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[[SP]Neo]

i asked it before but nobody answered....so i ask it again: i don't understand why this thread was moved from the supertall-construction section.or is it just a bug of my computer?

[Scruffy]

All of the NYC threads including supertalls are to be kept together so that its easier to find everything

[America 117]

this towers coming up fast!!

[NYC4Life]

The day that 1st steel beam broke street level was the day we knew progress was finally being made

[Kamatzu]

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

The day that 1st steel beam broke street level was the day we knew progress was finally being made

It has to have been, what? A week, at least a week and a half! Haha.

Let's get this show on the road! (In a good, motivating way. Not a demeaning way.)

[2-TOWERS]

i will be there august 30th so i hope it will be at around 10-20 stories up give or take......

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by 2-TOWERS

i will be there august 30th so i hope it will be at around 10-20 stories up give or take......

I doubt it would be that high. But that's 3 months from now. I forget how many floors a week they'll be doing, but it really hasn't gotten to the point where it will rise that quickly.

[37TimPPG]

Originally Posted by 2-TOWERS

i will be there august 30th so i hope it will be at around 10-20 stories up give or take......

It might be around 5 stories or so by then? I would hope it would be more but the other half of the FT core has to catch up!

[[SP]Neo]

Originally Posted by Scruffy

All of the NYC threads including supertalls are to be kept together so that its easier to find everything

thanks for the answer!
i will be in new york in end of october..at what level is it till then?

[Kamatzu]

Just something I noticed, and perhaps it's supposed to be like this.

But why do the memorial fountains for 1WTC and 2WTC appear to not be in their original locations? The footprints seem further from the street in the Memorial.

Old:


New:



Is this for safety concerns? I suppose a car crash could be made significantly worse if you plummet into a deep fountain... Though I thought one of the main impacts of seeing this memorial was supposed to be a "The Twin Towers stood in these very fountains!" effect, and not a "They stood 50 feet to the southwest of these fountains!"

I also read somewhere ("Somewhere" sounds like a viable source, eh? haha) that the fountains are 30 feet shorter than the towers were, for budget reasons.

Does anyone know something I don't?

[America 117]

i cant wait to see the ft im going there this june

[Scruffy]

The tower footprints have been outlined at the bottom of the pit for years. They are exactly where the towers once stood and where the memorial will be. My thinking in the discrepancy is that diagram for the old towers isn't accurate. its an approximation. what's tipping me off is the intercontinental hotel at wtc 3. It was thin but never that thin. that diagram pegs it at 50 feet wide when compared to the tower footprints when in reality it was closer to 100 ft

[Kamatzu]

Originally Posted by Scruffy

The tower footprints have been outlined at the bottom of the pit for years. They are exactly where the towers once stood and where the memorial will be. My thinking in the discrepancy is that diagram for the old towers isn't accurate. its an approximation. what's tipping me off is the intercontinental hotel at wtc 3. It was thin but never that thin. that diagram pegs it at 50 feet wide when compared to the tower footprints when in reality it was closer to 100 ft

Now that you mention 3, it does look a bit scrawny. Does this seem a little more accurate?


(Not to derail the thread, I'm still comparing this to the new site plan I posted above. I still find it odd how the memorial pools look farther "inland." Any ideas?)

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Kamatzu

(Not to derail the thread, I'm still comparing this to the new site plan I posted above. I still find it odd how the memorial pools look farther "inland." Any ideas?)

Go with reality, and not with the diagrams. The reflection "pools" will be located directly above the footprints, though there will be space between.

[NYC4Life]

To my knowledge, only the Freedom Tower was moved further away from west and vesey street to prevent it from being truck-bombed.

[Scruffy]

they have been doing tons and tons of work on west st. even before the these new tower designs were finalized. There is a good chance west st moved farther west to give the memorial more space

[NYC4Life]

That's a good reason why west street curves now as you approach the site, though it could just be because of excavation work.

[37TimPPG]

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

That's a good reason why west street curves now as you approach the site, though it could just be because of excavation work.

I'm pretty sure West Street curves because of all the excavation work being done. I've seen renderings of the finished area and in none of them is West Street left a permanent curve.

Guess that means it's only due to excavation?

[JACKinBeantown]

Check this out. If the renderings are right, it's pretty close.

[Kamatzu]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Go with reality, and not with the diagrams. The reflection "pools" will be located directly above the footprints, though there will be space between.

Perhaps I was putting too much faith in the accuracy of diagrams. =P You're right.