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Originally Posted by JSsocal
If you're keeping score last month they finally finished the entry on the east side of 1 wtc. (Still incomplete after all these years). For the last few years there's been exposed steel and insulation where that portal should have been. Hopefully this means they've started to make the underground connections on the vsc.
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Well, as few seem to realise, the VSC is what is being built right now, not the PAC. The PAC will sit atop the VSC just as 7WTC sits atop a ConEd station, just as the original one had.
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Originally Posted by JSsocal
As a side note on 1wtc (asking here since these forums get more traffic)- does anyone know what's going on with the new openings at the top of 1 wtc- on each of the cardinal elevations there's 2 removed windows near the top, not sure if these are for new mechanical vents or are temporary but they detract from the look of the building.
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The permanent window-washing mechanisms are broken, so rather than allow dirt to accumulate on the windows and incur the wrath of Condé Nast, they knocked out two windows on each side from which they're hanging the window-washing platforms.