NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS

[theWatusi]

Crossbeam and column topper on site for installation on yesterday's column.

[NYguy]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08262009/business/bowlmor_looks_to_strike_deal_186468.htm



August 26, 2009

A person closely involved with the construction of the Freedom Tower tells us that it is taking approximately one month to build a floor, and, to date, only token steel has gone up.

Earlier, confidential Port Authority documents predicted concrete work would take no more than one week per floor and called for the building to be completed with a temporary certificate of occupancy on Sept. 19, 2012 -- three years from now.

A Port Authority spokeswoman now says the temporary certificate of occupancy will be obtained in mid-2013.

The spokeswoman said the one-floor-a-week schedule for the Freedom Tower will start when the building reaches 200 feet and that it's currently around 100 feet tall.

Ground level was reached by the south core portion last August, while the north core did so in June.

One reason the work is moving so slowly, a source told Between the Bricks, is that because of the size of the building and floor-load issues, any on-site changes that might otherwise amount to a friendly chat among contractors in a regular project are considerably more involved at the Freedom Tower.

Indeed, the source said a change requires work to be stopped in order to get OKs from the architects and engineers. What's more, new sets of computerized drawing must be generated. The PA spokeswoman said an engineer now has been hired to be on site to deal with such issues. She added that the work does not stop to await new drawings.

[uakoops]

And here is what has been put up so far....

[Dac150]

The lobby is going to be huge.

[vandelay]

Too bad the lobby will have huge blast walls for the sake of safety.

[Puzzlecraft]

Are they going to put art up on those huge blank white blast walls?

BTW, earthcam is stuck again, but the rebuild cam is working again; the cap and cross beam for the sixth column are done.

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

[theWatusi]

Originally Posted by Puzzlecraft

Are they going to put art up on those huge blank white blast walls?

They should cover them with huge video screens like the Comcast Center lobby

[Puzzlecraft]

I was thinking of that, say a "virtual window" to the outside. I've been in the Comcast center, the video wall is impressive to say the least, however one needs to be a good distance away from it to appreciate at it, the core would make the viewing angle more oblique.

[Acer1]

Originally Posted by NYguy

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08262009/business/bowlmor_looks_to_strike_deal_186468.htm



August 26, 2009

One should have assumed on a project this size that some changes might be necessary. That's why things get delayed.

Also to note on the webcam, there seems to be a concrete pour going on on the west side where all that green rebar is. Correct?

[zx14]

Looks like the tower will take another 3 years to top out. I have never been to NYC but checking out the sight is all I can do. Just looks like there is so much to this skyscraper that it will rise oh so slowly.

[FerrariEnzo]

^more a result of politics and finance then logistics and engineering. what are you waiting for though, come take a bite out of the big apple

[Plokoon11]

Man when I first heard about the columns I thought the ywere going to knock them all out in a day, WRONG.

[theWatusi]

I guess once they're past the base things will speed up a lot. I read one floor a week somewhere.

[RoldanTTLB]

What? Pictures? In the flesh? You don't say. This is one corner down, three to go. They were taking down the forms on the north core, so it's also just about steel time.

Once the tower is at about 200 feet (presumably the top of the gigantor lobby first few floors deal) it'll be a floor a week. That's still 2 years of floors, though.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Plokoon11

Man when I first heard about the columns I thought the ywere going to knock them all out in a day, WRONG.

Well, they said when they started that it would take about a month, or sometime in September before all were in place. I've learned its best to follow the Port Authority scheduling in regards to what's taking place at the Freedom Tower...

The spokeswoman said the one-floor-a-week schedule for the Freedom Tower will start when the building reaches 200 feet and that it's currently around 100 feet tall.

...And am looking forward to that.

[A-K O.G.]

Amen to that NYguy, All that have patiently waited will have a nice present by christmas!!

[Aleks]

Originally Posted by uakoops

And here is what has been put up so far....

DAMN! This render really shows how massive the base will be. Even if there is some distortion from the rendering software. And I love the way the fountain transfers the vertical lines to the base of the FT smoothly.

I just hope the fountains actually look good like in the renderings and have a nice flow of water. I hope they don't come out like this, where the flow is weak and they look nothing like waterfalls. These are really old so I'm pretty sure they've found a way to make them look nice by now.

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Originally Posted by vandelay

Too bad the lobby will have huge blast walls for the sake of safety.

I think something hanging from that roof would look really nice. Like this at the Seattle Art Museum. Maybe not exactly cars [some people might get offended] but the concept of it. And if they put something on the roof it should look good and flow with the lobby, not just put a colorful piece of cloth hanging from random places.

link

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Aleks

I think something hanging from that roof would look really nice. Like this at the Seattle Art Museum. Maybe not exactly cars [some people might get offended] but the concept of it. And if they put something on the roof it should look good and flow with the lobby, not just put a colorful piece of cloth hanging from random places.

They've been known to flirt with art at 7 WTC, and the Freedom Tower will need a humanizing touch down there, so I wouldn't be surprised to see some.

[CGII]

Originally Posted by Aleks

I think something hanging from that roof would look really nice. Like this at the Seattle Art Museum. Maybe not exactly cars [some people might get offended] but the concept of it. And if they put something on the roof it should look good and flow with the lobby, not just put a colorful piece of cloth hanging from random places.

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I think exploding cars would definitely be the most ironic art that could possibly be installed in a lobby designed specifically to protect against carbombs.

[Aleks]

I know, which is why I said not exactly cars. But the concept of hanging stuff. I mean, that lobby looks classy and all but just look at it. It's boring. The SAM has a plain lobby too but these things made it look alive.

At least change that mural behind the desks to something more colorful. I say some changeable blown-up pictures will look nice. From areals, to pictures of local parks and forests.

NYGuy, didn't 7WTC have some window 'art' once? I remember seeing something about art in the 7WTC because it looked to plain but I don't remember what.