NEW YORK | 200 Greenwich - 2 WTC | 1,226 FT | 55 FLOORS - Page 96

NYguy · #**1901** Posted **Aug 11, 2011, 1:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by JesseNewYorkCity

^Are they actually going to build those buildings? And if so, when?

Check the proposals forum for information on other developments.

Brian Dino Vabec · #**1902** Posted **Aug 11, 2011, 3:19 PM**

From wtc.com

http://www.wtc.com/media/images/s/construction-2-world-trade-center?sid=1

NYguy · #**1903** Posted **Aug 11, 2011, 4:02 PM**

Loving it...we are witnessing the birth of some great NY skyscrapers.

animatedmartian · #**1904** Posted **Aug 11, 2011, 6:32 PM**

I love the way Park Row and Beekman line up in that shot. Like Traynor was saying in T1's thread, maybe the T2 and the Hub should have switched spots. Might have made that particular corner more airy. Oh well, awesome progress on what we have nonetheless.

Traynor · #**1905** Posted **Aug 11, 2011, 8:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by animatedmartian

I love the way Park Row and Beekman line up in that shot. Like Traynor was saying in T1's thread, maybe the T2 and the Hub should have switched spots. Might have made that particular corner more airy. Oh well, awesome progress on what we have nonetheless.

It would have made more sense to me. With the shorter Post Office building across Vesey Street, the Church grounds across Church Street and the future Performing Arts Center across Greenwich... The Hub could have stood out with its own space and 2WTC could mirror it from behind.

Oh well.

animatedmartian · #**1906** Posted **Aug 13, 2011, 1:31 AM**

2011-08-12 020 by in.formed, on Flickr

The Grand Architect · #**1907** Posted **Aug 13, 2011, 1:54 AM**

A short slideshow of my recent renderings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWZzuCmsgik

Brian Dino Vabec · #**1908** Posted **Aug 13, 2011, 12:07 PM**

August 12th, Greenwichboy, WNY..

http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8019&page=93

davidinasia · #**1909** Posted **Aug 13, 2011, 5:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by animatedmartian

2011-08-12 020 by in.formed, on Flickr

Great scott, the look of that truss is shocking. The angle of those columns seems completely random. I understand the reason for it, but it still looks like Lord Foster popped a few 'shrooms before he did that part. It is very hard to believe that they are actually going to leave those columns permanently at that angle and even harder to imagine how that whole part is going to fit together with the rest of the below grade levels.

STR · #**1910** Posted **Aug 13, 2011, 6:42 PM**

^It reminds me of the set of the Battlestar Galactica remake of a few years ago.

It's not random though. The base of the A frames is a series of columns that are curved around the roadway. The top of the frames are several columns which, due to the notch in the the design of the tower, aren't in-line with each other either.

NYguy · #**1911** Posted **Aug 14, 2011, 12:06 AM**

It's interesting watching all of that take shape. It will be forgotten once we're at street level or the building rises, but for now, there it is for all the world to see.

davidinasia · #**1912** Posted **Aug 14, 2011, 7:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by STR

^It reminds me of the set of the Battlestar Galactica remake of a few years ago.

It's not random though. The base of the A frames is a series of columns that are curved around the roadway. The top of the frames are several columns which, due to the notch in the the design of the tower, aren't in-line with each other either.

Thanks for the clarification STR. Those drawings are amazing; I haven't seen them before on this site, and they really help to visualize how everything will fit together. The second one appears to show the A-frame columns and the last one shows the course of the VSC roadway through there.

Also, I finally get why the concrete pours on the east side of the Calatrava seem to be at such a weird angle. And in the second drawing, you can see how he did a great job of providing quick pedestrian access to all the towers. There are direct passageways to towers 2, 3 and 4, and it seems there is even a corridor heading off northwest towards tower 1, which I hadn't realized.

NYguy · #**1913** Posted **Aug 15, 2011, 12:03 PM**

Posted in the Freedom Tower thread...if only the glass looks as good as it does in this depiction...

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Originally Posted by Otie

Screenshot of a "The Rising" commercial found by RKowens44 at WNY (sorry for the bad quailty)

Patapsco · #**1914** Posted **Aug 15, 2011, 11:52 PM**

taken from 30th floor one liberty plaza on August 15, 2011

sorry a little blurry

gramsjdg · #**1915** Posted **Aug 16, 2011, 4:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

Posted in the Freedom Tower thread...if only the glass looks as good as it does in this depiction...

Based on this render at least, Tower 2 IS 1429 ft to the top of the pinnacle...

Zapatan · #**1916** Posted **Aug 16, 2011, 7:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by gramsjdg

Based on this render at least, Tower 2 IS 1429 ft to the top of the pinnacle...

Yea it may not be all that accurate though... but who knows

NYguy · #**1917** Posted **Aug 16, 2011, 9:46 PM**

I would be careful about trying to jude height based on a rendering. I do wish the glass were as shiny though.

401PAS · #**1918** Posted **Aug 16, 2011, 9:58 PM**

Does anyone know what happened to the KPI TV that had pictures of the WTC site every few hours. I enjoyed being able to monitor the progress of 2 and 3 WTC from this vantage point.
http://evsdatacenter.netfirms.com/kpitv/silver.htm
It hasn't refreshed since 8/11/2011

animatedmartian · #**1919** Posted **Aug 17, 2011, 5:18 AM**

WTC by Dan Nguyen @ New York City

jd3189 · #**1920** Posted **Aug 17, 2011, 8:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

It's in the first one.

Oh,Well ain't I'm the idiot.