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Daquan13 · #**581** Posted **Mar 30, 2007, 9:51 PM**

The OTHER towers should help supplement the Freedom Tower and make up for the total square feet of office space lost on 09-11, and then some.

CoolCzech · #**582** Posted **Mar 30, 2007, 10:58 PM**

An unpopular feature of the old Twins was that so many occupants had no windows. Only solution to that, for a tower of equal height like the FT, is to have less floor space. Most occupants will view that as a plus.

NYguy · #**583** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 12:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by dbee84

I have a question about the freedom tower, is it just me- or does it look like the FT has less office space/volume than one of the old WTC?

The FT has about 65 % the volume of one of the old Twin Towers. As a result, you get 3 supertowers and two very tall towers (5 new towers) instead of just 2 towers.

NYguy · #**584** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 12:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by BINARY SYSTEM

We can't even replace one of the original WTC towers, let alone both. Isn't that sad...!

What's sad is the repeated ignorance of your comments.

NYguy · #**585** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 12:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by 2-TOWERS

the columns still look out of place, just seems like they can't be part of the tower

You're right, they're out of place. Looks like we're doomed for more delays when they finally realize what you've known all along....

CoolCzech · #**586** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 12:09 AM**

I find it amusing that binary would point to some tower in Madrid that looks in very many ways like the FT's twin and carry on about how superior its design is. Just goes to show that the merits of the FT's design have little to do with his rants...

DUBAI2015 · #**587** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 12:24 AM**

I think placing the steel I-beams was just a publicity stunt to get attention to the Freedom Tower.
If you look at the two months after the beams were placed, nothing happened with the I-beams themselves.

ramvid01 · #**588** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 12:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by DUBAI2015

I think placing the steel I-beams was just a publicity stunt to get attention to the Freedom Tower.
If you look at the two months after the beams were placed, nothing happened with the I-beams themselves.

The steel beams were placed too early, but the building itself is moving along (the core will start rising shortly).

BrandonJXN · #**589** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 12:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by DUBAI2015

I think placing the steel I-beams was just a publicity stunt to get attention to the Freedom Tower.
If you look at the two months after the beams were placed, nothing happened with the I-beams themselves.

Not that seeing the Freedom Tower on the news and in newspapers didn't garner any sort of attention.

Daquan13 · #**590** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 1:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by DUBAI2015

I think placing the steel I-beams was just a publicity stunt to get attention to the Freedom Tower.
If you look at the two months after the beams were placed, nothing happened with the I-beams themselves.

It WAS a publicity stunt on Pataki's part.

He knew that the tower's steel frame is not scheduled to start soaring into the sky until sometime next year.

CitySkyline · #**591** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 4:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by CoolCzech

An unpopular feature of the old Twins was that so many occupants had no windows. Only solution to that, for a tower of equal height like the FT, is to have less floor space. Most occupants will view that as a plus.

No pun intended, right?

Milllos · #**592** Posted **Mar 31, 2007, 8:12 AM**

The red x is base for crane,maybe...

Daquan13 · #**593** Posted **Apr 1, 2007, 1:30 PM**

So glad to see that there is more construction activity on the tower!

The core and concrete support posts for the steel columns, at least, should be in full swing by this coming summer!

Independence · #**594** Posted **Apr 1, 2007, 2:44 PM**

Shouldn't the remains of the old WTC parking structure be demolished before FT construction begins?
It appears to be a little close to the FT's base...
Or are the remains kept in place?

I don't get it...

Daquan13 · #**595** Posted **Apr 1, 2007, 2:57 PM**

The outbound PATH track that goes back to New Jersey runs under that. The track has been relocated somewhat to accommodate the construction of the tower.

Holes were made there that reach deep into the bedrock to help support some of the giant columns for the tower.

My estimation is that that area will be covered up even more as the tower is built.

Besides, the building has been moved back several feet from the street to satisfy security concerns by the NYPD. So it should not have a bearing on whether one or the other will be interfering with each other.

NYC2ATX · #**596** Posted **Apr 2, 2007, 1:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by dbee84

Hi,

The torre cristal is currentely being built in Madrid, Spain, part of a group of 4 skyscrapers of 226-250m (800 foot-ish)

It is quite similar in design, apart from the spike thing.

I have a thread on these towers if anyone wants to read more about them:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=118065

or see my time lapse evolution video of them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOwQlvaGa5c

Greetings from Madrid,

I hope to visit NY one of these days

oh haha thats torre cristal, yea i kno about CTBA, i wasnt sure if that was torre cristal or not.

Definitely come to NY someday its amazing, and i cant wait to come to spain

rich_200 · #**597** Posted **Apr 2, 2007, 4:17 AM**

The building at the left is an exact copy of a building in Monterrey, Mexico, that guy copied as well the freedom tower. He is doing exactly what they are doing in Dubai, STEALING DESIGNS!! why can´t they be original?

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4710
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=104481&page=22&highlight=Torre+CNCI

CoolCzech · #**598** Posted **Apr 2, 2007, 11:50 AM**

Yeah, yeah, and every rectangular shaped tower standing on its end is an exact copy of what they are doing in every city in the Whole Wide World of Sports.... gimme a break.

CoolCzech · #**599** Posted **Apr 2, 2007, 11:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by CitySkyline

No pun intended, right?

It would appear so...

Daquan13 · #**600** Posted **Apr 2, 2007, 2:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by CoolCzech

Yeah, yeah, and every rectangular shaped tower standing on its end is an exact copy of what they are doing in every city in the Whole Wide World of Sports.... gimme a break.

Yeah, you're right, ColCzech!!

I'm really not interested in skyscrapers being built overseas, since I'll probably never see them there.

I just want to visit the Freedom Tower when it's done. Also, the other towers on the land.

But the next time I go to Windy City, I think I'll visit the JHC, since I haven't visited the obs deck there yet. I visited the one in the Sears Tower several times.