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Old Posted Dec 23, 2007, 10:19 AM
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Note that that one of the cranes appear to be slightly higher than the other, signifying that half of the core is 'Movin' On Up', Weezy!
No, it's not higher. It's just illusion you see there... Half of the core sure is, but cranes don't have to raise for a long time...

Lets hope the HD cam will work again soon. It's just amazing way to watch the constuction.
     
     
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Looks like the ones in front are holding cups of Joe to keep warm.

Note the bathtub wall behind them. I didn't know that they put waterproofing material on it.

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Isn't part of the World Trace Center site on landfill? I always saw pictures and documentaries about how the outer edges of Manhattan Island are landfill and the land isn't stabilized well or something. Is that true?

If it is then the soft soild could have something to do. Just a guess.
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Old Posted Dec 25, 2007, 2:13 AM
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Not sure about that, but the WFC across West Street IS on landfill taken from
the site where the original WTC was built.
     
     
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Old Posted Dec 25, 2007, 6:21 AM
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Original island vs landfills leading up to pre-BPC days



[http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/nycolonial/thumbnails/nycolonial1.gif]

So technically yes, the WTC is on the site of a landfill, though very old abd probably relatively solid by now, as opposed to the new BPC landfill (not shown on the map above).
     
     
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The great danger immediately after the collapse of the WTC Twins was the possibility the "bathtub" that secured the reclaimed land they were built on would collapse, effectively flooding the entire 16 acre district... and perhaps taking away a good chunk of Battery Park City, with it.
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Isn't part of the World Trace Center site on landfill? I always saw pictures and documentaries about how the outer edges of Manhattan Island are landfill and the land isn't stabilized well or something. Is that true?

If it is then the soft soild could have something to do. Just a guess.
The part west of Greenwich was fill, but the World Trade Center was built on the bedrock 70 feet below the surface. The bathtub has a bedrock floor.
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The great danger immediately after the collapse of the WTC Twins was the possibility the "bathtub" that secured the reclaimed land they were built on would collapse, effectively flooding the entire 16 acre district... and perhaps taking away a good chunk of Battery Park City, with it.


Yeah, so glad that they almost immediately repaired the damaged section of that wall! But the PATH tunnel got flooded back then.
     
     
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More steel has arrived!
     
     
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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! MORE STEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
     
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So am I to understand that the entire underground portion with those steel columns and girders are to be encased in concrete?

I'm waiting to see the girders put in place. That would RELLY signify that the base is rising to street level. Let's paaaaarrrrrtttttyyyyy!!!

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If you look at the right (north) core, you'll notice they have been pouring concrete since before 6:30 this morning and will continue to do so until late this evening.

Four columns on the east wall and one column on the south wall were extended to street level. Expect to see one more column on the west wall extended tomorrow.
     
     
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Yeah, I see the pipe from the concrete pump extending down into the core.

So just like the Twins did, that section of the PATH tracks will once again be covered - this time by the Freedom Tower.

Hard to see the ones facing Vesey Street if they're there because of the old columns that were left still standing from the old garage and sticking out.
     
     
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If you look at the right (north) core, you'll notice they have been pouring concrete since before 6:30 this morning and will continue to do so until late this evening.

Four columns on the east wall and one column on the south wall were extended to street level. Expect to see one more column on the west wall extended tomorrow.
This is a VERY exciting time! Things are really moving along now! Just think what this will look like in 6 months time.
     
     
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Are the vertical steel columns the outer perimeter of the tower?
     
     
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I was in New York last September and watched a movie in a theater right beside this building... was wondering then and still wondering today the name of it and how tall is it going to be? thx.
     
     
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What a fucking lame name for the building.
     
     
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Are the vertical steel columns the outer perimeter of the tower?


Yes they are.
     
     
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I was in New York last September and watched a movie in a theater right beside this building... was wondering then and still wondering today the name of it and how tall is it going to be? thx.
You mean the building that is already half finished? The Goldman Sachs, over 700 feet - almost exactly equal to the World Financial Tower next to it.
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