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Originally Posted by Amanita (Post 6984125)

Here's one person's comment from a Timeout New York article:

"These selfie-snapping tourists will be looking out at - indeed, from their lofty space they will be right next to - the ghosts and spirits and essences, the lingering screams, of those poor people who died at the adjacent Windows on the World Restaurant. They will be horizontally right across the way - mere feet away - from where those workers and guests perished, busboys and businessmen alike, innocents at that ill-fated early morning Windows on the World breakfast, not a single one who escaped, 1000 feet up, at the very top of the World Trade Center, trapped, no way out, no way up, no way down, the sheer prolonged hour-long anguish and agony of how they died...

All this will no doubt haunt and infuse the vicinity, the site, the atmosphere. All this will shriek and scream in the howling winds and tear-filled rains, all this will scar the ghostly clouds and float in the gloom of enveloping fog, all this will stain every blood red Jersey sunset, all this will remind us of the pulverized dust of their remains, forever filling the very air itself....

In respect, in their memory, to maintain our own dignity, please - let's not make this Observatory into a tourist mini-Disneyland.
This is forever not only a graveyard,
but a gruesome murder scene that can’t be erased or forgotten."

I understand that for some people, it will always be "too soon", or they have their reasons for not wanting to go down there- wounds that never seem to heal. But how long must the rest of us defer to that type of thinking? How long must the rest of us hold ourselves back, and are all of us who feel that going back up there is essential to our own healing somehow disrespectful? We have the memorial plaza and fountains for reflection, as well as the museum. But we can't wallow in collective grief forever, sooner or later we need to wipe away our tears and get on with the business of living. Surely the people we lost wouldn't want us to be sad forever.

Oh, here's the link to the article:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/...04-08T21:26:41

this is 2015. 1 WTC isn't holy ground as people sometimes refer to 'ground zero' ( :irked: ) as. Just as an example, parents will be bringing their kids to the observatory to see the view, not to teach them something they wouldn't understand. The 'tourist Mini-Disneyland' environment is inevitable. Yeah, 9/11 happened here. If you're a morbid person stuck on a past event you could view an active place of business and trade as a graveyard forever, but I most certainly prefer not to.

It doesn't matter if it's 2015 or 2001, the families who lost people that day will always be reminded of 9/11 for as long as they live. You never get over that.

The Port Authority wants this to be a business center again but the memorial and museum are there to help people reflect and remember the past.

For those who didn't lose loved ones it will be a lot easier to visit this observation deck. I think the people did want all this to be rebuilt, to have a Tower that featured an observation deck and restaurant just as the originals did. They wanted that icon to return to Lower Manhattan after the Twin Towers left such a tremendous void. One WTC helped fill that void. It took $4B but we made it to this point to see this all open once again since 9/10/01. :cheers:

^I would never tell those people to "get over it", or shame them for not wanting to go to the WTC. But I do wish that some of them would stop berating and shaming those of us who feel a real need to pick up where the people we lost left off.

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Originally Posted by Amanita (Post 6985523)

In all fairness, people need to respect each others wishes. If they want to live in the past and reminisce on the old Towers that's great. For those who want to accept the new Tower and look forward to the future that's great too. Some people still can't accept what happened there.

Perhaps once the new WTC is complete and they visit it, then they will accept it and understand just how difficult it was to rebuild it. One WTC will be a great attraction for tourists. Just look how popular the 9/11 memorial and museum are. One WTC will be just as popular if not more than the original WTC observation deck. 3 observatory levels, doesn't get any better than that.

I still wish there was an outdoor deck like the South Tower had, but I think this will be good enough. :cool:

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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 6980554)

It's Official: One World Observatory Will Open May 29

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http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/0...pen_may_29.php

Wow! Finally!!! Just about time!! I wait for a long time. Looking forward to it. We will go to New York sometimes this Summer.

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Originally Posted by jayden (Post 6984227)

Anyway, any chance we'll ever get some detailed pics of the typical Conde Nast office and/or Cafeteria? :rolleyes:

Seconded. I've seen a few photos on social media here and there but I'd like to get a view of what their offices and views are like.

My latest video from yesterday from Brooklyn Bridge Park, got some great close-up of shots of 1 World Trade.

