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[CarlosV]

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[NYguy]

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[mrnyc]

that skyline view from liberty state park is pretty neat.

speaking of joisey, here is a view from mountain road/troy towers in weehawken from last saturday

http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad293/meesalikeu5/album%20six/P1280033.jpg

[Zerton]

I love how 1WTC and the ESB line up north to south. They kind of act as a link between downtown and midtown.

[RockMont]

that skyline view from liberty state park is pretty neat.

speaking of joisey, here is a view from mountain road/troy towers in weehawken from last saturday

http://i945.photobucket.com/albums/ad293/meesalikeu5/album%20six/P1280033.jpg



The Jersey side is getting a pretty good skyline, in its own right.

[2-TOWERS]

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.the glass is really sprouting!!!!!! Carlos as usual you rock.!!! great shots

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH16fgmlI0I

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYMAN2010

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[Alliance]

The multicolored "christmas tree" lights on this tower at night are fantastic. Good to see something original going on.

[CarlosV]

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[CarlosV]

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[Tall guy 31]

In the last Carlos photo you can see the cladding missing a few rows because of the side crane mounts. Can I ask a silly Q. What is the purpose of the side mounted crane on this building? I've seen the 2 top cranes hoist steel from the ground...so what does this one do??? Thank you. And thanks to everyone with these great photos. :cheers:

[chris123678]

Dumb Question but do they judge the tower height from the basement levels, where the foundations are. Or, ground level, like lobby level?

[Roadcruiser1]

Dumb Question but do they judge the tower height from the basement levels, where the foundations are. Or, ground level, like lobby level?

Sea level. Sea level is 0 feet. Everything up would count.

[bkraig4life]

In the last Carlos photo you can see the cladding missing a few rows because of the side crane mounts. Can I ask a silly Q. What is the purpose of the side mounted crane on this building? I've seen the 2 top cranes hoist steel from the ground...so what does this one do??? Thank you. And thanks to everyone with these great photos. :cheers:
I believe(if I remember correctly) that it is used to bring the rebar and other things for the core.

[Otie]

Dumb Question but do they judge the tower height from the basement levels, where the foundations are. Or, ground level, like lobby level?

For architects, engineers and anyone involved in the construction project, PANYNJ datum (300' below mean high tide); for the rest of the world, main lobby floor (11'2" above mean high tide). Oh, forgot it, and for the CTBUH people, north entrance (7' 10" above mean high tide)

[mthd]

1WTC this last weekend. looking great - and the memorial is stunning.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6516449971_deb86e9f50_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6516449715_94192803e4_o.jpg

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second shot is from the 55th floor of the millenium hilton...

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPSwb--CMHE

[THE BIG APPLE]

Dumb Question but do they judge the tower height from the basement levels, where the foundations are. Or, ground level, like lobby level?

It's pretty simple yet made so complicated. A building in Denver (mile high city) for example wouldn't be measuerd from (the actual) sea level, or that'd make it the tallest in the world. So buildings are mainly measured from the lobby up to the spire (not antenna). Sea level is just an expression (or 'variable') used to represent the number 0.

[Tall guy 31]

I believe(if I remember correctly) that it is used to bring the rebar and other things for the core.

Gotcha.....thanks for the info.

[Guiltyspark]

It's pretty simple yet made so complicated. A building in Denver (mile high city) for example wouldn't be measuerd from (the actual) sea level, or that'd make it the tallest in the world. So buildings are mainly measured from the lobby up to the spire (not antenna). Sea level is just an expression (or 'variable') used to represent the number 0.

And don't forget, a "spire" can be a little pole that has nothing to do with the building and is super skinny, has no purpose and looks thrown on as an afterthought. For instance, you could put a giant spire on a 50 story building and it would be the nations new tallest building. Yay! That's why the well reasoned use roof height. :whip:

[uaarkson]

And don't forget, a "spire" can be a little pole that has nothing to do with the building and is super skinny, has no purpose and looks thrown on as an afterthought. For instance, you could put a giant spire on a 50 story building and it would be the nations new tallest building. Yay! That's why the well reasoned use roof height. :whip:

Yeah? Where is Burj Khalifa's roof? The Chrysler building? BofA?

[Alliance]

Dumb Question but do they judge the tower height from the basement levels, where the foundations are. Or, ground level, like lobby level?

