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

[Zensteeldude]

Originally Posted by gramsjdg

The CTUBH website now has the indoor observation deck at 1313 ft (this is what wikipedia has recently used to update its One WTC page, which previously had the 1266 ft figure). Is this true? If it is not, where would that new figure have come from?

I gave up on keeping the Wiki page accurate about a year ago, people kept putting up bad info.

1,577' 10" minus 311' 2" = 1,266' 8" Many prints are done in such a way that the ground floor is 0' 0" elevation. The PA uses a system where zero elevation is 300 feet below mean high tide at Battery Park Point so one has to subtract 311' 2" (The elevation of the Lobby) from any elevation shown on the prints.

[gramsjdg]

Thanks zensteeldude,

I keep forgetting that floor 102 is around 27 ft tall and that -per the renderings- it has a "loft" which would maybe be at 1280 or so, putting it only about 73 ft shy of the Sears Tower deck. Not too shabby. Of course, maintenance workers will be able to enjoy the view from the catwalk on top of the communications ring at over 1400 ft.

[brian.odonnell20]

is there any room left in downtown ?

[STR]

Originally Posted by gramsjdg

Thanks zensteeldude,

I keep forgetting that floor 102 is around 27 ft tall and that -per the renderings- it has a "loft" which would maybe be at 1280 or so, putting it only about 73 ft shy of the Sears Tower deck. Not too shabby. Of course, maintenance workers will be able to enjoy the view from the catwalk on top of the communications ring at over 1400 ft.

The view is fantastic. I should show you guys sometime.

Originally Posted by STR

The two largest office buildings in New York, 55 Water St. Not sure which will be bigger in the end, as 55 Water is generally listed as 3 million sqft (which seems a little too well rounded to me), and Tower 1 is listed between 2.6M and 3.1M.

Excuse me for quoting myself here, but according to the City of New York, 55 Water is over 3.5 million square feet. That's way bigger than anything being putting up at the WTC site.

[Obey]

Originally Posted by gramsjdg

Thanks zensteeldude,

I keep forgetting that floor 102 is around 27 ft tall and that -per the renderings- it has a "loft" which would maybe be at 1280 or so, putting it only about 73 ft shy of the Sears Tower deck. Not too shabby. Of course, maintenance workers will be able to enjoy the view from the catwalk on top of the communications ring at over 1400 ft.

I think when you're that high, 73 feet doesn't make much of a difference.

[Zensteeldude]

Originally Posted by Obey

I think when you're that high, 73 feet doesn't make much of a difference.

I was on the roof of 520 Madison Ave. on a cold day with the wind hitting 40mph, back in 1981 and I would have to agree with you, 73 feet would not have made a dang bit of difference !!

[Onn]

ext212







The view of the voids with the waterfalls on is going to be insane from this height!

[NYguy]

^ It's already impressive up there.

Originally Posted by STR

Excuse me for quoting myself here, but according to the City of New York, 55 Water is over 3.5 million square feet. That's way bigger than anything being putting up at the WTC site.

That is the largest tower in New York, and will remain larger than any of the WTC towers. 55 Water St still has about .8 msf of unused air rights. They were going to build and addition over the elevated plaza, but that was canceled.

[Tall guy 31]

The last 3 photos are mind boggling!!!!

[STR]

Originally Posted by NYguy

^ It's already impressive up there.



That is the largest tower in New York, and will remain larger than any of the WTC towers. 55 Water St still has about .8 msf of unused air rights. They were going to build and addition over the elevated plaza, but that was canceled.

I knew it was the biggest in New York (and as far as I can tell the largest office building in the world after the Pentagon, Sears Tower and Taipei 101), but I heard they maxed out their air rights, which is why they rehabbed the plaza rather than add another annex.

[kiwi4life]

wow!!! those are some of the most amzing pictures ever taken, if we can get a lot more like that, that would be just fantastic!!!

[AlexYVR]

Originally Posted by STR

I knew it was the biggest in New York (and as far as I can tell the largest office building in the world after the Pentagon, Sears Tower and Taipei 101), but I heard they maxed out their air rights, which is why they rehabbed the plaza rather than add another annex.

We've also got the Mart here in Chicago at 4 million sq. ft. Show spaces as much as offices I guess?

[sw5710]

New steel for the core today floors 49,50 Floor 50 = 586'8".

[CGII]

Originally Posted by STR

I knew it was the biggest in New York (and as far as I can tell the largest office building in the world after the Pentagon, Sears Tower and Taipei 101), but I heard they maxed out their air rights, which is why they rehabbed the plaza rather than add another annex.

The addition (per the original plans) called for another tower built across the FDR on landfill in the East River. The park was designed to provide pedestrian access to that building over the freeway, hence the elevation. The tower never got built, and that's how we got stuck with that awful park.

[STR]

Told you the view is nice

[BostonBuild]

Originally Posted by Yo Na

can someone explain as to why the facade is being installed by placing every other glass panel? i cant figure it out.

Maybe the glass for the gap panels is put in with the panels from the floor above? ...sort of an interlocking zipper system. Just a guess.

[Nowhereman1280]

I love how STR apparently has a copy of the earth saved on his hard drive...

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by STR

I heard they maxed out their air rights, which is why they rehabbed the plaza rather than add another annex.

I don't believe that they did. But either case, it's likely to remain the largest office tower in the city.


in.formed





A reversal of the usual shot...

Kurt Strahm

[NYguy]

From the Discovery cam (minutes ago)...sign of things to come?





http://nyunews.com/news/2010/11/21/22wtc/
The slow, steady rise from the ashes of a tragedy

by Jackii Wang
November 21, 2010


One World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower under construction.
The American flag reads "In loving memory of the brave and innocent lives lost on September 11, 2001: Never Forget".

...There are wooden boards fencing off the area. Behind these lie a steel outline of a 1,776-foot tower — one of the five being built for the new World Trade Center complex, a project taken up by the Port Authority and several other companies. The specificity of the height is intentional: 1776 marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a significant event in U.S. history.

This month steel beams reached the 48th floor, leaving more than half of the floors to be completed. Workers also began installing the first of the tower's 13-foot glass windows.

BTW, nice use of the Freedom Tower on the skyline...

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Originally Posted by Onn

ext212







The view of the voids with the waterfalls on is going to be insane from this height!

Impressive images!! Just reminds us, how complex the entire core is....