NEW YORK | World Trade Center Memorial & Transit Hub - Page 145

Hypothalamus · #**2881** Posted **Apr 1, 2014, 11:56 PM**

As of April 1st, 2014...

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The first horn is up on the Church Street side of Calatrava's transit hub!

©newyorkyimby on Instagram

Hypothalamus · #**2882** Posted **Apr 5, 2014, 8:20 PM**

Gap is closing up!

As of April 5th, 2014 (4PM EST)...

amhernandez2012 · #**2883** Posted **Apr 6, 2014, 5:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by tubeworm

Gap is closing up!

As of April 5th, 2014 (4PM EST)...

What is the link to that camera? I keep getting 404 errors when I try to view the hub through the link that I have. It worked when I first got the link, but then stopped working.

Hypothalamus · #**2884** Posted **Apr 6, 2014, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by amhernandez2012

What is the link to that camera? I keep getting 404 errors when I try to view the hub through the link that I have. It worked when I first got the link, but then stopped working.

Links to all the webcams:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=3262

My above shot is under "PATH" cam.

Tall guy 31 · #**2885** Posted **Apr 6, 2014, 9:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by tubeworm

Links to all the webcams:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=3262

My above shot is under "PATH" cam.

Thanks for the "updated" link. I was having the same "error" problems.

drumz0rz · #**2886** Posted **Apr 7, 2014, 2:30 PM**

Nice! The final corner pieces are laying there on the ground and should go in this week. I wonder how fast they'll start putting in all the tips.

Duck From NY · #**2887** Posted **Apr 11, 2014, 12:29 AM**

Skyguy_7 · #**2888** Posted **Apr 11, 2014, 7:18 PM**

^Nice update, Duck. Two more white wings arrived today, bringing the count up to 4 that are staged and ready to fly. I doubt they're trucking them in just to sit there.. Expect installation soon

drumz0rz · #**2889** Posted **Apr 14, 2014, 7:32 PM**

I took advantage of the nice weather today and went for a walk around the area. No pictures, but I just wanted to say that these photos don't do the hub justice in terms of it's size. It's hard to get a sense of the scale from a photograph, but this thing is seriously big. The first tip / wing / whatever you want to call it, is the smallest of the lot, and it's pretty big. Where it attaches is probably 6ft across. Construction workers welding it all together look like little specs amid these giant wings.

RobEss · #**2890** Posted **Apr 15, 2014, 2:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by drumz0rz

I took advantage of the nice weather today and went for a walk around the area. No pictures, but I just wanted to say that these photos don't do the hub justice in terms of it's size. It's hard to get a sense of the scale from a photograph, but this thing is seriously big. The first tip / wing / whatever you want to call it, is the smallest of the lot, and it's pretty big. Where it attaches is probably 6ft across. Construction workers welding it all together look like little specs amid these giant wings.

Funny, I found myself doing the exact same thing today. I took particular notice of how large the steel ribs were only when there was a welder for comparison. It's hard to get a sense of its size, even in real life!

Skyguy_7 · #**2891** Posted **Apr 16, 2014, 6:55 PM**

Two more "wings" showed up today. It will be quite the transformation once these start going up.

Hypothalamus · #**2892** Posted **Apr 17, 2014, 1:02 AM**

As of April 16th, 2014...

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CCs77 · #**2893** Posted **Apr 19, 2014, 3:27 AM**

Skyguy_7 · #**2894** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 1:15 PM**

3rd "wing" is being hoisted into place this morning..

xnyr · #**2895** Posted **Apr 21, 2014, 7:15 PM**

^^^ Thanks for putting that GIF together.

I've missed that webcam 'til it was posted here a few pages ago. So cool to watch the Oculus getting built

drumz0rz · #**2896** Posted **Apr 23, 2014, 4:26 PM**

I noticed on the Earth Cam that they have temporary fencing up blocking off the northeastern corner of the memorial plaza including the east and most of the north sides of the north tower memorial. Looks like they've ripped up some of the pavers about half-way down the fountain. I'd imagine this will be quick work since they're blocking access to hundreds of names on the memorial.

Skyguy_7 · #**2897** Posted **Apr 23, 2014, 5:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by drumz0rz

I took advantage of the nice weather today and went for a walk around the area. No pictures, but I just wanted to say that these photos don't do the hub justice in terms of it's size. It's hard to get a sense of the scale from a photograph, but this thing is seriously big. The first tip / wing / whatever you want to call it, is the smallest of the lot, and it's pretty big. Where it attaches is probably 6ft across. Construction workers welding it all together look like little specs amid these giant wings.

Just look at the size of the last remaining "wing joint" compared with a flat-bed semi trailer. "Seriously big" is an understatement. There are now 9 "wings" on site.

Nexis4Jersey · #**2898** Posted **Apr 25, 2014, 3:35 AM**

from yesterday

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Hypothalamus · #**2899** Posted **Apr 25, 2014, 6:40 PM**

Shaping up to be a big commercial hub:

World Trade Center takes Soho turn in main hall
Kate Spade, The Kooples, Acne, Zadig & Voltaire, likely at “Oculus” retail center

April 25, 2014 12:23PM
By Adam Pincus

Rendering of the interior of the World Trade Center Oculus

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The lineup for Westfield Group’s central shopping hall within the World Trade Center retail complex, known as the Oculus, is shaping up to have the flavor of Soho, even if it lacks the very high-end luxury tenants of Upper Fifth Avenue.

Retailers such as trendy handbag designer Kate Spade, French fashion brands The Kooples and Zadig & Voltaire, and Swedish designer Acne Studios are set to take locations in the oval-shaped, below-grade shopping hub that will be the focal point of the 365,000-square-foot World Trade Center retail area, industry sources told The Real Deal.

Those tenants add to a handful that have been previously reported to be taking shops in the Oculus, including Apple, Michael Kors, Hugo Boss, John Varvatos, J. Lindberg, Cole Haan and Canali.

A spokesperson for Acne said in a statement to TRD that, “Acne Studios is looking into expanding their presence in NYC, but we have no comments on specific addresses or projects at the moment.” Representatives from Kate Spade and Westfield said they had no comment. The Kooples and Zadig & Voltaire did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Nine of the 11 identified likely tenants already have stores in Soho. The exceptions are The Kooples, which is building out a space now in the Meatpacking District, and Canali, which has a store at 625 Madison Avenue and 25 Broad Street in Lower Manhattan.

Other major tenants that are expected to take store space in the mall outside of the Oculus include children’s stores Disney and Lego, clothing designer Lacoste, juice maker Organic Avenue and London-based shoe designer Dune, according to industry sources.

TRD reported this week that three luxury brands, designer Tom Ford, jeweler Tiffany & Co. and one of the Armani Group store concepts were likely to take the limited number of ground-floor retail locations in the project, all with frontage on Church Street.

deepen915 · #**2900** Posted **Apr 28, 2014, 7:46 PM**

Was in the city this past Friday..

Progress as of April 25, 2013

WTC Transit Hub under construction by deepen03, on Flickr