The real answer to your question is buildings are judged from the lowest significant open air pedestrian entrance. In the case of 1WTC, this is the lobby entrance.

[CarlosV]

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[Zafor]

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Yes! I love these!

[Jularc]

Very cool CarlosV! Can't wait to see that a reality! :cool:

[Zapatan]

And don't forget, a "spire" can be a little pole that has nothing to do with the building and is super skinny, has no purpose and looks thrown on as an afterthought. For instance, you could put a giant spire on a 50 story building and it would be the nations new tallest building. Yay! That's why the well reasoned use roof height. :whip:

I agree spires are somewhat cheap, but I think the one on this building works well, and it's not skinny, but rather about as wide as my house haha. It's a metal structure nearly the size of the washington monument sitting on top a 1380 foot building, pretty cool I think

[CarlosV]

23 degrees!! verrrry cold!

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[2-TOWERS]

23 degrees!! verrrry cold!

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don't feel bad buddy its 67 out here and thats cold for the desert !!!!lol fantastic shots as always..... amazing how much taller it will be yet

[Puzzlecraft]

And there is ice in the pools!

[SupertallSkyline88]

did the construction workers go on strike or something... :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[CarlosV]

^^^
no

[CarlosV]

And there is ice in the pools!

http://www.911memorial.org/webcam

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[MadGnome]

Yeah? Where is Burj Khalifa's roof? The Chrysler building? BofA?

Whwere's the WTC1 roof for that matter? The thread title and most people say roof, but they're referring to the parapet. The roof is something like 32' below the top of the walls.

[NYC GUY]

Wow thats alot of ice

[Guiltyspark]

Yeah? Where is Burj Khalifa's roof? The Chrysler building? BofA?

If you would look at the Skyscraper pages diagram, these are all clearly stated. Chrysler's roof is at 282 m, the WTC's is 417 m. Burj Khalifa is really the only one that is a little hard to pinpoint (but only because we really don't know that much about it, hell, we don't really even know the actual height last I heard) There last area that looks like real building seems to be around 775 m. People act like it is so hard to find roof height, when pretty much ever building on this website has a listed roof height AND spire height. And none of the pro spire people will answer my question. If 1WTC was 50 m lower at its roof height, but had a ridiculous spire that still made it taller than Sears, would you call that the tallest building in the USA? What if its roof line was 100 m lower? Counting spires just leads to cheating with spires. And this is from a guy who is a big fan of spires. I think 1WTC's spire is going to be fantastic, especially when lit at night.

Oh, and I am not sure which BofA building you are talking about, since there is pretty much one in every city. So I am going to guess the one in NYC. It's roof height is 287.9 m.

[Guiltyspark]

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Woah, I am surprised that there is ice with the waterfalls still running. When do they plan on turning the falls off for the winter?

[IntoTheLens827]

Well, last night was the first very cold night we had since the water started to flow in the Footprints of the North & South Towers reflecting pools. I do belive that is ice in both of the reflecting pools. I thought that they were going to put something in the water to keep it from freezing. I guess it won't freeze all the way & compleatly solid cause of the flowing water. Here is a pic I saw from one of the webcams this morning. (I actully did a video cause I don't know how to put pictures on here). -Greg (IntoTheLens827).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXvYr-MCn8A

[meh_cd]

That is is real attractive. Either they didn't have the heating systems ready, or they miscalculated big time. I mean that is ugly as all get out.

Looks like a bunch of scum floating around in the pools.

Maybe it would be simpler just to turn them off for a few months. Either that or they need to fix it.

[Guiltyspark]

That is is real attractive. Either they didn't have the heating systems ready, or they miscalculated big time. I mean that is ugly as all get out.

Looks like a bunch of scum floating around in the pools.

Maybe it would be simpler just to turn them off for a few months. Either that or they need to fix it.

It may be that whatever system they are using (Heat or chemicals or both) is not ready yet. I hope this isn't what it looks like all winter.

[IntoTheLens827]

We have a new HD cam up! It doesn't update every 15 mins like the old one, and doesn't catch as much of the WTC site, but it's way higher res.

http://archives.earthcam.com/archives5/ecnetwork/us/ny/nyc/gzmpr/gzrobotic1.jpg

http://archives.earthcam.com/archives5/ecnetwork/us/ny/nyc/gzmpr/gzrobotic1.jpg

Looks like they turned off the north towers waterfall due to Ice. (Dec 18, 2011).

