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drumz0rz · #**5141** Posted **Jul 1, 2009, 2:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by theWatusi

Interesting to see the South crane being supported by the steel framework.

pretty much all high "super tall" constructions are done this way, it's the only way to get the crane up the whole time. As they start adding floors, the crane will be lifted up, and the floors filled in behind where it had been. It'll continue this wall right up to the very top, then it's dissassembled and just like that, you have a skyscraper.

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Originally Posted by buildup

I'm sure someone there can tell me: Are they mostly building the underground facilities (subway, utility, etc.) right now? One World Trade's foundation had to go in first, now the undergound facilities that run through it and after that is in place they will be able to start on the tower.

The Subway / Path had been rebuilt years ago, although because of the removal of the temporary entrance, the Courtland St. subway stations are closed. They've been progressing steadily on the sub basement levels across the whole site. For those wondering why it's taking so long (now), remember that it's 4 construction sites in one crampt 19-acre whole in lower manhattan (not the easiest place to get the material to). I say now, because a lot of the delay previously was for stupid reasons.

talltowers08 · #**5142** Posted **Jul 1, 2009, 4:12 PM**

its a 16 acre site not a 19 acre

talltowers08 · #**5143** Posted **Jul 1, 2009, 4:22 PM**

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7351&d=1246462732

new pour at plaza level

drumz0rz · #**5144** Posted **Jul 1, 2009, 7:15 PM**

16*, my bad. That's a great angle, that website has a bunch of cams that look at that sight. Found a new bookmark!

talltowers08 · #**5145** Posted **Jul 1, 2009, 7:23 PM**

They have started tower 4 but you need to find the forum page to see the progress on that build. And its where the 1 subway line runs thru the site.

NYguy · #**5146** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 4:54 AM**

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/07/01/construction_pourn_one_wtc_plaza_takes_shape.php

Construction Pour: One WTC Plaza Takes Shape

Wednesday, July 1, 2009, by Lockhart

Further evidence that the One World Trade Center tower will actually exist: this epic concrete pour, which, per Port Authority public relations executives, took 14 hours and used the equivalent of six miles worth of sidewalk concrete. This plaza, on the eastern side of One WTC, includes a fountain—see that large circle? Fountain!—and concrete boxes where Swamp White Oaks will one day grow. For the true concrete junkies amongst us, there's an epic two-minute time-lapse video of the pour. Pour, baby, pour!

Watch the video
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1859729610?bclid=1859720569&bctid=28223601001

kenratboy · #**5147** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 5:54 AM**

Cool! That is some nice, visible progress. Really seems this project is rolling in the sense the average person will start to notice something is happening.

Aleks · #**5148** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 7:25 AM**

I remember when this was just a hole in the ground a couple years ago. Now look at it! Amazing, it took a while but it was worth it.

Anyways, that doesn't look right? Or is it? The pour was in the North fountain right? And where did the circle come from? I don't see any circles in any memorial renderings.

I'm confused...

Realthang · #**5149** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 10:39 AM**

It's the east side of the 1 WTC... not the memorial

drumz0rz · #**5150** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 1:18 PM**

The photo from above

shows the WTC memorial visible at the very top of the image. If I'm not mistaken, the view is looking south.

pattali · #**5151** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 1:55 PM**

News from 1 webcam :

http://www.rebuildgroundzero.org/ is back now !

or directly

http://rebuildgroundzero.org/webcam/rgz_000.jpg?1246542922416

NYguy · #**5152** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 6:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by drumz0rz

The photo from above

shows the WTC memorial visible at the very top of the image. If I'm not mistaken, the view is looking south.

That's correct. Here's an earlier rendering of the plaza...

The site plan:

NYguy · #**5153** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 6:36 PM**

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...-of-concrete-shape-plaza-at-ground-zero/

Gallons and Gallons of Concrete Shape Plaza at Ground Zero

By Jennifer 8. Lee
July 2, 2009

More than 250,000 gallons of concete were poured spanning 14 hours for 1 World Trade Center starting on Tuesday night, giving shape to the base of a large fountain on the plaza level and boxes where trees will be planted.

The concrete — which would be enough for six miles of city sidewalk — was brought in by 125 trucks and was the largest pour in the construction process to date. “You get a feel of what it looks like street level for the first time,” said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In total, more than 4.5 million gallons have been poured.

“We have been spending the last year and a half building underground infrastructure,” he said. “This finally gets the street level plaza being formed.”

Another significant milestone was the installation of the steel framework for the memorial in January.

The entire process, which ended on noon on Wednesday, was recorded in a time lapse video and made public on the Internet. “You see all these guys like little ants,” said Mr. Coleman.

theWatusi · #**5154** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 7:54 PM**

What kind of yokel measures concrete in gallons?

You Need A Thneed · #**5155** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 8:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by theWatusi

What kind of yokel measures concrete in gallons?

A reporters failed attempt to translate the numbers into numbers average people can understand?

It's pretty hard to imagine 250,000 of anything though - never mind 4.5 million. It's much easier for an average person to imagine 1200(ish) cubic yards (metres).

theWatusi · #**5156** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 9:25 PM**

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The concrete — which would be enough for six miles of city sidewalk — was brought in by 125 trucks and was the largest pour in the construction process to date.

This is enough to illustrate the magnitude of the pour. No reason to dumb it down with incorrect terminology.

J_M_Tungsten · #**5157** Posted **Jul 2, 2009, 11:44 PM**

WOW COOL!! I still dont see a circular fountain where this should be though? I see a circular shape with trees on it, is that it?

BrownTown · #**5158** Posted **Jul 3, 2009, 4:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by J_M_Tungsten

WOW COOL!! I still dont see a circular fountain where this should be though? I see a circular shape with trees on it, is that it?

nope, from that picture its on the other side of the tower where you can't see it.

A-K O.G. · #**5159** Posted **Jul 3, 2009, 7:23 AM**

J_M_Tungsten's hunch is correct, this pour was on the east side of the tower, renderings rarely turn out 100% as planned, they just poured the "tree fountain"

NYguy · #**5160** Posted **Jul 3, 2009, 12:41 PM**

^ Those renderings are pretty accurate from what we are seeing so far...

Before the last (plaza) pour...

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