The worst patriotic phrase ever :jester:

In all honesty, it was more political than patriotic. :2cents:

But anyway, back to the French Tower...

So we've gone from "bunker" to "ethereal," all with the raising of a few steel beams...

Sadly, for the past decade the two were a little too often used side by side. "You don't like my politics so you are unpatriotic!"

Freedom Tower from the base of new Goldman Sach Tower, using Google Earth. Cool, huh ?
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/759...mgroundni0.jpg

If this is 417m structure, imagine how 610m Chicago spire will look like...:cool:

Thats incredible and I love google earth! Thanks for letting us see that!

What I want is the view from the base of the Freedom Tower.

There you go, sir :
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5...rombasede2.jpg

From the base you can't see the spire, so it looks like a normal 417m building.

Another one, along with 7WTC:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9...ombase2ec5.jpg

FT from the roof of 7WTC.
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7...romwtc7vg4.jpg

..:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: ....that REALLY looks like a dressed up tv antenna !!!

wow
those pics of looking up at the FT look amayzing.
the FT is going to be soo iconic.
but i would still do anything to look up and see the twin towers.

Me too. I want the twins so bad...

^ Let's not start that Twin Tower crap, or your posts will be deleted...

This is closer to the view I'm looking forward to, but more from the center.

Where did you find that for Google Earth, aluminum? Is it some update or something? Nice stuff.

Thanks. And yes, its an update.

From the Google Earth image of the base, that is one hell of a vanishing point. The tower itself just disappears into the sky.

Oh, really?

Can you post a pic of a single antenna from anywhere in the world that is 400 feet high and has a similar shape? :rolleyes:

My only regret about the design is that it minimizes the stay cables, instead of using them to make the base of the spire look more substantial. But as far as the mass of the antenna is concerned, there is no confusing it with a mere antenna, like the NY Time tower's or 4 Times Square's (which actually IS an antenna, actually).

Fact is, this is the closest to a true, classic concept of a spire (as opposed to a mere pole) built in NYC in a long, long time.

i know some of the pixs made it look like it never ends.

Note that South Core is growing, I think that today is 1 more floor, maybe south core is emerging . I think that south core have rising above street level !

PS : A lot of work at the Old PATH entrance , a structure on the roof is moving !

Yep, the South Core framework jumped a whole floor! Looks like the whole thing was raised at once, like what was being done at Burj Dubai. One of these days, weeks, months (sigh) they'll jump the crane to a new level!

Looks like the old PATH entrance is going to be history soon...... yay!

By the way, the previous South Core jump took place 47 days earlier. Will be interesting to see how much acceleration there is going forward.