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[Obey]

^^^ There's nothing weird about it. Either there is a covering on it or not.

[Onn]

Originally Posted by Obey

^^^ There's nothing weird about it. Either there is a covering on it or not.

Oh, it's been weird since day one. First there was the color of the cladding, then there was the time frame of when it was going up, then the missing glass panes once it started going up, and now the question of whether there's either film or no film and distortion...since when cladding this difficult?

[Crush_Buds]

The one thing I've discovered about this website is that people like to complain well before a project is finished or near finished. I'm holding judgement as usual, and I bet it will turn out great. I'll laugh some more when two years (or less) pass, and everyone on this forum touts this as the greatest tower on earth. Remain patient.

[uaarkson]

Originally Posted by Onn

Oh, it's been weird since day one. First there was the color of the cladding, then there was the time frame of when it was going up, then the missing glass panes once it started going up, and now the question of whether there's either film or no film and distortion...since when cladding this difficult?

There's a simple explanation for all of those, most of which have been provided.

[CoolCzech]

Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

heres an idea why doesn't someone just go down to the site and ask a construction worker if the glass has a film on it

For starters, it's not that easy to get to the site. Yeah, it's right in lower Manhattan, but the actual construction is going on in a pit that is a formidable barrier, and I doubt one can wander down into it without authorization. Sure, the area directly around the FT is now at street level, but there are fences and other impediments all around.

Beyond that, most of the workers have nothing to do with the cladding, and probably won't have any idea what you're talking about.

[CoolCzech]

It makes sense that the glass would have some sort of protective film covering it, while construction continues to pitch steel hundreds of feet into the sky directly above.

[meh_cd]

I'll go with some kind of covering. Otherwise some of the reflections of 123 Washington Street (behind Deutsche Bank) make no sense at all.

[Troubadour]

Do the diagonals converge at an increasing rate with height, or are they constant? The renderings all look that way. I ask because I took one of the construction photos and drew straight lines aligned with the diagonals until convergence, and came up with what looks like an insanely tall roof height relative to the surrounding buildings. I hope this is how it turns out, but renderings seem to differ about relative heights.

[Onn]

Originally Posted by CoolCzech

It makes sense that the glass would have some sort of protective film covering it, while construction continues to pitch steel hundreds of feet into the sky directly above.

You could say that about any skyscraper, protective film is almost NEVER done. In fact the only tower I seem to remember it being done on for the cladding, since I've been following the stuff, might have been, maybe, Bank of America off Bryant Park. That's it!

[JSsocal]

^^^Guangzhou Twin Towers West was entirely covered in protective film until very deep into construction.

Will everybody relax about the glass. NO ONE can make a judgement on the glass yet. They haven't even put two pieces next to each other yet.

[Traynor]

Originally Posted by JSsocal

^^^Guangzhou Twin Towers West was entirely covered in protective film until very deep into construction.

Will everybody relax about the glass. NO ONE can make a judgement on the glass yet. They haven't even put two pieces next to each other yet.

Yes, this is true about the IFC in Guangzhou, but while being constructed the glass did not display the extreme waviness as 1WTCv2 seems to be doing so far. You can forgive people for regarding it with such trepidation, when it is a tower that holds such emotional, and personal attachment for so many people.

[NYguy]

Oh, will you people please give it a rest. You couldn't wait for the glass to start going up, and now that it has, you can't seem to stop arguing over it.
Some of us have had enough. Just watch the tower go up, and be greatful that it is - we could still be looking at a hole in the ground.



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[djvandrake]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Oh, will you people please give it a rest. You couldn't wait for the glass to start going up, and now that it has, you can't seem to stop arguing over it.
Some of us have had enough. Just watch the tower go up, and be greatful that it is - we could still be looking at a hole in the ground.

Bravo, Hear Hear, seconded and amen sir. I'd buy you a drink for that one if I could.

Thanks for the great pics NYGuy.

[dr_strangelove]

what is the estimated time of completion?

[shakman]

Excellent update. I have not been to this thread in a while. I am quite amazed at the progress of the STEEL rising. So far I have counted 45-floors framed.

Shall this be the next debate?

[Obey]

Originally Posted by dr_strangelove

what is the estimated time of completion?

I believe 2013

[YSL]

gorgeous!!!

[jthornton17]

[QUOTE=NYguy;5072163]Oh, will you people please give it a rest. You couldn't wait for the glass to start going up, and now that it has, you can't seem to stop arguing over it.
Some of us have had enough. Just watch the tower go up, and be greatful that it is - we could still be looking at a hole in the ground.



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Yeah, I agree. What's Next? The color of the carpet that goes on the floor? Picture number 17 is so awesome! I believe this will put the building past floor 50?

[YSL]

Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

heres an idea why doesn't someone just go down to the site and ask a construction worker if the glass has a film on it

....or e-mail the supplier of the glass

[STR]

^I thought I pretty well settled it with photographic evidence. Either there's a film on the glass, or the SW corner piece is slowly melting in 30 degree cold.