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JesseNewYorkCity · #**14241** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 1:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by THE BIG APPLE

Word going around is that there will be NO outdoor observation deck like there was on the south toweer. Durst says it's near impossible. So no restaurant and now no outdoor deck. What we have now is a two story indoor deck with NO VIEW of the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan.

Dude, are you KIDDING ME!? I was really excited and hoping there would be one at the very top of the building where we could go outside on the roof like there was on the South tower on the old World Trade Center... That just makes me mad now

JesseNewYorkCity · #**14242** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 2:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by hunser

Skyline Arch von BlackPawPhoto auf Flickr

Wow! Where was this taken at?

Fishman92 · #**14243** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 3:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by JesseNewYorkCity

Dude, are you KIDDING ME!? I was really excited and hoping there would be one at the very top of the building where we could go outside on the roof like there was on the South tower on the old World Trade Center... That just makes me mad now

ehh, i wouldn't worry, there is an indoor one planned. But none of the the towers have space for a view. I would have like one, but it's not in the plan so oh well.

sterlippo1 · #**14244** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by JesseNewYorkCity

Wow! Where was this taken at?

looks like from Staten Island at the baseball park near the ferry terminal i believe

Don098 · #**14245** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 3:40 PM**

Dude where the hell have you guys been? This news is seriously YEARS old. LOL

Kanto · #**14246** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 3:44 PM**

The absence of an outdoor observation deck is really bad. Thare's nothing like enjoying the wind while enjoying the view. It makes the experience seem more real, when you can feel the wind. Man, if only they were building a replacement for the South Tower as well, as they do for the North Tower ........

jthornton17 · #**14247** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 4:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by JesseNewYorkCity

Dude, are you KIDDING ME!? I was really excited and hoping there would be one at the very top of the building where we could go outside on the roof like there was on the South tower on the old World Trade Center... That just makes me mad now

It is sad you can't eat and enjoy the view.................however, you can go down a few floors and enjoy the view from the new conde nast cafeteria! lol

patriotizzy · #**14248** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 6:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Don098

Dude where the hell have you guys been? This news is seriously YEARS old. LOL

I know right? lol

animatedmartian · #**14249** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 6:17 PM**

A couple of video updates from the past few weeks.
One from the river and...

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...one from Vesey Street.

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I sort of enjoy the odd music choice.

NYC2ATX · #**14250** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by sterlippo1

looks like from Staten Island at the baseball park near the ferry terminal i believe

YEAH! Love that view. Staten Island represent

Thanks for posting that hunser, the views from the Ferry Terminal and the RCB Ballpark are severely underrated.

JesseNewYorkCity · #**14251** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 8:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by Fishman92

ehh, i wouldn't worry, there is an indoor one planned. But none of the the towers have space for a view. I would have like one, but it's not in the plan so oh well.

Ugh, still.. It's not the same... I hope people protest and write to the state about it and hopefully talk them into it.. I remember I went to the old World Trade Center before the attacks and I remember they had a outdoor observatory and a indoor observatory and I didn't even care anything about the indoor option. I was too exciting to get to the roof. It just makes me sad because I mean you literally are on top of the world that high..

If you asked, majority of New Yorkers would want a outside observation deck JUST like the one on the old WTC. Rectangle all around with blue flooring (okay, maybe not the blue floor), but still... I'm very upset.

sterlippo1 · #**14252** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 9:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by StatenIslander237

YEAH! Love that view. Staten Island represent

Thanks for posting that hunser, the views from the Ferry Terminal and the RCB Ballpark are severely underrated.

Staten Island Ferry, the best deal in the city

if you park on the street on saturday's there are plenty of spaces, you park for free and have the boat ride of your life, also free, on the ferry to Lower Manhattan all the while looking at what you see in that picture...........oh, yeah,almost forgot, you pass so close to Miss Liberty that you can almost touch the torch

Don098 · #**14253** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 11:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by JesseNewYorkCity

Ugh, still.. It's not the same... I hope people protest and write to the state about it and hopefully talk them into it.. I remember I went to the old World Trade Center before the attacks and I remember they had a outdoor observatory and a indoor observatory and I didn't even care anything about the indoor option. I was too exciting to get to the roof. It just makes me sad because I mean you literally are on top of the world that high..

If you asked, majority of New Yorkers would want a outside observation deck JUST like the one on the old WTC. Rectangle all around with blue flooring (okay, maybe not the blue floor), but still... I'm very upset.

The broadcast signals will be too dangerous to have a roof observation deck. Way too many things would have to be redesigned at this point. It's not going to happen at this point, sorry.

Complex01 · #**14254** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 11:10 PM**

That photo at the top of the page is insane. I love it. I really like those colors. Fancy...

Roadcruiser1 · #**14255** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 11:29 PM**

It's the same reason why the original North Tower of the original World Trade Center never had an outdoor observation deck.

CGII · #**14256** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 11:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kanto

The absence of an outdoor observation deck is really bad. Thare's nothing like enjoying the wind while enjoying the view. It makes the experience seem more real, when you can feel the wind. Man, if only they were building a replacement for the South Tower as well, as they do for the North Tower ........

Can you please stop?

STR · #**14257** Posted **Jun 18, 2011, 11:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Don098

The broadcast signals will be too dangerous to have a roof observation deck. Way too many things would have to be redesigned at this point. It's not going to happen at this point, sorry.

The antenna really has nothing to do with it. Long explanation why it isn't, but in short, you get a higher RF dose from your cellphone when it's only getting 1 bar of signal. Despite the recent WHO sorta-kinda-maybe ruling, phones aren't dangerous either.

The lack of an observation deck is entirely due to the fact that the towers are going to be self-contained air-cooled structures. The previous buildings were water cooled, which opened up the tops of the buildings for other uses. Sticking an observation deck on top of the cooling plant is just not economical. They actually tried it with this building, original plans put the Obs. Deck and restaurant above the plant, but it got rearranged during value engineering.

Don098 · #**14258** Posted **Jun 19, 2011, 3:31 AM**

Oh. I stand corrected. :-)

Zapatan · #**14259** Posted **Jun 19, 2011, 3:49 AM**

I feel like towers 3 and 4 would be good candidates for a roof deck, 2 might be a bit difficult because of the shape and 1 obviously has the radio antenna...

I've always wondered one thing though, if it would have been dangerous to have a deck on the north tower because of radio waves, the south tower deck was within a couple hundred feet so it really couldn't have been much less dangerous there.

Roadcruiser1 · #**14260** Posted **Jun 19, 2011, 3:54 AM**

Sorry Towers 3 & 4 also has mounted roof air conditioning units.