NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 575

JACKinBeantown · #**11481** Posted **Dec 12, 2010, 6:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by RoldanTTLB

Cranes are above almost everything else downtown...

One World Trade Center is starting to make its mark on the skyline! The fact that it's clearly visible from midtown is a milestone I've been waiting for. Thanks for the nice shot, RoldanTTLB.

NYguy · #**11482** Posted **Dec 12, 2010, 12:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by uakoops

On the Earthcam HD you can see that they put up the third level of corner cladding on the SE corner.

I like the current pace of construction. Even at the projected floor per week rise and cladding, changes are sometimes daily.
Come springtime, a lot of people are going to be amazed at how quickly the Freedom Tower has risen on the scene.

(Dec 10)

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #**11483** Posted **Dec 12, 2010, 4:33 PM**

new steel and glass went up yesterday

northbay · #**11484** Posted **Dec 12, 2010, 5:49 PM**

haven't visited this thread in awhile - great to see cladding going up! so far, looks good.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork, thanks for posting those pix. you left out my favorite nickname for new york in your signature, gotham.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #**11485** Posted **Dec 12, 2010, 5:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by northbay

haven't visited this thread in awhile - great to see cladding going up! so far, looks good.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork, thanks for posting those pix. you left out my favorite nickname for new york in your signature, gotham.

no problem and thanks for reminding me to add that one in

Obey · #**11486** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 12:12 AM**

Lookin good! Two more floors are already under way! Amazing

NYguy · #**11487** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 2:46 AM**

VinSchiano2009

chicagoist_todd

Jaystang5 · #**11488** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 2:53 AM**

does any one will agree that the cladding is gonna resemble that of 7 WTC, except for those horizontal line/beams that shows up in between of each floor of 7wtc... talking about the appearance and not how they are structurally made...

NYguy · #**11489** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 3:03 AM**

It will closely resemble 7 WTC, but there will be a slight difference in appearance of the building.

cybermelli

Onn · #**11490** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 3:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jaystang5

does any one will agree that the cladding is gonna resemble that of 7 WTC, except for those horizontal line/beams that shows up in between of each floor of 7wtc... talking about the appearance and not how they are structurally made...

Well there are number of key differences. Personally I don't think it's turning out much like 7WTC, but everyone has their opinion. I have not seen the cladding in person either.

Domamania · #**11491** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 3:54 AM**

Hey everybody i just made som calculation on One world trade center. Right now there are working on the 51st and 52 floors right. so lets see each office floor is 13.4 feet, so lets see 13.4x 32=428 feet, now the base is 187 feet just about right, so 187+ 428=615.8 feet.

now we are all wondering how many feet and floors left for one wtc to topple 7 wtc right, well 7 wtc is 741 feet tall. so 741-615.8= 125.2 feet. so in feet wise 1 wtc will be as tall as 7 wtc in 125.2 feet. now in floor equation 125.2 divided 13.4=9.3 so let round that off to 10 floors. so in 10 floors it will topple 7 wtc. and i predict this will happen some time around mid april.

what do you all think.

JoePDX · #**11492** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 4:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Domamania

Hey everybody i just made som calculation on One world trade center. Right now there are working on the 51st and 52 floors right. so lets see each office floor is 13.4 feet, so lets see 13.4x 32=428 feet, now the base is 187 feet just about right, so 187+ 428=615.8 feet.

now we are all wondering how many feet and floors left for one wtc to topple 7 wtc right, well 7 wtc is 741 feet tall. so 741-615.8= 125.2 feet. so in feet wise 1 wtc will be as tall as 7 wtc in 125.2 feet. now in floor equation 125.2 divided 13.4=9.3 so let round that off to 10 floors. so in 10 floors it will topple 7 wtc. and i predict this will happen some time around mid april.

what do you all think.

