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kznyc2k Jan 31, 2007 12:17 AM

No, 7 WTC is the tower partially cut off at the far right, and the Deutche Bank building the stubby black box to the left of it.

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Originally Posted by |zY| (Post 2600168)
^^new background

Ditto. Damn, and I just changed my background a day ago to an awesome Comcast Center pic.

nygirl1 Jan 31, 2007 1:14 AM

yep that's 1 Liberty not seven World Trade. From the very vantage point the photographer is standing at you will see the entire complex of the World Trade. 1 World Trade Center in this picture would only be slightly cut off at the very right end of this picture. A pano from here in a few+ years including Jc+ Brooklyn and all their projects will be something.

CitySkyline Jan 31, 2007 5:30 AM

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Originally Posted by -GR2NY- (Post 2599209)
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I'll likely be living there soon as well and the building drives me nuts.

How can a building that doesn't exist yet drive you nuts? Why not wait till it's actually built and you can check it out in real life and admire it's HUGE size (as opposed to a small computer rendering).

I have a suspicion that many people who dislike the FT based on the small renderings will have a change of heart once it's actually built and it towers over them, all 1776 ft. of it. I mean, people who never got to see the original Twin Towers must have no idea what it really was like to see them in real life (not implying this refers to you, GR2NY). Seeing a small picture just isn't the same. Same will be true of the FT. An actual building will be a lot more impressive than just a drawing.

(And, this isn't even taking into account all of the other buildings going up around the FT, all of which will be pretty tall and impressive in their own right.)

Daquan13 Jan 31, 2007 12:00 PM

I was one of the ones who never got the chance to see the Twins up close or even go inside either of them. I always saw them from a distance in a car or bus.

I'm planning to visit the Freedom Tower and it's obs deck when it opens. To see what I missed when the Twins stood there. The restaurant also, if it opens to the general public.

When WOTW was in the North Tower, it was open only to the priveliged few who could afford it, mainly the employees of the WTC! I hope that won't be the case this time around.

And I'll visit the mall as well.

NYguy Jan 31, 2007 1:29 PM

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Originally Posted by nygirl1 (Post 2600432)
From the very vantage point the photographer is standing at you will see the entire complex of the World Trade. 1 World Trade Center in this picture would only be slightly cut off at the very right end of this picture.

It was always a classic shot of the ESB with the Twins in the background. It will go something like this:

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/70328401/medium.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/70329275/medium.jpg

Daquan13 Jan 31, 2007 1:36 PM

And even if the Freedom Tower DIDN'T have the spire, it would STILL be taller than the ESB because it's the just about the same height as the old Twins.

NYguy Jan 31, 2007 1:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Daquan13 (Post 2601385)
I'm planning to visit the Freedom Tower and it's obs deck when it opens. To see what I missed when the Twins stood there.

Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7_EQfCNots

Daquan13 Jan 31, 2007 2:18 PM

Great find!!

The first video was of Maculay Culkin when he visited the WTC in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

I also watched the helicopter ride over the city.

And those horrible videos of the attack on the WTC. There once was a documentory aired on Flight 11, up to and including a Mohamad Atta look-alike in the "cockpit".

2-TOWERS Jan 31, 2007 2:42 PM

one thing , no other obs. deck will ever top W.T.C. , even BD will have a joke of a deck 3/4 from the top,,I just hope this new F/T will have the same outdoor deck as W.T.C. DID:skyscraper:

Daquan13 Jan 31, 2007 11:38 PM

As we are seeing the tower's construction progress move right along, to this day, we still have yet to find out the real truth on that one.

I hope there will be one also, but as far as that goes, the chances of it ever happening look slim and none.:skyscraper:

Ghost Feb 1, 2007 6:54 PM

Seems like the core is taking it's shape!
Webcam today:
http://www.renewnyc.com/WebCamImages...0113595900.jpg

ZZ-II Feb 1, 2007 7:59 PM

seen it a few minutes ago, yeh the core is coming :)

DUBAI2015 Feb 2, 2007 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghost (Post 2604407)
Seems like the core is taking it's shape!
Webcam today:
http://www.renewnyc.com/WebCamImages...0113595900.jpg


:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
YES!!!!!!!

TAFisher123 Feb 2, 2007 3:12 PM

And the skinny stick in the middle is getting taller......for some reason.....the FT looks to be 10-20 feet tall now:yes:

http://renewnyc.org/WebCamImages/pic07020210595900.jpg

slurrey Feb 2, 2007 3:28 PM

Kinda looks like a middle finger :)

RockMont Feb 2, 2007 3:31 PM

One of the first ideas after 9/11 was to rebuild the World Trade Center with the tallest building in the middle, as a hint to any anti-American enemy in the middle east and elsewhere.

Ghost Feb 2, 2007 5:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TAFisher123 (Post 2606378)
And the skinny stick in the middle is getting taller......for some reason.....the FT looks to be 10-20 feet tall now:yes:

http://renewnyc.org/WebCamImages/pic07020210595900.jpg

No, I think that's only the crane background :) But yeah, it's like middlefinger, too bad it has 6 fingers :haha:

Daquan13 Feb 2, 2007 10:01 PM

That could mean that the steel is now above street level.

Dac150 Feb 3, 2007 6:44 PM

I have a good feeling this thing is gonna start moving at a brisk pace.

DUBAI2015 Feb 3, 2007 7:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TAFisher123 (Post 2606378)
And the skinny stick in the middle is getting taller......for some reason.....the FT looks to be 10-20 feet tall now:yes:

http://renewnyc.org/WebCamImages/pic07020210595900.jpg

Sadly, no. :( It was just the smaller crane.
http://renewnyc.com/WebCamImages/pic07020313595900.jpg


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