BY:QUEENSNY121

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUBuLjKqXSI

Hey, I noticed on earth cam that they are staring to clean the facade of the top of the tower, look like they are getting ready for the observation deck opening.

I walked by the site the other day and theres a nice sign and everything with the "observatory" listed above the doorway. The site is about to get a lot busier with all of the visitors. Next to the ESB, this will probably be the next biggest spot for an observation deck.

Probably the best vantage points for now or in the when it opens:

1) Top of the Rock
2) 1WTC
3) ESB

Although when the Hudson Yards deck opens, and I believe Vanderbilt, we will see which ones offers the most bang for the buck.

What I have noticed in general are the big efforts for the city to increase tourism. Everything from cleaning to trying to draw more crowds via parades and what not. Lately been seeing more of that then usual. Theres always something going on, but its been increasing.

I'm shocked no one's posted this.

One WTC's elevator takes you on a 515 year time lapse ride through lower Manhattan in one minute.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/20/ny...ower.html?_r=0

The video is a must watch (and yes, they show the original Twin Towers among every other landmark, still there or long gone, from the last five centuries)

^That is pretty freaking cool, looking forward to it!

^

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.2191253

1 World Trade Center elevators to show historical time-lapse views of NYC skyline

A look at the video...

• Video Link

sullivan 1985

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8782/...ff93fe5e_b.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8782/...b3cd2b51_h.jpg

I wonder if they will update it in the years to come.

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Originally Posted by ArtDecoRevival (Post 6998634)

Wow! That was so cool!! I can see that. You go back in the time. You can go back in the past. I never seen that before. I have no absolutely ideas.

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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 6999345)

I wonder if they will update it in the years to come.

I don't think so, since the video only shows up to the construction of 1 WTC.

I did notice some historical mistakes though. For example, the Equitable Building appears by 1892 (actual construction 1913-1915) and 14 Wall Street by 1903 (actual construction 1910-1914) but overall it looks very well done.

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Originally Posted by Amanita (Post 6998969)

^That is pretty freaking cool, looking forward to it!

I agree as well. I can't wait to go up!!!! We are very exciting!!!

My latest video which shows One World Trade Center from The 69th Street Pier and The Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier today:

By QUEENSNY121:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44AsFiTmb88

Hey guys has anyone noticed at the top of the spire there seems to be some sort of attachments that went up recently. Does anyone have any idea what they are? Ck out here http://www.earthcam.com/cams/newyork...er/?cam=tower1 you have to zoom to top of spire to get a good look.

Broadcasting antennas going in.

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Originally Posted by weidncol (Post 7006410)

Broadcasting antennas going in.

Thanks that's what I thought but was not sure.

View from the roof of the Cooper Union Foundation Building.
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that spire looks so fucking stupid

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Originally Posted by dropdeaded209 (Post 7022185)

that spire looks so fucking stupid

From some angles/at night it looks fine. The tapered angle is the most unflattering angle of the building.

Is Observation Deck opening yet? Did you go up the top of floors?

I'm glad they're finally cleaning the glass. Some of those windows were installed over 4 years ago and have never been cleaned.

say what you will about this tower's design, but it does have a unique and iconic silhouette.

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7726/1...6f526b4a_h.jpg
New York City Sunrise with One World Trade Center by Anthony Quintano, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by Hudson11 (Post 7029113)

Agreed:tup:

Elevator’s Descent at Trade Center Will Offer a Virtual Aerial View:

Video in Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/ny...rial-view.html

A different one versus the ascension. I'm wondering though, what if WTC2 doesn't get built as, then will they update it? They must I'm hoping to keep up with the other towers.

http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/...ebookJumbo.jpg

I hope it's not too nauseating looking at images of flying around mostly horizontally while descending at a constant rate. When the car is re-inserted back into the tower that might really throw off some people's inner ear.

considering they put in a placeholder 5 WTC, im sure they will update it.

But never mind that. behold this filth. Cost be damned; they should clean it more often.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7797/1...77dee8f7_h.jpg
IMG_6738 by Joseph Delgado, on Flickr

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IMG_6623 by Joseph Delgado, on Flickr

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IMG_6650 by Joseph Delgado, on Flickr

ugh gross.. world's dirtiest supertall lol

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Originally Posted by Hudson11 (Post 7031533)

I agree. It amazes me that after several years you can STILL see the glass put in after the freight elevators were removed on opposite sides of the building. Just because of the dirt on the surrounding windows.