[uaarkson]

lol did you have my post bookmarked or something? That was forever ago!

[Ziroc]

WT1 is growing fast!!!! Can you imagine what it'll look like in April 2012?!??


I thought they heated that water if it got below 59-61F? I guess they learn as they go with this new massive feat of engineering... no one can predict how two massive fountains will react to temps and winds...

They need to raise the temp to probably 84F because as it flows out the top, and air hits it, it loses all its heat falling.. increase the temp to overpower the air sheering loss.

Amazing to see though.. they have workers down on the south tower footprint breaking the ice up.

That Ice can have a really REALY bad effect on the tiles and the weight compression.. They'll get it fixed. just trial and error, as these are MASSIVE.
Many people just don't comprehend how large those footprints are. And a few people that come to NYC and went in, and saw for the first time, just how large the pools are, begin crying.. because then it hits them how large the towers were.. :(

Happy Holidays to all our members here, our Iron workers and other builders at WTC site!! You are our foundation. :cheers:

[IntoTheLens827]

lol did you have my post bookmarked or something? That was forever ago!

Yes, I actully have that same page with the webcam on it save to my Favorate. I love seeing the live cam. That's how I get on here. I go to the page & that's the first one I see, & then I go to thhe last page to see what the new updates are. I remember the first time I saw that webcam, I fell in love with it. Everyday since then, I check it out to see the view & what's going on down at the site. Thanks for posting that a long time ago! :-) :tup:

[CarlosV]

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[2-TOWERS]

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love the song titles Carlos....:)

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY82EgH5Xwo

[JerseyCowboy]

Home in Ringwood, NJ from Wyoming for Christmas break and went on a hike I love. I might have ruined my ankle on a boulder, but the views were worth it. Ringwood's 25-30 miles from the city. That's the Wanaque Reservoir in the foreground.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6534189431_bf4dba72fc_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6534188099_306a805d92_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6534186933_b72bee75c4_b.jpg

And people say Jersey is ugly. Quite beautiful if I say so myself.

PS: The 2-mile (and very steep) round trip trail begins at the Weis Ecology Center in Ringwood and the lookout is called Wyanokie High Point, if anybody wants to go on a nice hike sometime.

[QUEENSNYMAN]

FROM: NYBOY75

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHlpPyyyqz0

[CoolCzech]

Looks like they turned off the north towers waterfall due to Ice. (Dec 18, 2011).

I thought the water was to be heated so the falls stayed open all year round?

[CoolCzech]

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The New York skyline looks like a great medieval walled city in that shot!

[CoolCzech]

And don't forget, a "spire" can be a little pole that has nothing to do with the building and is super skinny, has no purpose and looks thrown on as an afterthought. For instance, you could put a giant spire on a 50 story building and it would be the nations new tallest building. Yay! That's why the well reasoned use roof height. :whip:

WOAH! What a brilliant point!

How come this has never come up for discussion before??? :rolleyes:

[NewYorkSkyline117]

Home in Ringwood, NJ from Wyoming for Christmas break and went on a hike I love. I might have ruined my ankle on a boulder, but the views were worth it. Ringwood's 25-30 miles from the city. That's the Wanaque Reservoir in the foreground.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6534189431_bf4dba72fc_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6534188099_306a805d92_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6534186933_b72bee75c4_b.jpg

And people say Jersey is ugly. Quite beautiful if I say so myself.

PS: The 2-mile (and very steep) round trip trail begins at the Weis Ecology Center in Ringwood and the lookout is called Wyanokie High Point, if anybody wants to go on a nice hike sometime.

omg! In the 3rd picture I can see Route 10 , like the Novartis Building in the right corner..I live really close to their but it's amazing how the city isn't visible from ground level at that point but from high up, it's like right there. :)

[Davidsam52]

Brilliant pics as always, Carlos. Looks like Winer has finally arrived in NY. Can't wait to see the site covered in a nice blanket of snow!;););)

[2-TOWERS]

woah! What a brilliant point!

How come this has never come up for discussion before??? :rolleyes:

that is a great spot also if your driving on Skyline Drive In Ringwood you get the same view

[CarlosV]

Brilliant pics as always, Carlos. Looks like Winer has finally arrived in NY. Can't wait to see the site covered in a nice blanket of snow!;););)

still 28 degrees..... :yuck:

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[Yankee fan for life]

wish the floors would go up as fast as the glass .

