NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 1326

CarlosV · #**26501** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 12:36 AM**

Another rendezvous with the tower

DSC_5032 copy by Ceva321, on Flickr

.

DSC_5041 copy by Ceva321, on Flickr

NewYorkDominates · #**26502** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 12:52 AM**

First big floor should be right above the black netting.Amazing take CarlosV.

TouchTheSky13 · #**26503** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 1:23 AM**

[QUOTE=NewYorkDominates;5821533]^I'm pretty sure the CTBUH doesn't care where the tower is situated,guidelines are guidelines;though it will be a blow to New York City and America.

You may be right. In the event that the CTBUH considers it an atenna, I think that Durst will have to find some way to redesign the mast.

One of his big pitches to secure tennants for the building has been that companies could work in "the tallest building in the western hemisphere." It would be a crushing blow for the tower and for Durst should that not be the case.

That is why I think that this current design is not final. Purhaps they could enclose the mast in some sort of lattice steel cage similar to BoA Tower (also controlled by Durst.) That would be cheap and much more aesthetically pleasing than the piece of crap we have now.

Is it just me, or does it have a striking resemblence to the elder wand from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? Seriously, look:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8478360...in/photostream

NewYorkDominates · #**26504** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 2:46 AM**

^That's why I want CTBUH to consider an antenna so badly,so we can gain national attention.Maybe than we can have some redesigned spire.

Quote:

Is it just me, or does it have a striking resemblence to the elder wand from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? Seriously, look:

Holy crap,that was funny.hahaha

Very reminiscet of the Twins

http://blog.members.com/newyork/

Yankee fan for life · #**26505** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 3:09 AM**

Nice and i am not talking about 1wtc !

VerizonTower · #**26506** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 5:02 AM**

@Original Post

I LOVE this tower!

Here's a new rendering:

Fishman92 · #**26507** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 7:37 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by VerizonTower

@Original Post

I LOVE this tower!

Here's a new rendering:

That renedering has been around for a few weeks at least now.

chris123678 · #**26508** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 11:03 AM**

I like the design but I really don't like how the roof kind of slants.

Fluffybagel · #**26509** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 11:14 AM**

There's one thing I never understood... Why is the color of the glass in renderings so different from the actual cladding?

drumz0rz · #**26510** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 12:43 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris123678

I like the design but I really don't like how the roof kind of slants.

Slants? It's called perspective. I assure you the roof doesn't slant in the slightest.

UrbanImpact · #**26511** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 12:44 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fluffybagel

There's one thing I never understood... Why is the color of the glass in renderings so different from the actual cladding?

There is no color really, it depends what the glass is reflecting.

hunser · #**26512** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 1:08 PM**

downtown nyc from the nj meadowlands von tif_nee auf Flickr

2012-09-05 19.12.21 LR von StevenC_in_NYC auf Flickr

One World Trade Center von jvdalton auf Flickr

Bit old but cool...

Lower Manhatten von frawolf77 auf Flickr

NewYorkDominates · #**26513** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 2:32 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunser

2012-09-05 19.12.21 LR von StevenC_in_NYC auf Flickr

Wow,imagine once the facade reaches the top.

Quote:

I like the design but I really don't like how the roof kind of slants.

The roof never was slanted.How did you come to this conclusion Chris?

NYguy · #**26514** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 2:53 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by TouchTheSky13

People will get over this spire thing eventually. I doubt that the CTBUH would stick a knife in New York's heart by not counting this as a spire.

They will stand by their guidlines, but if there's any room it can be interpreted as a spire, I think they will go that route. As far as people getting over it,
most people don't care now. As far as I'm concerned however, if it's an architectural element, it is a horrible one, and will always remain so if built in that fashion.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eleven=11

also the antenna is not a antenna??
is it just a spire?

Well let's see, the broadcasters would be moving there from the ESB and paying Durst money for what reason???

Bufalino Photography

dutchmazz

dandimar

This older photo recalls the original construction...

DanielJPeck

CarlosV · #**26515** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 3:11 PM**

my favorite time of the day to photograph very early in the am, the light is just golden and so beautiful!

DSC_5087 copy by Ceva321, on Flickr

.

makes me happy to see all these blimps!!!

DSC_5100 copy by Ceva321, on Flickr

Jaystang5 · #**26516** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 3:55 PM**

How much has the tower rise between 9/11/'10 and 9/11/'11? I know that now it has rise @368 feet in total because on the 10th anniversary it was roughly 1000 feet tall.

NewYorkDominates · #**26517** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 4:39 PM**

Construction Week: Crane Tower Erected at One WTC
09/05/2012
By Tim Grogan and ENR Staff

Quote:

Workers Erect Crane Tower for One World Trade Center Spire

Crews are installing dunnage for a new crane that will lift the pieces of the 408-ft-tall spire atop One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The primary steel structure of the future 1,776-ft-tall office building is topped out at 1,368 ft—the height of the taller of the original twin 110-story towers. The erection of the structural-steel spire will rank the skyscraper as the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere when it is completed in early 2014.

Workers topped out the 977-ft-tall Four WTC on June 25. The shorter office tower is on course to be the first tower to open at the World Trade Center site since 2006, when the 52-story replacement for Seven WTC was finished. Completion of Four WTC, designed by Fumihiko Maki, is set for mid-2013.

http://enr.construction.com/infrastr...n-owership.asp

Maxter · #**26518** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 5:22 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by CarlosV

my favorite time of the day to photograph very early in the am, the light is just golden and so beautiful!

DSC_5087 copy by Ceva321, on Flickr

.

makes me happy to see all these blimps!!!

DSC_5100 copy by Ceva321, on Flickr

Carlos your photo's will be looked back upon as being historically significant as well as beautiful!

PZelda · #**26519** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 6:19 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaystang5

How much has the tower rise between 9/11/'10 and 9/11/'11? I know that now it has rise @368 feet in total because on the 10th anniversary it was roughly 1000 feet tall.

For funsies, I looked. There are pics on this page... 1 WTC was just a tiny baby on 9/11/10!

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...23628&page=494

And from 2011...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...23628&page=811

Don't know what the height was back in 2010, though. But pictures are the next best thing, right?

elysium · #**26520** Posted **Sep 6, 2012, 7:03 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYguy

They will stand by their guidlines, but if there's any room it can be interpreted as a spire, I think they will go that route.

I like the look of the antenna, the same as I like the ones in Times Square. It's purely functional, and it has that gritty industrial (yet slightly futuristic) look that many other modern towers do in NYC. I wasn't a huge fan of the architectural spire... it was just a foam facade... pure ornamentation disguising something underneath. Architecture should be honest.