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I dont get it. Why is it so "cool" or "important" that it hits 1000 ft on sept 11? why not 1100 ft or 950 ft?
If you're on a skyscraper forum, you should know that 1,000 ft is the "magical" number that separates skyscrapers from "ordinary" skyscrapers in the minds of many. Having the floors of this tower reach that number is symbolic for various reasons.



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it's just nice to see a building there instead of two BLUE beams of light on the 9/11 anniversary.
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Construction on the entire WTC site is schedule to come to a halt at 3PM this afternoon ahead of tomorrow's anniversary and for the stepped up security measures.
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9/11 Memorial-Morristown, New Jersey-ESB, and WTC on the horizon



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For anyone wondering how much this Tower has grown in the past year....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mAc195ey5E

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Congrats to my fellows NewYorkers and everyone for this special day, now WTC1 reach 1000 ft and remembrance is like construction, and for ever and ever I congratulate all workers by the site. God bless America and all of you. 10 years ago ....
     
     
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i guess it didnt happen nothing erected on top....3:19pm...


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Can someone tell me what the topmost floors on 1WTC will be used for? It looks like there's so much unoccupied space up there... like 30 floors worth.
     
     
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I agree - someone was a little quick with the trigger to change the title of this thread. While I am all for the height of the building being raised (I would even support 1WTC reclaiming the world's tallest title), changing the height in the title of this thread is dumb for many reasons:

1. The rod hasn't even been designed yet, the height could change.
2. The rod may or may not be recognized by the CTBUH.
3. The symbolic height of this tower was, is, and will ALWAYS be 1,776' in the minds of people around the world. The building will market itself as 1,776' in all media, brochure and publications. People around the world will recognize this tower as 1,776'. No one cares about an 8' lightning rod that is too thin to see.
4. This tower is 1,776'. Period. This shouldn't even be debated, and changing the thread title was premature. Talk about jumping the gun.

*Edit: And as for the CTBUH, I have a feeling they will go with 1,776' because this is the *official* and *symbolic* height of the tower that EVERYONE is using, from the developers to the general public.
Hi Matt.

The CTBUH has strict guidelines that they follow. The question is whether the rod is a permanent part of the structure or not. STR has the opinion it is permanent but if it a lightning rod I'm not sure there are any examples where the council considered it permanent. I don't know for sure on that one. The spire drawing in question shows the rod as 8 feet high.

The other thing is the lowest entrance (on the North side) is 3 feet lower (than the average ground level height the plans use) and if it fits the criteria (and it looks likely) for the council to start their measurements there then the height is 1779 not 1776. This happens regularly. As the planners said "they had to pick a number" (as 0.00 elevation for the plans) then, when the council looks at it they use "the lowest, significant, open air, pedestrian entrance".

1 - The rod is considered permanent - Both the height to arch. top and the height to tip measures will be the same at 1787 feet.
2 - The rod isn't considered permanent - The height to arch. top will be 1779 feet and the height to tip will be 1787 feet.

IMO the 1776 wasn't in the picture from the start, knowing how the planners picked their 0.00 starting elevation.


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