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Maki's 4 WTC is in the bottom half of this picture as the light colored structure - emphasizing just how much larger 2 and 3 WTC's are than the quite huge 4 WTC. The New World Trade Center is indeed a big project.
Yeah, Tower 4 would be huge in most places. But it looks "puny" by WTC standards...maybe Silverstein should beg for another half million square feet for that tower...
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Wow, seems to be moving along well.
     
     
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Old Posted May 14, 2007, 11:31 PM
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Wow, seems to be moving along well.
Yeah, they've got another 6 to 7 months to finish work in that "tub" so Silverstein can start building.
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Missed this update...
http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/...ead_74846.aspx

East Bathtub Construction Ahead of Schedule



Workers prepare steel for slurry wall panels

May 24, 2007

Port Authority crews are making steady progress building the World Trade Center site's east bathtub. Finishing two weeks ahead of schedule, crews have now completed installation of the new slurry wall at the southeast section of the bathtub (along Liberty and Church Streets up to Cortlandt Street). Workers are now mobilizing at the northeast corner of the bathtub, where 30 steel-and-concrete slurry wall panels will be installed over the next several months.

Construction of the east bathtub is part of the foundation preparation needed for towers two, three, and four to be built.
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I still don't like it. That's too prominant of a location and height for it be that boxy and tame. I'm not really saying the design is bad, but we already have something similar to this with 7WTC. New York has enough bulky twins and look alikes. Please don't think I'm bashing New York, or even this design, I just think something else would be better.
You read my mind, New York already has a lot of flat tops. Maybe a circular or curvy top would've been better especially in lower Manhattan area, where most tall buildings have pointy tops.
     
     
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^^ I 2nd that! People tend to want everything to be grandiose and extravagant on the boards lots of time just for being grandiose or extravagant with no real substance. I think the tower is quite elegant and regal in it's simplicity and think it will be absolutely stunning when completed.
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^^ I didn't mean to say that this building looks absolutely bad.
It does have a nice design and will clearly show up in lower Manhattan view from statue of liberty cuz its pretty tall also. It also looks good standing besides taller towers as height gradually decreases from WTC1 > WTC2 > WTC3 > WTC4
     
     
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People tend to want everything to be grandiose
and extravagant on the boards lots of time just for being grandiose or
extravagant with no real substance. I think the tower is quite elegant and
regal in it's simplicity and think it will be absolutely stunning when completed.
It will look nice. Also, tower 5's presence will also enhance the complex.
We've yet to get the full WTC picture...




This tower will also look great accross the memorial plaza...

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^^ Wow 2nd image is really nice view of the foot of towers...Thanks for images.
     
     
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Will 4WTC have that Silvery glass from the top image, or blue from the bottom? From the looks of it, Foster's WTC2 will fade from bottom to top (very cool), 3WTC will definately be blue ala 1 Beacon court (a distant cousin), 7WTC is blue but very reflective... which I imagine will be similar to WTC1. This leaves 4.... Silver, someting resembling the BoA?
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Will 4WTC have that Silvery glass from the top image, or blue from the bottom?
I don't think about any of the colors in that top rendering are accurate.
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This seems to be moving along nicely.
     
     
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This seems to be moving along nicely.
That's because there have been no major mishaps in building the extended "tub". This is reportedly a little ahead of schedule, so I guess its a case where "no" news is "good" news.
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The height of this monster has been increased to 975 ft.




















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^^^ Just 25 feet from being a 1000 footer, so close to being a super tall just like Comcast centre. Is 975' a very special number ?
     
     
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This tower finally looks nice to me, not that it is taller. The others just made it look too short. Now it looks tall, as it should.
     
     
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What a shame this one grew. It should've shrank and the bulk transferred to either the Foster or Rogers tower instead.
     
     
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Old Posted Sep 11, 2007, 11:36 AM
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This tower finally looks nice to me, not that it is taller.
The others just made it look too short. Now it looks tall, as it should.

It's very bulky, yet contains "only" 1.8 msf of office space. It would be very
imposing in most places, but being so/close to tower 3, the building needed
to be exactly what it is - not too dramatic, but very understated and
pleasing to the eye. The public parts of the building (the shops, the
restaurant overlooking the memorial) also make this one nicer than most
typical office buildngs...


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