NEW YORK | 200 Greenwich - 2 WTC | 1,270 FT | 80 FLOORS | ON HOLD

M II A II R II K · #1 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 3:11 PM**

Tower 2

NEW YORK TIMES-Dave Dunlap

Lord Foster’s Tower 2, with a rooftop of four enormous diamonds steeply inclined toward the memorial below, would be as high as the Empire State Building. Tower 3 by Lord Rogers, framed boldly by an exoskeletal framework of diagonal beams, would reach a pinnacle of 1,255 feet at its corner antennas. Even the smallest and subtlest building among them, Mr. Maki’s Tower 4, would be taller than the Citigroup Center in midtown

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By virtue of its size and aesthetic bravura, Lord Foster’s Tower 2 at 200 Greenwich Street, between Vesey and Fulton Streets, may draw the most public attention. The 1,265-foot building is to have 78 floors, 62 for offices, four trading floors and the rest for retail and mechanical space. The uppermost of the rooftop diamonds will be a tripod shaped antenna whose pinnacle is 1,350 feet above street level, just 18 feet shy of the Freedom Tower’s parapet.

Construction of Tower 2 will require the removal of the Vesey Street staircase, also known as the survivors’ stairway, which is the only aboveground remnant of the original trade center that is still in place. It served as an escape route for hundreds of people on 9/11.

The main shaft of Tower 2 is to be divided by notches into quadrants, culminating in diamond forms that are meant to lead the eye down to the memorial plaza. The surface of these structures will be a porous screen on which snow and ice are not expected to accumulate; always a hazard on a steeply pitched roof.

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Daquan13 · #2 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 3:37 PM**

Great pics!!

The top of Tower 2 still loks a bit reminiscent of Foster's previous design for
Ground Zero.

Jularc · #3 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 4:37 PM**

CoolCzech · #4 Posted **Apr 13, 2009, 12:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by Daquan13

Great pics!!

The top of Tower 2 still loks a bit reminiscent of Foster's previous design for
Ground Zero.

Hey, nice to see you posting again, Daquan! Where ya been?

sfcity1 · #5 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 4:57 PM**

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!

aluminum · #6 Posted **Jun 5, 2007, 3:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by sfcity1

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!

I know its a very old post, but is this guy right ? 1265 feet ?

Nowhereman1280 · #7 Posted **Jun 6, 2007, 2:21 AM**

Aluminum, I highly recommend you shut up because

A. Your posts in this thread have been no less than embarassing to read.

B. You are probably going to get yourself suspended/banned

C. You are totally spamming this thread with like 50 posts for every one someone else posts...

Oh yeah, this building rocks, admit it. We would all (including Aluminum) love to see this in Chicago...

aluminum · #8 Posted **Jun 6, 2007, 3:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

Aluminum, I highly recommend you shut up because

A. Your posts in this thread have been no less than embarassing to read.

B. You are probably going to get yourself suspended/banned

C. You are totally spamming this thread with like 50 posts for every one someone else posts...

Oh yeah, this building rocks, admit it. We would all (including Aluminum) love to see this in Chicago...

Chicago ! CHICAGO !?

Ain't this building in New York ?

Nowhereman1280 · #9 Posted **Jun 6, 2007, 10:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by aluminum

Chicago ! CHICAGO !?

Ain't this building in New York ?

Yes, that's what I said, Chicago, I, and just every other Chicago forumer, would feel fortunate to have this building built in Chicago... Read before responding, if you would have, you would know that I never said it is being built in Chicago, but that we would all love to steal this design from NY.

nygirl1 · #10 Posted **Jun 6, 2007, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by aluminum

I know its a very old post, but is this guy right ? 1265 feet ?

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Originally Posted by M II A II R II K

The 1,265-foot building is to have 78 floors, 62 for offices, four trading floors and the rest for retail and mechanical space. The uppermost of the rooftop diamonds will be a tripod shaped antenna whose pinnacle is 1,350 feet above street level, just 18 feet shy of the Freedom Tower’s parapet.

First post usually has the information on height you are looking for aluminum.

pablosan · #11 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 5:03 PM**

That looks awesome!

Kngkyle · #12 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 5:18 PM**

The best of the new WTC towers in my opinion.

pico44 · #13 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 7:33 PM**

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.

viewguysf · #14 Posted **Jun 2, 2007, 10:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kngkyle2

The best of the new WTC towers in my opinion.

I agree, especially since I find the main tower fortress like, misproportioned and unattractive. NYC could and should do much better than the current version of WTC 1.

Scruffy · #15 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 7:38 PM**

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.

pico44 · #16 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 9:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Scruffy

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.

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.

KevinFromTexas · #17 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 8:10 PM**

Beautiful.

STR · #18 Posted **May 27, 2011, 6:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by chengliu

Construction of Tower 2 will require the removal of the Vesey Street staircase, also known as the survivors’ stairway, which is the only aboveground remnant of the original trade center that is still in place. It served as an escape route for hundreds of people on 9/11

That hunk of concrete was removed from the site years ago. I believe it's already been placed in the memorial.

Stephenapolis · #19 Posted **Apr 28, 2007, 9:12 PM**

This is easily my favorite tower for the new WTC complex.

ltsmotorsport · #20 Posted **Apr 29, 2007, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stephenapolis

This is easily my favorite tower for the new WTC complex.

I'm with ya on that one. Great tower.