Ok people, keep the topic on this tower, and save the market forecasts.

back on topic repost of myself.. image taken from a dude on SSC. it seems a tad tall vs. 432 in this view.. but ive been hearing the elevation above the river is a little higher, and it would be a little closer. this guy is usually pretty accurate and this is what, 1480 to the top of parapet? vs. approx. 1400 for 432? so i guess it must be close

http://i.imgur.com/bQr5m1l.jpg

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^ It's just a little high, nearly twice the height of One57 in that image.

Thanks for posting for me!...Was starting to question myself but I double checked, the model is 1478' and One57 is 1004'; It's just that angle

We also dont see the bottom 200-300 feet of the tower....that might be throwing us off also.

The antenna looks a bit tall for 304' above the parapet.

i think the antennae as depicted in the above image is about right.. i for one hope they increase the height of the roof/parapet to over 1500 ft, and reduce the height of the antennae a bit.. kinda ridiculous to have a spire that large in proportion to the building.

A friendly little bit of putting stuff into perspective is in order here.
Conde Nast/4 Times Square has a 338' spire/antenna on top of an 810' building...that's a bit over 40% of the whole structure. WTC 1 is 1776 (sans ligntning rod so add 11 feet there if you want). Durst's value-enginnered beacon mast is 403' (1776' - 1373' to roof). That's a smidgeon under 23%, or almost a quarter of the total height taken up by that alone.

Imagine, then, if you extrapolated the above-mentioned figures to this tower.


Now consider this: This will, for the time being, be the only tower in this part of the skyline with a spire; so I hardly think that "overdoing it" can be declared in this instance. Also, in the grander scheme of things, assuming that this tower with respect to final design and financing in all respects is ready to go, we're gonna have two monsterf*cker bookends to the skyline (This and WTC1) with Lady ESB almost smack dab in the middle, alongside her new neighbors at Hudson Yards, the Girasole, the Spire, Manhattan West and who knows what else.....

2018 should be the year when it is officially proclaimed from City Hall that the 1930's Reach for the Sky will have been officially put to shame.

This is easily the most skyline-redefining era in the cities history.

This building needs a new diagram STAT!

del

I had no idea you were the official spokesperson for the "skyscraper enthusiast world".

The answer is no. There is no agreement on building height, and 99% of the planet could care less. You can count buildings however the hell you want.

The Freedom Tower's spire is larger.

Now, if they insists on the 1,775 ft figure to go along with the 1,776 ft height Downtown, it would be nice is some sort of laser show between the two spires could be put in place. They would be "twins" of a sort. That's assuming nothing taller gets built between the two of course.

del

I do, because I've had enough of your trolling and throwing this conversation off base. If you do not have anything to add, just don't post.

del

Let's see what Mr. Shvo has to add to this discussion. I hear tell his plans are quite aggressive......

Don't play the fool. It's trolling, I've seen enough of your posts, and had to delete enough. And I'm telling you that is enough!

he better shvo off or ill write him off xD

Sorry to ask (if not already mentioned)...but is the cantilever still in this current design? If so, is it less prevalent than the design from last October?

Hopefully construction (piling) starts soon. I want both Nordstrom and 1WTC in the U/C forums:

NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776 FT Pinnacle / 1,368 FT Roof | 108 FLOORS
NEW YORK | 217 West 57th | 1,775 FT Pinnacle / 1,479 FT Roof | 93 FLOORS

and ...
NEW YORK | 432 Park Avenue | 1,777 FT Pinnacle / 1,397 FT Roof | 85 FLOORS

surprise! :haha: