NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 454

kenratboy · #**9061** Posted **Jul 14, 2010, 2:36 AM**

So excited, I'll be there this weekend! I am glad there is some heft to it, so I will have something pleasing to look at.

uaarkson · #**9062** Posted **Jul 14, 2010, 2:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by RKOwens44

Dac150, most of it yes.

TheNorthOne, there will be plenty of room for front desks (there will be two of them). The lobby won't be as open and spacious as the original Twin Towers, but that's mainly due to the new safety features that make this building much safer than the original Twin Towers, like the blast wall in the photo above and stairwells on each corner of the building. Also, it's just on this one building. Towers 2, 3, 4 (and presumably 5) will all have much larger lobbies with much more sunlight pouring into them.

Yup. It's actually much more open than it looks in the photographs (there were some closeups of the base a few pages back that give a better sense of scale; it's massive).

In addition to this, lack of space/sunlight in the base is made up for by the fact that the entire tower is clad in glass that will allow sunlight to enter the entirety of each office floor. Something the Twins did not have.

kenratboy · #**9063** Posted **Jul 15, 2010, 3:40 AM**

When the first WTC was being built, I would bet the foreman would have just shoveled it into a dump truck. Now they will at least have someone worthy check it out and do something productive if warranted.

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**9064** Posted **Jul 15, 2010, 2:40 PM**

Webcam Update from wtcprogress.com, taken a few moments ago:

Bucktown718 · #**9065** Posted **Jul 15, 2010, 3:32 PM**

Pasa la vida

steveve · #**9066** Posted **Jul 15, 2010, 5:01 PM**

Beautiful shots ^^^

Lower manhattan has never looked better

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RoldanTTLB · #**9067** Posted **Jul 15, 2010, 5:51 PM**

Nice shots. Unfortunately they highlight how awful greenwich south is, and how badly they should deck and build over the tunnel approach. I'll never quite understand why it didn't line up with West street in the first place. Maybe moving it and just building on those blocks would be better.

NY-rob-NY · #**9068** Posted **Jul 15, 2010, 6:32 PM**

this picture is verry nice.but lower manhatten has been better bevor 9/11

CSABA8 · #**9069** Posted **Jul 15, 2010, 8:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bucktown718

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What an amazing pictures...i just can't wait years to see all tower finished (someone have a time machine ?

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Firefightersfla · #**9070** Posted **Jul 15, 2010, 8:59 PM**

Incredible shots of Manhattan!!

NYguy · #**9071** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 1:43 PM**

morrongiello (July 13)

canadate · #**9072** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 1:56 PM**

Here's some that I took yesterday. And no, that epic shot that I was talking about isn't there yet. lol >> http://s973.photobucket.com/albums/ae212...%20Trade%20Center-%20July%2015th%202010/ By the way, those shots that Bucktown718 post were epic! I don't know if I can top shots from a helicopter!

NYguy · #**9073** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 1:57 PM**

carolvinzant

bgreenber

2-TOWERS · #**9074** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 2:57 PM**

great shots...first time you can see the blast wall on the north side........30 floors up........

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**9075** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 2:59 PM**

Great shots! The steel looks very massive!

westmc9th · #**9076** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 4:02 PM**

That new crane is coming. New updates provided by the port authority.
http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/pdf/June2010-WTC-Progress-Newsletter.pdf
World Trade Center Progress
June 2010
One WTC Update
Built With Their Hands

• The innovative “cocoon” system, a safety feature
that protects the workers and public at
ground level from materials that may accidentally
fall from construction floors, envelopes the
building on all four sides.

• More than 6,000 pieces of superstructure steel
have been installed to date. Concrete work has
significantly accelerated.• The number of workers laboring daily to build
the tower, already in the hundreds, is increasing
as more trades are mobilized.

• Preparation is under way for material hoists to
the top of the tower. Large elevators will be installed
on the east and west sides of the building;
some will carry workers to the top, while others
will be reserved for materials and equipment.

• Fuel cells will be delivered to the site in early
summer. Fuel cells are essentially boxes that take
liquid natural gas and, through a chemical reaction,
release electricity and heat (for hot water)
that will be used in the finished building.

• A new climbing crawler crane is scheduled to
arrive over the summer.

brian.odonnell20 · #**9077** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 5:29 PM**

if one new office floor were added to 1 wtc per week till the end of the year, it would be at the 57th floor.

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**9078** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 7:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by brian.odonnell20

if one new office floor were added to 1 wtc per week till the end of the year, it would be at the 57th floor.

Correct. They plan to reach the stories 55-60 at the end of this year.

I thought there will be no further tower crane?

hunser · #**9079** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 8:24 PM**

wow, great shots everyone! 30th floor and going ... 1WTC is rising!

Zensteeldude · #**9080** Posted **Jul 16, 2010, 9:40 PM**

LOL, do a Google search for "climbing crawler crane ". 2 hits ! The PA website and WNY.

OK, 3 hits, this forum is the third.

Someone at the PA has no idea what they are typing about. I'm pretty sure they are referring to an external climbing crane.

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