[JVissle]

Thought I would share some of my amateur work with everyone. Hope you like it.

12-17-11


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/JV1st/DSCN2455.jpg

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[JVissle]

More

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/JV1st/DSCN2467.jpg

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[JVissle]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/JV1st/DSCN2451.jpg
A shot from the 8th floor of the Westin in Jersey City.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/JV1st/DSCN2791.jpg
And at night.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/JV1st/DSCN2540.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g31/JV1st/DSCN2481.jpg

[2-TOWERS]

still 28 degrees..... :yuck:

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Carlos you can start to see the setback in 4 WTC and another STUNNING Sunset in Gotham !!!!!!!!!!!!:)

[hunser]

http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy306/DKNY619/IMG_0953.jpg


This is just spectacular. I love that effect where the edge catches the full sun light.

[NYCLuver]

This is just spectacular. I love that effect where the edge catches the full sun light.

:cheers::tup:

[Trinity2112]

Yes, I actully have that same page with the webcam on it save to my Favorate. I love seeing the live cam. That's how I get on here. I go to the page & that's the first one I see, & then I go to thhe last page to see what the new updates are. I remember the first time I saw that webcam, I fell in love with it. Everyday since then, I check it out to see the view & what's going on down at the site. Thanks for posting that a long time ago! :-) :tup:

Could you give me the URL? The one I have bookmarked is of a different angle.

[meh_cd]

Could you give me the URL? The one I have bookmarked is of a different angle.

http://archives.earthcam.com/archives5/ecnetwork/us/ny/nyc/gzmpr/gzrobotic1.jpg

And here are the others:

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/worldtradecenter/

And another:

http://www.video-monitoring.com/construction/kpitv/silver.htm

Forgot one:

http://oxblue.com/pro/open/panynj/wtc

[TimCity2000]

good lord, those views from new jersey are stunning!

[Ed007Toronto]

Brilliant shot of the sun reflecting.

[Guiltyspark]

WOAH! What a brilliant point!

How come this has never come up for discussion before??? :rolleyes:

I didn't bring up the topic. :koko:

[hunser]

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[Complex01]

:previous:

awesome...

[gramsjdg]

So, I take it the workers are still on strike? Looks like the cranes haven't moved for a few days. Are the steelworkers going to get paid?:shrug:

[tiarae]

They aren't on strike...they got their weekly pay around 7:30 Friday morning.
It's been too windy for the cranes - they can't use the cranes in 30+ mph winds.

[CarlosV]

LOL no one is on strike!!!! WTF?

ok so here i am on my way to Bloomies for some xmas shopping! on a cab taken on the 59th St. Bridge :)

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[KN.]

:previous:

I hope there is no strike.

Weather over there on the other side of the planet looks identical to over here. Empty clear blue open skies.

UN Building appears to finish changing its curtain wall in the photo also.

[2-TOWERS]

LOL no one is on strike!!!! WTF?

ok so here i am on my way to Bloomies for some xmas shopping! on a cab taken on the 59th St. Bridge :)

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Decided not to take the & 7 Line...Lol Carlos cam live from the Ed Koch 59th st bridge ,,,, BTW nice day in the BIG APPLE

[SonnyinMiami]

Hey JerseyCowboy , Awesome shots with a different perspective of The NY Skyline. Makes me want to move to Jersey. Hope your ankle gets better soon. Thanks again.

[gramsjdg]

LOL no one is on strike!!!! WTF?



whoops, my bad -I meant to say work stoppage. :)

[CarlosV]

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[CarlosV]

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[2-TOWERS]

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What was taken so long to reach the Carlos Cam , is really taken off , the Glass:tup:

[Onn]

It's looking hot! Thanks for all the pics, Carlos! :)

[NewYorkSkyline117]

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It's incredible how quickly the glass is beginning to rise at this point......it seems like yesterday that it had just passed 7 WTC. Any answers for this? :tup::shrug:

[patrick989]

It's incredible how quickly the glass is beginning to rise at this point......it seems like yesterday that it had just passed 7 WTC. Any answers for this? :tup::shrug:

It's been a couple of weeks since the glass passed 7 WTC, maybe you're just not that observant. I don't think the cladding has been going up at an alarming speed, it's pretty normal I think.

