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^ People keep saying that, but there was no way they were rebuilding those Twins. Those towers were designed for a different time. Trying to put that much office space into one office tower for Manhattan these days would create a much different and taller design. Even if you designed the same buildings (110 floors), the height would be much greater, meaning they wouldn't be the same, so what's the point in that? http://www.motherjones.com/environme...ble-plan-sandy The Freedom Tower Was Supposed To Be the Greenest Building in America. So What Went Wrong? Under pressure to get a publishing giant into the iconic tower, the site's developers may have sacrificed a core part of its green plans. http://www.motherjones.com/files/ima...8011292947.jpg By James West Mon Dec. 8, 2014 Quote:
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Not the greatest photo as it's digitally zoomed on my cell phone but I noticed something the other day:
http://i.imgur.com/LxkaRM6.png With the evaporation towers on the roof of 1 WTC, and a low dew point, the roof pumps out a cloud of steam, which is enough to at times envelop the communications rings and the base of the spire. I know it's a small point, but it did have an ominous similarity to the smoke pouring from the World Trade Centers on 9/11. The original towers didn't have evaporation towers on the roof of the buildings, opting instead to pipe the hot return water back underground to the chiller plant (to be diluted into the Hudson's cold water). I'm surprised no one raised any concerns over placing massive cooling towers on the roof. I think less than half of the buildings HVAC system was operating when I took this picture, as only Conde Nast's occupied floors would be really demanding climate control. Fully occupied, there might be a lot of winter steam billowing out up there. |
Some WTC from today...
From Brooklyn Heights https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7463/...2815e230_b.jpg Lower Manhattan viewed from Brooklyn Heights by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7535/...88955cf5_b.jpg Lower Manhattan viewed from Brooklyn Heights by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr From New Jersey https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7568/...fc36cfb2_b.jpg World Trade Center & Lower Manhattan Skyline viewed from the Northeast Corridor by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8597/...dd40c835_b.jpg Jersey City & Lower Manhattan Skyline viewed from the Northeast Corridor by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr |
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Viewed from Smith-9th Streets Station in Brooklyn
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7553/...a955a957_b.jpg Lower Manhattan Skyline viewed from Smith-9th Streets Station by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7484/...775d3f02_b.jpg Lower Manhattan Skyline viewed from Smith-9th Streets Station by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr |
I just love it.
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http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/12/...rsens-at-owtc/
Rat plague worsens at 1 WTC Conde Nast staffers say that the rats have “taken over” December 14, 2014 http://s13.therealdeal.com/trd/up/2014/11/url2.jpg Bring out the Trump... http://nypost.com/2014/12/16/donald-...ment-of-1-wtc/ Donald takes to Twitter over Durst’s management of 1 WTC By Steve Cuozzo December 16, 2014 Quote:
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The rat infestation has been under control.
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Meanwhile, a stunning image from the Observer... http://commercialobserver.com/2014/1...g-can-it-last/ http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/158560487/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/158560488/original.jpg |
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2014...wn-photo-kiosk
Take a Selfie With 1 World Trade Center at Downtown Photo Kiosk http://assets.dnainfo.com/generated/...extralarge.jpg By Irene Plagianos December 18, 2014 Quote:
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^ i'll admit it's a pretty clever idea.
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The officials at the PANYNJ are kicking their asses at this very moment for not rebuilding what was there before. They've said so many times that they made the biggest mistake by selecting this master plan. Simple reason: billions of $ worth of cost overruns and delays. It's just a huge headache for them.
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That photo kiosk sounds hella cool, I'd be all over it!
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Several from earlier today from the top of the Grace building.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7462/...bfbf1837_h.jpgDSC_0649 by calibratedzeus, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/...8080e188_h.jpgDSC_0678 by calibratedzeus, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8648/...abf8edf1_h.jpgDSC_0653 by calibratedzeus, on Flickr |
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