NEW YORK | 130 Liberty Street Deconstruction
 

So I thought that it would be nice to see how this thing is going. Post updates here about deconstruction and possible WTC 5?

Some pics from lowermanhattan.info
http://www.lowermanhattan.info/const...%20feb2006.jpg

http://www.lowermanhattan.info/const...s/IMG_4188.jpg

http://www.lowermanhattan.info/const.../tower_can.jpg

http://www.lowermanhattan.info/const...ne_7-29-06.jpg

http://www.lowermanhattan.info/const...206%202006.jpg

That there will be SOME new tower on the 5 WTC site is as certain as anything in this life; the only question is: will it be counted as a WTC tower, and will it conform with the Libeskind site plan (which, I guess, would imply a height of 750 or so feet)

When should deconstruction finish, anyway?

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pics taken 9/3/2006


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/66285435/medium.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/66285486/large.jpg


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all i can say is the sooner they get rid of that building the better. they need to get fiterman hall also...

Well, there are many buildings in this world that you certainly won't miss them after they're gone. This one is on the top of the list.

It doesn't look bad from he street level, looks like a well-done plain black box, but on the skyline it's a pathetic short stub. I remember looking at it back in 2000 and thinking how sad it is that I probably won't live to see this thing come down.

I read that they're still finding human remains in the building.

*shudders*

Just found this picture of how it looked like after the towers had fallen:

http://hist.cersp.com/tsls/UploadFil...3200727765.jpg

I didn´t know it was so damaged

same why did they patch it up and not just tear it down?

The whole building became so infested with dangerous molds and spores that it is cheaper to tear down the building & build a new one than to try to salvage it. Due to asbestos concerns, etc., they can't just implode it (I don't quite get that: projects built in the 60's get blown up all the time - didn't they use asbestos in them, too?).

So does anyone know when the "deconstruction" should finish up?

It was mentioned that the deconstruction will be complete in 2007 (no month was provided).

actually, i think there would be some heightened sensativity to imploding a building right on top of ground zero. plus, i think insurance costs srrounding the implosion would have been prohihibitve

http://www.renewnyc.com/video/05148_...on_320x240.mov

Were any people inside the building killed or injured when the Twins collapsed? That gash down the facade sure looks like it could have taken a few people along with it...

^Although I worked in the WTC on 9/11, I worked for DB which was the sole occupant of 130 Liberty. No one in 130 Liberty was killed.

that's what i said when a friend asked about imploding it. imagine what would go through people's minds as the thing collapses, feet away from the WTC site? (or i guess ON the WTC site, considering that's the future tower 5)

Still doesn't look like the buillding is being removed much at all.

Or is it just me?

I agree, it appears nothing is going on there

I imagine that this is the way of life for things at Ground Zero

Painfully friggen slow!!

Really?

http://www.renewnyc.com/plan_des_dev...y_findings.asp