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

[Plokoon11]

^ Yes finally I come home to see updates! Now I am satisfied.

[MadGnome]

The Port Authority was exactly right. The FDNY gets a little carried away sometimes. They would have shut down the whole site all day for no reason. I was trapped near a gasoline fire for a day once because they clooged the only road out with 30 trucks when there was no way to get more than one to the fire. There must have been 20 Chiefs there. Every one of them in charge.

[Domamania]

i see that on earth cam that every floor bilt on freedom tower the more the last top floor disappears. i think 3 more levels and you wont be able to see the progression anymore on freedom tower as it slowly rises.

[Firefightersfla]

Hey, no picking on the FDNY!!

[NYCLuver]

March 9th, 2010

Looking at the first core steel above the base. The steel in the foreground is of WTC 4.

[rich_200]

It's about time to step up the pace!!

[Zensteeldude]

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

On these two renderings of the tower there are three structural columns on each side which are quite visable behind the glass. Does anyone know why these only appear at the top portion of the tower and not any lower?

Also, why there is an area of six floors that have a different type of glass that appears more transparent?

Renderings are a form of art, created by an artist. They are seldom correct in all detail. Believe me, those columns well go all the way down.

As for the different type of glass, there is no glass there, those are air intakes.


Security at the WTC is tight, like crazy tight. Like everyone working there has to go through a background check, armed guards there 24/7, etc.. I can see em letting the first FDNY responders in, but 60 !!!!!! Hope the construction worker makes a full recovery.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by 37TimPPG

Could it be??? HD Cam shows MORE core steel going up!

I would hope so. Otherwise, this would be one of the worst "bait and switch" renderings we've seen...

[sw5710]

going up at 2 floors at a time now?

[Domamania]

is it me or the steel beems of tower 1 look bigger and more massive then the steel beems of tower 4.

[NYguy]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/mob_bribe_plot_at_wtc_uaeNvSpybQdwwp4DApTGwM

Mob 'bribe' plot at WTC

By JANON FISHER
March 10, 2010

Ground Zero can't shake the mob.

Eight members of the Colombo crime family were indicted yesterday for allegedly offering kickbacks to land a subcontract at the site -- and then threatening to use muscle to collect on late payments from the company.

Prosecutors in Brooklyn federal court alleged the mob clan offered kickbacks to a foreman at Ground Zero to ensure that Testa Corp, a Boston-area excavator, would subcontract with All Around Trucking, a Colombo carting company.

The mobsters then threatened to shut the Freedom Tower operation down -- using force if necessary -- when Testa fell several hundred thousand dollars behind in payments, according to the charges.

"You want me to yoke the guy up and hit him over the f - - - ing head with a coffee pot?" alleged mobster James Bombino asks Michael Persico, the son of jailed former crime-family boss Carmine "The Snake" Persico, according to wiretaps arranged by the feds.

Persico -- whose only run-in with the law until now had been a drunk-driving bust -- told Bombino to "threaten the job," according to the tapes.

At one point, Bombino told a confidential informant that Persico told him: "We have to light a fire under their ass. Where's the check? They're shakin' in their boots."

But Persico's cousin, Theodore "Skinny" Persico Jr., who was on supervised release for a previous racketeering conviction, appears much more willing to use violence, according to the FBI recordings.

When a former Gambino-family member comes to "Skinny" Persico looking for protection after jumping to the Colombo clan, he tells the man: "If it was up to me, I'd go get a gun and shoot them or stab them or beat them up when I see 'em," according to the tapes.

"Skinny" then allegedly began extorting money from him in exchange for protection.

[NYguy]

asterix611

[BStyles]

Ah, the mob....never gets tiring.

If they would have shut the site down the NYPD, PA, SPI, and FBI would've been dead on their asses. That would have been a great Law&Order episode.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by BStyles

If they would have shut the site down the NYPD, PA, SPI, and FBI would've been dead on their asses. That would have been a great Law&Order episode.

Hmmmm, would Tony Soprano shut down the site? Probably not, but Uncle Junior would...


A few more from asterix611

[ChiSoxRox]

Originally Posted by NYguy

asterix611

What's the brand new building in the right distance? Goldman Sachs?

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Originally Posted by NYguy

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/...eed%3A+nydnrss%2Fny_local+%28NY+Local%29

Accident at Freedom Tower site adds fuel to Ground Zero feud between Port Authority, city

BY Erin Einhorn and John Lauinger
March 9th 2010

Poor guy!!

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Dralcoffin

What's the brand new building in the right distance? Goldman Sachs?

That's 123 Washington (the W Hotel)...
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=93680

I believe there are columns going up on the Freedom Tower now.

[ChiSoxRox]

Originally Posted by NYguy

That's 123 Washington (the W Hotel)...
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=93680

I believe there are columns going up on the Freedom Tower now.

Thanks.

[37TimPPG]

Originally Posted by BStyles

Ah, the mob....never gets tiring.

If they would have shut the site down the NYPD, PA, SPI, and FBI would've been dead on their asses. That would have been a great Law&Order episode.

Where's "Big Pussy" when you need him?

[37TimPPG]

On HD Cam it looks like the first outer columns of Steel are being erected on the first office floor! YAY!