NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 833

CarlosV · #**16641** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 12:13 AM**

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Brian Dino Vabec · #**16642** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 8:37 AM**

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Brian Dino Vabec · #**16643** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 8:38 AM**

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NYguy · #**16644** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 2:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by STR

View from the top antenna ring, a little over 1,400' up.

At least somebody will get that view...

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Chicago103 · #**16645** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 3:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by uaarkson

What I don't understand is why people are taking floor count so seriously. There are 40 floor buildings in the 700+ ft. range. There are 70 floor buildings as short as 600 ft. The final height is what you should be focusing on because that number is real. Floor count has never been consistent or reliable, as demonstrated by the ESB.

I agree that the height of the highest occupied floor is much more meaningful than the number that floor has. The Sears Tower's 103rd floor observatory was about even with the old WTC1's 110th floor and higher than the 107th floor windows on the world /indoor observatory on WTC2. I have wondered why it is in more recent times supertall buildings have fewer floors in spite of being taller. Skyscrapers that are not residential or mixed use always have lower floor to floor rations but for an all commercial building the old Twins packed the office floors in big time by contemporary standards, heck even the Sears Tower still has more floors than any new building it's height in the world, I remember when I thought Chicago's Aon Center had few floors for it's height. Do the ceilings just keep getting higher and higher or is there more stuff packed between ceilings and floors?

uaarkson · #**16646** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 5:07 PM**

Both. Modern design in top-dollar office highrises dictates more open space, which calls for higher ceilings and greater column spacing. In addition, most modern office buildings (of any height) are built with extra space between floors for computer networking.

Not that any of that matters, though. The numbers in the title of this thread are all you need. Seriously.

dchan · #**16647** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 5:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by uaarkson

Both. Modern design in top-dollar office highrises dictates more open space, which calls for higher ceilings and greater column spacing. In addition, most modern office buildings (of any height) are built with extra space between floors for computer networking.

Nowadays, you have electrical conduits, data wiring, and water piping running through the plenum (the space between the drop ceilings and the actual floor above). But the biggest objects that take up residence within the plenum are the HVAC ducts which supply fresh conditioned air into rooms and bring away the exhaust air. You also need a certain amount of space for proper occupancy headroom (I would say anywhere from 8-10 feet is minimum), so it's no surprise that the height between the ceiling and floors is going up.

CarlosV · #**16648** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 5:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by pnapp1

Decking looks done on the 82nd Floor. Carlos, keep en eye out!

live from New York....

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Servo · #**16649** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 6:01 PM**

Sorry if this has been asked frequently: how many floors to go till the last office floor is put up?

Thanks!

Roadcruiser1 · #**16650** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 6:10 PM**

Floor number 86 is the last office floor.

Brian Dino Vabec · #**16651** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 6:16 PM**

Thanks Carlos, right on time..

pnapp1 · #**16652** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 6:33 PM**

Just as I predicted! Thanks Carlos!

I will be there Friday @ 5PM to see the Memorial and visit my buddy John "Pepe" Salerno's resting place. He worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th floor of the North Tower.

R.I.P. Buddy! I'll see you Friday!