Yeah, and we can calculate and estimate how long it will be until 1WTC is as high as Beekman. What is your point? More importantly what is the significance of 1WTC being the same height as 7 WTC? Hey I know,lets calculate and estimate how long it will take 1WTC to be as high as Citicorp Center,,lets try the Empire State building next, then for kicks lets estimate how long it will take 1WTC to be as high as Rockerfeller center,,,lol

Domamania · #**11493** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 5:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by JoePDX

Yeah, and we can calculate and estimate how long it will be until 1WTC is as high as Beekman. What is your point? More importantly what is the significance of 2WTC being the same height as 7 WTC? Hey I know,lets calculate and estimate how long it will take 1WTC to be as high as Citicorp Center,,lets try the Empire State building next, then for kicks lets estimate how long it will take 1WTC to be as high as Rockerfeller center,,,lol

My point was that in 10 floors tower 1V2 was going to reach another milestone as we would call it and be taller then wtc7. and did not mention
2wtc at all.

patriotizzy · #**11494** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 5:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by JoePDX

Yeah, and we can calculate and estimate how long it will be until 1WTC is as high as Beekman. What is your point? More importantly what is the significance of 2WTC being the same height as 7 WTC? Hey I know,lets calculate and estimate how long it will take 1WTC to be as high as Citicorp Center,,lets try the Empire State building next, then for kicks lets estimate how long it will take 1WTC to be as high as Rockerfeller center,,,lol

Did anyone ever teach you manners? You sound very rude. I'm sure lots of people appreciate someone coming up with calculations to envision how far the project has come, and how little or how much it has left.

JoePDX · #**11495** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 5:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Domamania

My point was that in 10 floors tower 1V2 was going to reach another milestone as we would call it and be taller then wtc7. and did not mention
2wtc at all.

Sorry, I meant 1wtc not 2...typo. But I dont understand why its a milestone for it to be as high as 7wtc. Its not like its some iconic building.

AtlantaMustang · #**11496** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 6:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by JoePDX

Sorry, I meant 1wtc not 2...typo. But I dont understand why its a milestone for it to be as high as 7wtc. Its not like its some iconic building.

Well once its above 7wtc it will be extremely visible from midtown. Maybe thats the reasoning?

uaarkson · #**11497** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 6:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by JoePDX

Sorry, I meant 1wtc not 2...typo. But I dont understand why its a milestone for it to be as high as 7wtc. Its not like its some iconic building.

It's a pretty obvious milestone. Aside from being the closest tall structure to 1WTC, surpassing it will make 1WTC the tallest building of the new WTC.

jthornton17 · #**11498** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 8:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

It will closely resemble 7 WTC, but there will be a slight difference in appearance of the building.

cybermelli

That is one of the coolest pictures i've seen yet.

Traynor · #**11499** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 12:56 PM**

Someone over at SSC had their thinking cap on. A poster named Swiddle had a thought as to why the 20th floor has every other window installed.

It is his theory that it is to facilitate the lifting devices for the future installation of the base cladding. It makes sense:

There are no actual floors near the outer structure of the base from which workers or machines could safely install the panels. So in the future (sometime in early 2012 according to some posters on here) when the base cladding is installed, they will stage from the 20th floor and raise the panels from lifts protruding from the spaces in the cladding on the 20th floor. Then workers suspended on staging platforms (also supported from the openings on the 20th floor) could work in tandem with climbers on the steel, to install each prismatic panel.

Just a theory.

MadGnome · #**11500** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 1:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Domamania

Hey everybody i just made som calculation on One world trade center. Right now there are working on the 51st and 52 floors right. so lets see each office floor is 13.4 feet, so lets see 13.4x 32=428 feet, now the base is 187 feet just about right, so 187+ 428=615.8 feet.

now we are all wondering how many feet and floors left for one wtc to topple 7 wtc right, well 7 wtc is 741 feet tall. so 741-615.8= 125.2 feet. so in feet wise 1 wtc will be as tall as 7 wtc in 125.2 feet. now in floor equation 125.2 divided 13.4=9.3 so let round that off to 10 floors. so in 10 floors it will topple 7 wtc. and i predict this will happen some time around mid april.

what do you all think.

You need a small adjustment. Everybody keeps quoting the office floors as 13.4 feet. That's not right. They're 13 feet 4 inches.