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Originally Posted by lotusmad2001
Just wanted to add a little bit of personal disappointment that they ended up chopping over 100ft from the final design. There is so much meaning and history in finally replacing what was the south tower it just doesn't seem right to me that it isn't over 1300ft or matching the original floor height (like 1WTC did)
I think to continuously compromise at such an important site really goes against the ethos of building back stronger, the drop in 3WTC was already sad to see.
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So you weren't a fan of the 1,270 ft "diamond" topped version everyone loved, and I'm sure you were ready to jump in the river over the spire not actually being built. But this is not the time for sadness. We aren't going to sit around for another 10 years hoping that a tower just
a hundred feet taller miraculously get built.
We have a tenant here, taking up the FULL tower. All of the WTC office space will have been rebuilt and leased, in a better Downtown. There is nothing but good news here. Now the debate moves on to design, which obviously some people will not be happy with. But it's getting built, and for years that's all you could ask for.
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Originally Posted by patriotizzy
Although the design fits in well with the rest of the WTC complex, it could just as easily fit within the Hudson Yards. To be fair, you couldn't really go any other way other than the boring corporate glass and flat facade. Yea yea, there are a few vertical fins (big whoop) and balconies, but it's still overwhelmingly a generic flat blue wall. Admittedly, it is the nicer design of the WTC site, but that's not saying much.
This, alongside a couple other supertalls in midtown, are going to make the next 5-7 years one of the most exciting years in modern times for NYC skyscraper enthusiasts. All in all, I'm just happy this is finally rising!
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Yeah, that was the point of the redesign - to fit in more with the modern towers that are being built. There's a reason all those Hudson Yards towers are built and leased (almost full or full before they are even completed!) This wouldn't have been the design 20 years ago, but it is a design for today. All of the new office towers are incorporating terraces where they can. This tower has a lively, stepped back profile - of the 270 and 350 park variety. And in sharp contrast to the monolithic Freedom Tower beside it, which itself would have been designed differently today. But yes, all in all, the next few years will be a virtual parade of new skyscrapers going up, both office and residential. There will be a lot to keep track of. And we are ready!
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Originally Posted by Doubleu1117
Wow those realistic renders look great. Improves my feelings on it a lot actually. Renderings always go crazy with the open air spaces and tree coverage it looks cartooney sometimes. Looks much more interesting to me this way.
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Originally Posted by mrnyc
yeah its nice to have such realistic renders for a change.
that is very likely exactly what it will look like, or definitely feel like around it.
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Those may have been AI generated, but the real difference between the renderings is in "dry summer" vs "cold, wet, winter". Naturally there would be a difference.
BTW, something about the fins reminds me a little of the original Twin Towers.
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