^What the hell, that's just nasty! One WTC, hit the showers!

(Seriously, that building is in dire need of a bath!)

Check out early views of the observatory:

By The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/ny...l?ref=nyregion

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Originally Posted by drumz0rz (Post 7028388)

I'm glad they're finally cleaning the glass. Some of those windows were installed over 4 years ago and have never been cleaned.

Yes, it's long overdue. They're finally to cleaned the windows and now, it's look clean.

I'm heading right after work next Friday to see the observation deck during its 1st day opening. If you see some guy wearing Timberland Pro boots, its me. :haha:

Crowds are probably going to be large. They do have a priority access ticket, but its $54.00.

LIMITED TICKETS for May 29th, so buy now!!!

https://oneworldobservatory.com/tickets/

Good evening everyone here is my latest video from yesterday:

BY: QUEENSNY121: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmrJNOyu1dY

Visiting One World Trade Center before it opens to the public

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http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-first-...ory-1432678928

A First Look at the Freedom Tower’s One World Observatory
Offering vistas previously limited to photographs from helicopters.

http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/i...0526175124.jpg

Video screens mounted under the floor show live images from outdoor cameras.

By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
May 26, 2015

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The first time I visit—propelled upward a quarter of a mile in an elevator to One World Observatory—it is clear that something momentous is being promised. The observatory, which opens on May 29 at One World Trade Center, calls these five elevators “Sky Pods.” They are enclosed with three walls lined with floor-to-ceiling LED screens so bright and crisp, they could be windows on lower Manhattan. But as we whoosh from the bedrock to the 102nd floor in 47 seconds, instead of seeing the cityscape receding below, we see time-lapse images representing 500 years of history. Lenape wigwams and longhouses give way to early Dutch settlements, and onward: the growth of Wall Street, the evolution of the Battery, the proliferation of skyscrapers and the sounds of contemporary life. For a few seconds, as decades of the 20th century race by, one of the World Trade Center towers fills the eastward screen, then suddenly disappears.

There is no intention here to mourn the destruction; that is reserved for ground level for the 9/11 memorial and museum. Here we are in a building meant to replace those destroyed towers; the preoccupation is not with the past, but the present.

So after leaving the Sky Pod, you enter a long, narrow and high-ceilinged room. One wall is a composite of screens, sparkling with prismatic light, echoing the sliced reflective geometry of the new tower. Then comes a thumping two-minute video paean to New York—“dynamic, diverse and ever-changing”—a kaleidoscope of city life. “Prepare,” we are also told, “to see forever.”

As the music reaches a climax, the screens in the darkened room begin to rise. On my first visit, as the screens lift, a wall of windows begins to let in a wash of light. We look outward. And we see—nothing, a uniform whiteness. When we are ushered into the circular observatory wrapped around the building, allowing a 360-degree survey of the cityscape through two-story-high windows, they still show an unbroken blankness. The building is cloaked in mist and rain.

There are compensations for such occasions, including four guides who are called “global ambassadors.” Each is stationed at the center of a ring of HD video screens that respond to the guide’s gestures, offering visitors high-tech surveys of the city. For a fee, a tablet is available that provides an interactive survey of the surrounding landmarks. There are also three dining areas. And a gift shop. But some significant portion of the expected three million to four million annual visitors are bound to be stymied by weather and may not be able to try again. That is unfortunate.

Because when I return the next day, the cinematic unveiling reveals, through the windows, a magnificent north-facing aerial view of a great city. From the top of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, New York looks as it has only been seen in photographs from helicopters; you can note its contours and contortions, its areas of thrust and repose, the way its harbor and rivers still pose as its lifeline, though it now has uncountable pulsing arteries.

The observatory will, I think, quickly establish itself as a premier tourist stop, offering something not easily found, even at other observation points. The company operating it, Legends, which has experience managing popular spectacles, is selling timed adult tickets for $32 (with an additional $15 for the tablet); up to a thousand visitors an hour can be accommodated. (Hettema Group was the lead designer, with features created by Local Projects, Blur Studios and Mouse Trap. MADGI was the lead architect.)

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