The spire as originally designed was supposed to be an open structure. The radome was supposedly added so the antenna wouldn't be exposed to the elements, making for easier maintenance. Now people at Durst are saying the exact opposite.
The redesign was an improvement, various faces below...
The most important aspect of this tower, from the time of its conception, has been the spire. It's not some added on afterthought, as was the original WTC antenna. It's an important feature, and should be treated as such. Hopefully, whatever revisions are made will be based on that.
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/03/...nna-for-1-wtc/
Durst, PA plan broadcast antenna for 1 WTC
Thomas Bow, senior vice president at Durst
March 06, 2012
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The antenna would be located inside a slimmer, less conical spire than initially planned that would save $20 million but drew criticism from the project’s architects, Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Durst would fund $27 million in infrastructure and buildout costs to help land the tenants.
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http://www.wirelessestimator.com/t_c...=Cell%20Towers
Dominating Manhattan's skyline, country's largest radome will be 408 feet, but is years away
February 1, 2008
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After further review, Childs now says that those ideas, which exposed the actual antenna to the air, were impractical. He said that the more open designs would cause the potential for ice to accumulate and fall to Manhattan streets and make the mast impossible to maintain at such a height. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the $2.9 billion Freedom Tower, and architects Skidmore Owings & Merrill have come to an agreement upon what the antenna will look like. The mast will constitute the project's top 408 feet. The current design, pictured above, done in consultation with sculptor Ken Snelson, shrouds the antenna in a radome that is invisible to the broadcast signals that easily transmit through it.
In an industry whose ego feeds off of superlatives, some observers believe that the Freedom Tower's radome will be the tallest in the world, surpassing the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada.
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