge?

[Onn]

There are supposed to be 30 stories of glass in by then too...:haha:

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

would you see it from the roof of the empire state building by then? also its allready visable by the broklyn bridge?

yes definitely,you'd see it just over the Verizon building and ya you can see the 2 new floors from the Bridge.

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[Draegen]

I made this a while back of it in december

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[NY-rob-NY]

:previous: This picture is great

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

The spire is so beautiful!

[brian.odonnell20]

but if you do your calculation the base was done around feb 26. so since then 12 office floors were added and so it took them almost 5 months to do that. so for another 10 floors is just about in 4 months from now. but i could be wrong.

You're not taking into account how much longer it took to complete the base. The office floors only take one week per, so however tall in feet 55-60 stories are in all the calculations should give the height by your birthday. If the base is 200 feet, then say, 60 stories at 10 feet each is 800 feet, making it taller than 7wtc by december. boom.

[NewYorker2009]

You're not taking into account how much longer it took to complete the base. The office floors only take one week per, so however tall in feet 55-60 stories are in all the calculations should give the height by your birthday. If the base is 200 feet, then say, 60 stories at 10 feet each is 800 feet, making it taller than 7wtc by december. boom.

You forgot to mention that steel erection was stalled for two months because the concrete core was lagging behind at first so we lost 8 Floors right there. If that hadn't happened we could have hit 40 Floors by now with no problem. Now that the floors are rising quicker it should hit 50 floors by the end of the year. Each floor is 13.4 feet and the base is 186.8 feet so the Tower should come close to 600 Feet by the end of year. By the end of 2011 towards the beginning of 2012 the rooftop should top out followed by the communication ring and the spire later on that year as well. We're making progress though so it's coming along great.

[nycdagreatest]

4 floors was done this month if they do the same for the rest of the year they will reach 52 by the end of the year putting it at 615 feet.

[hunser]

amazing progress this month! i guess 1WTC is around 340 feet now. :cheers:

[CHAPINM1]

amazing progress this month! i guess 1WTC is around 340 feet now. :cheers:
To be precise, rounding to the nearest foot it currently stands at 348 feet. ;) Not long from now it will be over half the height of 7WTC.

[CSABA8]

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I think december 27 tower will be around same high like wtc7

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

I think december 27 tower will be around same high like wtc7

quite honestly so do i,though this is a worst case scenario

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

from 11:30 AM today

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[JHoward88]

As soon as this tower is finished, I plan to fly out to New York to observe and hopefully tour it personally. I like this.

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

by the way,what will be this towers lighting scheme?

[patriotizzy]

As soon as this tower is finished, I plan to fly out to New York to observe and hopefully tour it personally. I like this.

By the time it's finished, I should be out of college and in the workforce. I plan to do the same thing. It's going to be something to remember forever.

[NYguy]

would you see it from the roof of the empire state building by then?

Just as surely as you can see 7 WTC. I know we've waited a while to watch it rise, but let's all watch it rise together. The most exciting part of skyscraper construction is watching the tower rise. So let's all just sit back and enjoy it together, no need to rush or worry.

[vandelay]

What is the meaning of the scaffolding going up on the east side of the site? Does that mean cladding will be going up soon?

[JayPro]

Just a thought, but perhaps the folks building this are gonna try to get things done ASAP, especially considering all the needless delays.
I'm not suggesting they'd do a crappy job just for the sake of breaking a construction pace record; but maybe the anticipation to get as high off ground as possible is a driving force.

So I wold ask: Is the task of trying to beat a developer-mandated time-frame by necessity a prudent one?

[brian.odonnell20]

:previous: Not by any pragmatic means...

[uakoops]

What is the meaning of the scaffolding going up on the east side of the site? Does that mean cladding will be going up soon?

It's a hoist tower just like the one on the West side.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Webcam update (wtcprogress.com):

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[wong21fr]

Really? Come on New Yorkers!

Condé Nast to Move to Skyscraper at Ground Zero (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/nyregion/04conde.html?_r=1&hp)

The New York Times
By CHARLES V. BAGLI (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/charles_v_bagli/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
Published: August 3, 2010

Condé Nast (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/conde_nast_publications/index.html?inline=nyt-org), the publishing giant, has signed a tentative deal to move its stable of chic magazines to ground zero, where it will anchor the skyscraper now under construction, according to two real estate executives who have been briefed on the negotiations.

The deal to bring Condé Nast to the building once known as the Freedo m Tower would signal a remarkable turnaround for a project that had been considered a marketing nightmare. The 1,776-foot-tall skyscraper will be the tallest building in New York when it is completed in 2013. If the deal goes through, employees of Condé Nast — publisher of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/the_new_yorker/index.html?inline=nyt-org), Vogue and 15 other magazines — would move in 2014 from their current home in Times Square.

[uaarkson]

What a surprise. :)

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

if only they would have anchored WTC 2....

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

by the way...will they stay at or sell their home at times square come 2014?

[StoOgE]

by the way...will they stay at or sell their home at times square come 2014?

I would assume they won't continue to pay for the naming rights if they are no longer located there.

[NYC4Life]

Interesting to see who will occupy the space once Conde Nast vacates it, around 800,00 sq feet.

[NYguy]

Really? Come on New Yorkers!

Condé Nast to Move to Skyscraper at Ground Zero (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/nyregion/04conde.html?_r=1&hp)

The New York Times
By CHARLES V. BAGLI (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/charles_v_bagli/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
Published: August 3, 2010

This was expected, but is great news now that it's official. Things are really looking up, and I'll be back home next week to share in the excitement and continue watching this tower rise...:tup:

[CHAPINM1]

Interesting to see who will occupy the space once Conde Nast vacates it, around 800,00 sq feet.

That should be the least of anyone's worries. The Midtown market is doing even better than the Downtown market, plus look how quickly the space it's neighbor The Bank of America Tower, also developed by The Durst Organization, took to get occupied. Ironically, once companies and organizations move Downtown again, the trend will continue and everybody will want to be where all the action is as opposed to being lured by cheaper rents. That's just my two cents...

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Great news to hear the there will be one more tenant. :cheers:

[brian.odonnell20]

why wouldn't conde nast move to tower 2 or 3 ...? i mean if 1 wtc is obviously already being constructed, why wouldn't they kick start one of the towers in limbo ? I don't get it... :frog:

[NewYorker2009]

why wouldn't conde nast move to tower 2 or 3 ...? i mean if 1 wtc is obviously already being constructed, why wouldn't they kick start one of the towers in limbo ? I don't get it... :frog:

Well, Tower 1 has the strongest chance at getting completed first so it would make sense that Conde Nast would want Tower 1 because once it's done in 2013 they could just move right in the following year in 2014. Anyway this is good news for Tower 1 so let's give this Tower two thumbs up. :tup: :tup:

[uakoops]

Cranes are jumping!!!!!!
:banana: :banana: :cheers: :banana: :banana:

[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

Cranes are jumping!!!!!!
:banana: :banana: :cheers: :banana: :banana:

wow wasnt expecting that so fast!:notacrook:

[Curious Atlantan]

Cranes are jumping!!!!!!
:banana: :banana: :cheers: :banana: :banana:

Must be summertime...