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[Scruffy]

the world trade center has seemed to be immune to a lot of city policing that ive noticed because its on port authority land. i might be wrong. but it doesn't seem to be a problem for 1wtc

[America 117]

Originally Posted by 37TimPPG

Trying to keep on topic here...sorry to hear about the crane accident yesterday at 91st & 1st. Anyway, with a renewed focus now on construction cranes and properly inspecting them, is there any chance the FT could be delayed due to Crane Inspections?

i sure hope it dosent delay it
its been like what 7 years now!!!!!!

[Gateway395]

^^^No work stoppage at the WTC site business usual.

[America 117]

Originally Posted by Gateway395

^^^No work stoppage at the WTC site business usual.

thats good. the last thing we need is a delay.

[NYC4Life]

The citywide work stoppage is only through the weekend.

[antinimby]

Originally Posted by Scruffy

the world trade center has seemed to be immune to a lot of city policing that ive noticed because its on port authority land. i might be wrong. but it doesn't seem to be a problem for 1wtc

You are correct. The City's zoning and buildings regulations does not apply on Port Authority properties. They don't even need permits to do work.

Isn't it wonderful there's a place in the City that's free from having to follow all that bureacracy and more importantly, free of NIMBY influence?

Any place else, if you were to, for example, try to make Tower 3 bigger from 2.5 msf to 3.0 msf, you'd have to go through years of land use (NIMBY) review and even then you may not even get it.

[NYonward]

Originally Posted by antinimby

You are correct. The City's zoning and buildings regulations does not apply on Port Authority properties. They don't even need permits to do work.

Isn't it wonderful there's a place in the City that's free from having to follow all that bureacracy and more importantly, free of NIMBY influence?

Any place else, if you were to, for example, try to make Tower 3 bigger from 2.5 msf to 3.0 msf, you'd have to go through years of land use (NIMBY) review and even then you may not even get it.

The FT didn't have nimby opposition in the traditional sense. Nothing was traditional after 9-11, but let's not give the nimbys a pass on this one. Every knucklehead who is afraid of tall buildings was singing the nimby chorus during the years before the FT was pushed through. It was like a nimby orgy because of all the fear that the attacks brought out.

[NYC4Life]

The Port Authority of NY/ NJ should acquired more land and property so we can build bigger and taller without the NIMBY opposition. But even with the PA, it took 7 years to get a damn shovel on that site's ground.

[Dac150]

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

The Port Authority of NY/ NJ should acquired more land and property so we can build bigger and taller without the NIMBY opposition.

That doesn't make sense, unless there is some vacant field in Lower Manhattan that I'm not aware of. They are developing on what is theirs, and everything surrounding is privately owned. Where else do you expect them to develop?

[America 117]

maybe the hudson rail yards

[Scruffy]

port authority is on topic.

If the port authority bought the hudson yards from the MTA they would have the same freedom there that the world trade center does.

[Puzzlecraft]

At least four more steel girders above ground since last Friday. A Yay! is in order!

[37TimPPG]

Originally Posted by Puzzlecraft

At least four more steel girders above ground since last Friday. A Yay! is in order!

YAY! More Steel! Rise Baby Rise!

Dancing Bananas........

[Kamatzu]

It's great to see the successor to an engineering and architectural marvel is shaping up to be just as much the undertaking it was in the 70s. The Twin Towers are gone, but the World Trade Center remains.

What a beautiful place this will shape up to be! Can't wait to see Freedom and his friends go airborne!

[37TimPPG]

Originally Posted by Kamatzu

It's great to see the successor to an engineering and architectural marvel is shaping up to be just as much the undertaking it was in the 70s. The Twin Towers are gone, but the World Trade Center remains.

What a beautiful place this will shape up to be! Can't wait to see Freedom and his friends go airborne!

That was a very nice way to put it!

[aliendroid]

I noticed in some pictures Deutsche bank

Is there a thread about it, are they still taking it apart, how fast is it coming down? Is there anything planned at that site yet?

[37TimPPG]

Originally Posted by aliendroid

I noticed in some pictures Deutsche bank

Is there a thread about it, are they still taking it apart, how fast is it coming down? Is there anything planned at that site yet?

Here you go:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=115034

[Scruffy]

the Deutsche is talked about more in the 5 WTC thread since it sits on the site where 5wtc will eventually rise

[NYonward]

NY Times
June 3, 2008

Trade Center to Get Tenant From China

By CHARLES V. BAGLI

A Chinese real estate company has signed a nonbinding deal to lease space in the Freedom Tower, making it the first private company to agree to occupy the 102-story skyscraper now under construction at the former World Trade Center site.

The Beijing Vantone Real Estate Company plans to build the China Center, a combination chamber of commerce and cultural center, on floors 64 through 69 of the Freedom Tower, at the southeast corner of West and Vesey Streets. Although Vantone has been close to deals at two other sites downtown in recent years, a company executive and officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey expressed confidence that it had finally found a home.

“The China Center will be a gateway for Chinese corporations doing business in the U.S. or U.S. companies that want to understand the Chinese culture and do business there,” said Xue Ya, project director for the China Center.

The Freedom Tower, which will rise 1,776 feet when its antenna mast is included, is the first of four towers to be built at the 16-acre site. The federal and state governments have agreed to lease a total of one million square feet, although neither one has signed a formal lease yet.

“We’re working hard to get this tower built, and we’re also looking to attract world-class tenants to occupy it,” said Christopher O. Ward, the Port Authority’s chief executive. “This interest from Vantone will help us build excitement as we aggressively market this building to other prospective public- and private-sector tenants.”

The Partnership for New York City, a business policy and advocacy group, has long supported the creation of the 189,000-square-foot China Center and has agreed to invest up to $5 million in what will be a $90 million project.

“Establishing the China Center is probably the most important action we can take in support of our international trade relations for the city and the state,” said Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the partnership. “We see this as a way of assuring that New York City businesses develop a primary relationship with the emerging economy of China. This has been an area of competition with other world cities. We want to nail it down for New York.”

More than two years ago, Vantone announced its intention to lease space at the top of 7 World Trade Center, with the support of state and city officials. But the deal unraveled when Vantone was a few days late in posting a $45 million letter of credit.

In any event, Vantone moved on to 195 Broadway, but backed out at the last minute. The company said that it had always wanted to move to the Freedom Tower, and that given the cost of the project, it was unwise to build a temporary home at 195 Broadway. Vantone’s annual rent will start at about $80 per square foot, about $30 more than what it had negotiated at 7 World Trade Center

[America 117]

Originally Posted by Kamatzu

It's great to see the successor to an engineering and architectural marvel is shaping up to be just as much the undertaking it was in the 70s. The Twin Towers are gone, but the World Trade Center remains.

What a beautiful place this will shape up to be! Can't wait to see Freedom and his friends go airborne!

just wait the FT will be more iconic then the twin towers!!!