NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 794

MadGnome · #**15861** Posted **Aug 27, 2011, 6:07 PM**

I thought they'd tie the booms down, but I guess weathervaning is a way to keep the crane aspect you want to the wind. You could make the windward side either the cab or the boom depending on the boom angle.
I assume the cab will be the lee side since that's the way the boomless one will have to be.

NYguy · #**15862** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 12:11 AM**

J_Arrr!

Word By Word

Otie · #**15863** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 12:17 AM**

WTC One by robert.gordon, on Flickr

WTC, Aug. 2011 by G*C*, on Flickr

Sailing to the sunset by RpM_215, on Flickr

1wtc hunkering down by Benjamin Rosamond, on Flickr

WORLD TRADE CENTER | UP by roccocell, on Flickr

WORLD TRADE CENTER | QUIET by roccocell, on Flickr

DSC03014-World Trade Center NY by [email protected], on Flickr

First, Last, and Only Patient_1 by NewYorkDailyPhoto.com, on Flickr

Freedom Tower Construction by piktr5, on Flickr

uaarkson · #**15864** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 12:47 AM**

This is gonna be one of 'those' pages, isn't it?

animatedmartian · #**15865** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 1:05 AM**

Ground Zero by Vin_Schiano

Hurricane＠NYC 110827 15:00 by eguchishintaro

Otie · #**15866** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 1:28 AM**

Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images via The Gazette article

Hudson River Park, looking downtown by Walking Off the Big Apple, on Flickr

325ccr · #**15867** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 4:46 AM**

yesterday night...

Otie · #**15868** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 4:47 AM**

Breathtaking images from then and now of lower Manhattan reveal how much New York has changed since 9/11

NYguy · #**15869** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 1:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Otie

Breathtaking images from then and now of lower Manhattan reveal how much New York has changed since 9/11

Love the way this building catches the light.

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110828/FREE/308289986
Condé Nast liberates ground zero

By Michael Gross
August 28, 2011

Quote:

...when developer Larry Silverstein—who controlled the entire complex before the attacks—was asked how the 10-year logjam in rebuilding the site had been broken, he replied, “The key was Condé Nast.”

The Newhouse family's magazine company was lured downtown by its current landlord in Times Square, The Durst Organization's Douglas Durst. Their linked interests in 1 WTC were revealed in May. Durst bought a $100 million stake in the 1,776-foot-high, 3 million-square-foot tower; Condé Nast agreed to become its anchor tenant, renting the 20th through the 41st floors for 25 years for $1.9 billion.

Downtown has been heralded as the future of cool before, but it's cramped, dark and lacking in at least two Condé Nast prerequisites—high-end boutiques and chic restaurants. That may explain another concession to the Condé crew: 1 WTC is being redesigned to accommodate what Businessweek describes as “an enormous exhaust duct” for the company's kitchen.

NYguy · #**15870** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 1:29 PM**

warrenjackson

Jeremy M Farmer

sterlippo1 · #**15871** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 3:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by uaarkson

This is gonna be one of 'those' pages, isn't it?

what do you mean?

Otie's pictures are amazing just as they always are......looks like the site made it through the weather event ok, thankfully

M II A II R II K · #**15872** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 5:38 PM**

marshall · #**15873** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 6:04 PM**

Great pictures! If you look at pictures of the old WTC towers, their corners were slightly edged off so that the light caught them so as to accentuate their shape/height. The new One WTC has expanded on this, note the angular shapes. This will make for very nice picturesque views when the glass is all installed and the building complete, such as in sunrise/sunsets.

OptimumPx · #**15874** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 6:14 PM**

That infographic seems to say there will be an observation deck at 1,362 ft? As I understand it there's only supposed to be an indoor observation deck several floors lower then that...

marshall · #**15875** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 6:18 PM**

I would like clarification on this too. Will there be an outdoor observation deck, or only an indoor one? I was lucky enough to visit the old WTC observation deck on Tower 2 in August 2000 and it was not a clear day but the view and feeling of being outside so high was still amazing.

Roadcruiser1 · #**15876** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 7:14 PM**

One World Trade Center will only have an indoor observation deck. They tried to study to see if it was feasible to put an open air observation deck, but the price tag was way too much.

CarlosV · #**15877** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 7:37 PM**

I am home safe and sound!
no damage here plus my windows look cleaner!!

pano2 by Ceva321, on Flickr

jd3189 · #**15878** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 8:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Otie

Breathtaking images from then and now of lower Manhattan reveal how much New York has changed since 9/11

That will be an iconic picture.

CarlosV · #**15879** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 9:05 PM**

DSC_2338 by Ceva321, on Flickr

steveve · #**15880** Posted **Aug 28, 2011, 11:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Otie

Breathtaking images from then and now of lower Manhattan reveal how much New York has changed since 9/11

these photos are amazing!
but made me notice that the memorial park/even when the entire WTC complex is rebuilt, there is still a huge presence of "emptiness" left in the skyline/in comparison with the rest of lower manhattan... the hole left that the memorials encompass is HUGE!
makes you realize how massive the World Trade Center site was, and how big of a portion of Lower Manhattan it took up.

but i think it's important to have that feel of "emptiness" where the memorials are, so that the past is not forgotten, and the beasts that once stood there...