The quality of the materials used, especially the glass, is what mainly separates this building from your ‘A’ typical glass box. Even though that’s what this tower truly is, it presents itself in the purest way possible with class, sleekness and style. It’s a bold tower.
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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
The building was constructed over a Con Edison electrical substation that had been in place since the mid 60's. The substation had caissons that would allow for a building of a smaller height to be constructed above later. When WTC 7 was build additional caissons were used along with the original ones to bear the load of the much larger building. Transfer trusses (lateral structural members rather than vertical structural members) were constructed to distribute the vertical load around the underlying substation to the caissons below. Speculation is that the diesel fuel used for backup power generation caught fire after the collapse of the twin towers (and the before mentioned gash and damage) and compromised the unusual lateral transfer trusses leading to the collapse. However there are many theories but I tend to go along with the sound engineering story (being an engineer myself). I do, however, love the brutal graphite industrial base of the new tower. The old did nothing for me.
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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
Wow, that's just nasty. Although the new 7 WTC is a lovely thing, would we have the old one back, if it meant we didn't have to suffer the trauma that was 9/11?
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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
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Buildings Over 200 Meters 62 Completed 20 Under Construction 50 Proposed 0 On Hold