NEW YORK | 200 Greenwich - 2 WTC | 1,270 FT | 80 FLOORS | ON HOLD
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Great pics!!
The top of Tower 2 still loks a bit reminiscent of Foster's previous design for Ground Zero. |
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Cool, cool, cool! Now this is great modern architecture. And the top floor where people can go to is at 1265 feet. I love the windows on the slanted windows at the top!
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That looks awesome!
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The best of the new WTC towers in my opinion.
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This tower is so incredibly beautiful. I really don't think there is a more beautiful proposal out there right now. Hopefully Silverstien comes through and does the rendering justice with high-quality materials.
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Now is it artistic liberties on the renders or is the building's color really going to change from bottom to top? Because ive noticed it in every render but they don't do it to tower 3 or 1 inthe group shots so it might not be shadow. i dont know.
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Beautiful.
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This is easily my favorite tower for the new WTC complex.
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I've noticed that as well. I have to believe there will be a gradual color change for the same reason you mentioned. It's gonna be nice. |
I love it. Its slightly similar to the smurfit-stone building for obvious reasons. love it, though. Its my favorite of the upcoming new york buildings
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That is one kick ass design to say the least.
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its nice i dont love it but i really like it
i also think its the best tower outta the whole WTC towers complex |
Its the best piece of architecture at the WTC IMO but it just doesn't work with the other towers. It'd be better off somewhere else.
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This... tower... is... so... COOL!!!
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Update on some of the plans...
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Defantly my favorite. I like the whole idea of the Tower, it will defantly stand out from the rest of the towers. THIS should have been the Freedom Tower.
Defantly a big building, You'd think the ESB would be much taller. |
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