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[ih8pickingusernames]

^ that view makes it look taller then this view. IMO

Iv have only seen it in pics but thats my perception of it.

[PittsburghPA]

Still bitter about them squaring off the base and changing the design of the spire.

Still I cant wait to see it finished and in person. She is magnificent

[laser110]

I was down on Wall St. today, took the PATH over from NJ. I got some great shots of 1WTC and Building 3, which they were doing work on.

















Scott

[2-TOWERS]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Well, the tapering does make it look taller than the originals did. Now at the same time, I can't stress enough how much it looks exactly like one of the originals
when viewed straightforward on the skyline. It's like one of the original towers just standing there.


nellcasey

THIS IS THE MONEY SHOT !!!!!!!!!

[NYCrules]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Kelly Hafermann Photography

WOW!! It's something i was always expecting out of NYC: Nature + City
Where's this taken from???

[kpdrummer82]

Originally Posted by NYCrules

WOW!! It's something i was always expecting out of NYC: Nature + City

Central Park; City + Nature x10^100^100

[unanimity]

The more I look at this building the more I love it, and I've loved it since the start. I love the angles where it tapers- to me it's evocative of an obelisk, a modern glossy version of a millenniums-old style of honoring something worth remembering. It almost appears -and I'm sure I'm not the first to say this- that the way the octagonal taper works that two towers reside in this sole one; a simple but elegant solution to fill the void that was left after 9/11. I mourn the loss of the radome and the tapering bottom but that is drowned out by the fact that our new tower is finally here!! And it's absolutely beautiful. I'm sure I can speak for America when I say I am PROUD of this stunning piece of architecture that will be admired by the world for centuries to come.

[WorldTradeCenter]

Originally Posted by NYCrules

WOW!! It's something i was always expecting out of NYC: Nature + City
Where's this taken from???

That picture was taken from New Jersey.

[bigreach]

Is the glass used on 1 and 4 the same?

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by unanimity

I'm sure I can speak for America when I say I am PROUD of this stunning piece of architecture that will be admired by the world for centuries to come.

Sadly I think the US is getting over shadowed by bigger and better developments in Asia and abroad. That's why the radome is such a loss IMO. When the rest of the world is watching you can't just say "it's perfect because it's the World Trade Center". Just doesn't stand up to the competition.

[UTEPman]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Sadly I think the US is getting over shadowed by bigger and better developments in Asia and abroad. That's why the radome is such a loss IMO. When the rest of the world is watching you can't just saw "it's perfect because it's the World Trade Center". Just doesn't stand up to the competition.

Yup. Great project for NY, but VERY far down the totem poll of the great architecture that is being built abroad.

[Yankee fan for life]

Originally Posted by UTEPman

Yup. Great project for NY, but VERY far down the totem poll of the great architecture that is being built abroad.

What great architecture are you taking about that makes "1 wtc so far down the totem poll" ? other then the Pingan International Finance Center nothing else is really impressing me,anyway god can't wait for the last sections to arrive have their been any word when they will arrive?

[MikelAS]

It really is already looking iconic. Those mechanical floor vents really add a lot to the design... I love it.

[hunser]

Again people are forgetting that 1WTC was designed a long time ago. All those megatalls popping up in China / Asia are a very recent trend. Also the WTC never competed with any other buidlings, certainly not heightwise. I think we all know why the height is 1368' / 1776' ...

Other developments are on the rise which can rival China (see New York is competing with a whole country lol!) such as Torre Verre (designwise) and 225W57thSt (heightwise, roof ~500m).


1 World Trade Center von Dan Makolondra auf Flickr


1 World Trade Center von Dan Makolondra auf Flickr


1 World Trade Center von Dan Makolondra auf Flickr

[Tectonic]

03.05.13

From Brooklyn Bridge Park






From Brooklyn Heights

©tectonic

[davidinasia]

I love it how just in the time between this image and the previous one, they put in like 5 panes of observation deck glass.

It really has been an amazing few weeks after that endless delay when the glass was stopped below the utility floors, suddenly we get utility floor glass; observation deck glass; base cladding; AND the spire, all AT THE SAME TIME.

And the result is, we really can see what we are getting for the first time. It won't be long now for all these people who keep saying "I will judge it when it's finished" - that excuse will be invalid pretty soon.

I am looking forward to the first images taken from inside the observation deck. Because everybody who visits it in the future will take pictures from the bottom level, the glass they are putting in now will enable those pictures to be duplicated right now, even without the uppermost glass being in yet.

I don't post very often so I will just add here:

• The base cladding looks ok but it is still very inferior to what the tapered base would have looked like if the original plan had been followed. To see them covering up the elegant geometry of the taper with cheapo warehouse steel just saddens me to no end. Yes, I know about the technical reasons, but the point still applies.
• What happened to the spire is much worse, it's a complete travesty and a disgrace to NYC and the country (agree with NYguy here). And, it's Durst's fault 100%, it was done to save money and for that reason alone. I don't believe the excuses for a second, there are any number of ways that technical problem could have been solved, I could personally think of several and I'm not even an engineer. At the same time, people who visit the memorial may not be bothered by it because they will be looking at the base, not at the spire. It's more of an issue because it negatively impacts the NYC skyline as a whole; the spire will be very prominent in same.

Originally Posted by Tectonic

03.05.13

From Brooklyn Heights

©tectonic

[babybackribs2314]

Photo update from this week--tower looking great, antenna not so much.

One World Trade Center March 2013 Construction Update

[StrongIsland]

The Spire Radom was ugly also to be honest, I think the open lattice was the best design and the one they should have gone with from the start.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by davidinasia

people who visit the memorial may not be bothered by it because they will be looking at the base, not at the spire. It's more of an issue because it negatively impacts
the NYC skyline as a whole; the spire will be very prominent in same.

That much is true, the antenna won't be as visible from the base. It's so sad, tragic really, that what was to be the centerpiece of this redevelopment has been reduced to this.
On the skyline, it looks like a giant shish kebab thrown on top. It looks out of place because it is out of place. I'm sure they could have come up with something better had it been
meant to be visible from the beginning. However, the momentum was moving forward, and the parties involved couldn't give a rat's a$$ how the thing looked, just so that it
was built, shaving off as much costs as possible. Durst is building a broadcasting empire, that's all that matters on that end. Ironically, I think the tower the broadcasters planned
for themselvs looked better.



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