This week's Freedom Tower update: If anything, people visiting the site at least have a visible symbol of the Freedom Tower rising and where it will stand on the overall site.
Actually it still has about 105 left to go. I was just counting the floors of the Verizon building across the street. Right now WTC 1 has maybe about 3 or 4 floors on it because the lower floors have more height than the upper floors.
Looks like the north core might be about to jump soon... Also, looking at the earthcam, lots of steel for the memorial has arrived. Should be interesting to watch the memorial grow, since steel is relatively quick to put together.
Great to see something finally rise. Looking back to the renderings though I can't help but feel that a significant architectural opportunity has been forever missed. The flower petal base on the spire looks so dated to me... just not excited about this at all but happy for New York to see it rise once and for all.
I'm a little confused about the steel that has recently been erected. Why the massive concrete core, with what over the months of watching has a crapload of reinforcing in it, and now transition to relatively light steel members? The steel columns around the perimeter are massive, but these new ones on top of the concrete core appear to be much smaller. Will the concrete core continue to rise and provide a solid protected center shaft for elevators and stairwells?
Sorry if this is a silly question, it just struck me as odd.
I'm a little confused about the steel that has recently been erected. Why the massive concrete core, with what over the months of watching has a crapload of reinforcing in it, and now transition to relatively light steel members? The steel columns around the perimeter are massive, but these new ones on top of the concrete core appear to be much smaller. Will the concrete core continue to rise and provide a solid protected center shaft for elevators and stairwells?
Sorry if this is a silly question, it just struck me as odd.
it is a silly question. you can rest assured that these people know exactly what they're doing.
No that's not what I meant. I meant the kind of people that do stupid things, and then get sue happy while blaming it on somebody or something else. Besides pets need to be leashed and toddlers need to be held on to at all times. There is a responsibility there too.
I'm a little confused about the steel that has recently been erected. Why the massive concrete core, with what over the months of watching has a crapload of reinforcing in it, and now transition to relatively light steel members? The steel columns around the perimeter are massive, but these new ones on top of the concrete core appear to be much smaller. Will the concrete core continue to rise and provide a solid protected center shaft for elevators and stairwells?
Sorry if this is a silly question, it just struck me as odd.
As already mentioned the steel columns are part of the core and will be encased in concrete, save for the connecting steel members with the perimeter steel columns. After encased in concrete it will appear as though the whole core is concrete.
Looks like the north core might be about to jump soon... Also, looking at the earthcam, lots of steel for the memorial has arrived. Should be interesting to watch the memorial grow, since steel is relatively quick to put together.
I'm not sure how soon the north core will jump, but they are working with lightning speed on the memorial steel.
YAY! progress! lol, i've been watching since the foundation, i watched the Burj Dubai and the Eureka Tower from the ground up, the New World Trade Center, The Chicago Spire (hopefully) and the Nakheel tower are the current ones that im watching
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