NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 283

NYguy · #**5641** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 6:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by Aleks

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.

They do various artistic events there. I went to a photography exhibit there once. In the case of 7 WTC, it was to draw up business and public awareness of the development.

The gallery here shows some of the events at 7...
http://www.7wtcevents.com/

Some 7 WTC artistic spaces from wtc.com

And there's always the natural beauty...

As far as the Freedom Tower goes, the spire itself was supposed to be an artistic collaboration. They haven't revealed everything about the lobby, but I'm sure the closer we get to the tower opening there will be more specifics on all aspects, including the art.

Puzzlecraft · #**5642** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 7:04 AM**

In the rendering of the lobby with the huge blast wall, there are sharp rectanglular stripes of white light along the upper half of the blast wall. Where is this light coming from? The wall is solid, right?

theWatusi · #**5643** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 1:14 PM**

There's a lot of miscellaneous steel on site. Maybe for the North core cage?

http://www.earthcam.com/clients/groundzero/groundZero.swf

Puzzlecraft · #**5644** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 2:29 PM**

Sure looks like core steel. However, for the south core, the south crane jumped before any south core steel went in.

Puzzlecraft · #**5645** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 3:25 PM**

Looks like the smaller beams are being installed as cross beams between the core and the northern-most outer column at lower levels. These would be temporary I presume to strengthen the structure to permit the NW columns to be installed without the north steel being installed first. WAG on my part.

theWatusi · #**5646** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 3:46 PM**

Time will tell. The cam is stuck yet again

Zensteeldude · #**5647** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 3:57 PM**

Those look like floor beams for the southeast corner. They can put up two floors in that corner now, the 2nd and 3rd.

Puzzlecraft · #**5648** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 4:08 PM**

Zen, do you have a schematic of the lobby, that is which areas in the area that is to be encompassed by the big columns going up now will be open (excluding the core) and which area will have the floors that you just mentioned?

alexjon · #**5649** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 4:16 PM**

What floor do you guys think it will be at, come end of Feb/start of March? You know, assuming the floor-a-week plan.

Dac150 · #**5650** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 4:56 PM**

Just out of curiosity, where is the connection ‘hole’ going to be placed that’ll connect to the Fulton Street Transit Hub? The connection portion to the WFC is made obvious, but I can’t get a visual of the Fulton connector. Perhaps that’s not until the PATH Hub gets rolling?

NYguy · #**5651** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dac150

Just out of curiosity, where is the connection ‘hole’ going to be placed that’ll connect to the Fulton Street Transit Hub? The connection portion to the WFC is made obvious, but I can’t get a visual of the Fulton connector. Perhaps that’s not until the PATH Hub gets rolling?

If you mean the connection to the Freedom Tower, that was shown here in this thread a while ago, back when they were first putting up the arches for the connector. However, the completed connector (or throughway) to the Fulton St Center is on the other side of the site, where they are currently finishing the excavation for Calatrava's terminal.

philvia · #**5652** Posted **Aug 27, 2009, 8:21 PM**

looks like we have the SE portion of the 3rd floor framed out

NYguy · #**5653** Posted **Aug 28, 2009, 3:42 AM**

I always get a kick out of this version of the Freedom Tower, the mess we barely averted, but at what point will they take it down and put up the accurate version?

joevare

NYguy · #**5654** Posted **Aug 28, 2009, 3:50 AM**

Haven't seen this comparison here...

uminarampart

rich_200 · #**5655** Posted **Aug 28, 2009, 4:30 AM**

Very interesting comparison.

eaalkaline · #**5656** Posted **Aug 28, 2009, 5:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

Haven't seen this comparison here...

uminarampart

i thought the freedom tower, when looked down upon from above, was essentially a square inside a square. i thought that meant that the top floors were less wide than the bottom floors. but this rendering makes it look like the width is maintained from base to top. which one is it?

StarScraperCity · #**5657** Posted **Aug 28, 2009, 5:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by eaalkaline

i thought the freedom tower, when looked down upon from above, was essentially a square inside a square. i thought that meant that the top floors were less wide than the bottom floors. but this rendering makes it look like the width is maintained from base to top. which one is it?

It depends upon the angle from which the building is viewed. Some angles will produce the rectangular appearance exhibited in the diagram.

NYguy · #**5658** Posted **Aug 28, 2009, 7:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by eaalkaline

i thought the freedom tower, when looked down upon from above, was essentially a square inside a square. i thought that meant that the top floors were less wide than the bottom floors. but this rendering makes it look like the width is maintained from base to top. which one is it?

Maybe this will help you...

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(lowermanhattan.info)

Aleks · #**5659** Posted **Aug 28, 2009, 8:20 AM**

I was hoping they would go with this top instead of the one you posted NYGuy. In my opinion the antenna's make the tower look better and it gives it a more interesting crown. The new crown is too simple and the way the spire rises doesn't look as good imo.

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NYguy · #**5660** Posted **Aug 28, 2009, 9:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by Aleks

I was hoping they would go with this top instead of the one you posted NYGuy. In my opinion the antenna's make the tower look better and it gives it a more interesting crown. The new crown is too simple and the way the spire rises doesn't look as good imo.

The ring on the model I posted is one of the earlier versions. The last version is closer to the first one you posted above. But it remains to be seen if there will be a "ring" at all on top of the tower. All the PA has confirmed so far is that there will be a spire bringing the building's height to 1,776 ft.

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Originally Posted by Patrick

Hey theres my Google Earth model!

A little more fun with that...