[NewYorkSkyline117]

It's been a couple of weeks since the glass passed 7 WTC, maybe you're just not that observant. I don't think the cladding has been going up at an alarming speed, it's pretty normal I think.

I wasn't looking for an answer from you..and yes it has been rising fast.. :koko:

[CarlosV]

WTC Anticipation...

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[SonnyinMiami]

WTC Anticipation...

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For a moment, I thought a gigantic US Flag was draped on the tower... then I put my glasses on...,

[NewYorkSkyline117]

WTC Anticipation...

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WOW. Carlos, how much more time do you think it will take to top out?

[jd3189]

WTC Anticipation...

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Can't wait until all those towers are built. Wonder what the view will be like then.

[patrick989]

I wasn't looking for an answer from you..and yes it has been rising fast.. :koko:

Yeah, I didn't think so, but I honestly don't care. It's a free forum and I can reply to whatever I want.

[CarlosV]

WOW. Carlos, how much more time do you think it will take to top out?

One of my clients works for Durst and he is a high ranking executive there in charge of 1 WTC...he tells me by April 2012 :tup:

[jd3189]

One of my clients works for Durst and he is a high ranking executive there in charge of 1 WTC...he tells me by April 2012 :tup:

That's around my stepmom's birthday. And there's a pretty good chance I'll be able to visit the site next summer,when the spire's going up. 2012 will be just as exciting as current 2011,if not more.

[JoePDX]

One of my clients works for Durst and he is a high ranking executive there in charge of 1 WTC...he tells me by April 2012 :tup:

Topped out meaning to the roof I presume? How long actually until the spire is complete? Will this be an arduous task or will it go pretty fast? Also please, is there an update on the base? Have they decided what it will be built out of and when it will be started? Thanks

[MrSlippery519]

It's incredible how quickly the glass is beginning to rise at this point......it seems like yesterday that it had just passed 7 WTC. Any answers for this? :tup::shrug:

You are not the wrong, I noticed the same thing. The glass was stalled around the height of 7 WTC for a good week or 2 and then all of a sudden things picked up...seems like they are adding a floor or so every 2-3 days. Of course this will slow down as they are catching up faster than the steel rises.

[cityenthusiast]

Yeah, I didn't think so, but I honestly don't care. It's a free forum and I can reply to whatever I want.

Yes a free forum that you'll get kicked off of if you keep this up. Noone needs to see your smartass comments so leave them off the forum. people come on here for good educated responses. So even if you think its a dumb question keep your comments to yourself.

[Domamania]

Hello everyone. I havent been on the forums in a while. so what floor is Tower 1 now, and does anyone know when they will start cladding on the base of Tower 1 wtc? Thank you so much.

[NYguy]

:order:.....:order:.....:order:

Order restored. Keep the insults to yourselves please.




Topped out meaning to the roof I presume? How long actually until the spire is complete? Will this be an arduous task or will it go pretty fast? Also please, is there an update on the base? Have they decided what it will be built out of and when it will be started? Thanks

The spire itself is supposed to take about six months to complete, according to the Port Authority.


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[cityenthusiast]

Hello everyone. I havent been on the forums in a while. so what floor is Tower 1 now, and does anyone know when they will start cladding on the base of Tower 1 wtc? Thank you so much.

The steel has reached the 90th floor with 14 more floors to go until topped out. And cant answer the second question sorry.

[cityenthusiast]

[QUOTE=NYguy;5524311]:order:.....:order:.....:order:

Order restored. Keep the insults to yourselves please.

Yea sorry everyone but had to stand up for newyorkskyline117

Oh and to answer about the podium glass the port authority said that "installation of the podiium glass will start in 2012 to allow for construction activities and deliveries to proceed in this area".
Glass has risen to the 63rd floor, and the concrete base has reached the 82 floor

[Roadcruiser1]

Topped out meaning to the roof I presume? How long actually until the spire is complete? Will this be an arduous task or will it go pretty fast? Also please, is there an update on the base? Have they decided what it will be built out of and when it will be started? Thanks

Hello everyone. I havent been on the forums in a while. so what floor is Tower 1 now, and does anyone know when they will start cladding on the base of Tower 1 wtc? Thank you so much.

The base will be worked on during 2013. It would be done before the opening of the building. The base would look a lot like the base of the Twin Towers just without the tridents.

[Roadcruiser1]

Here is the new base for One World Trade Center. It's for everyone that haven't seen the new base yet.

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