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Originally Posted by CarlosV
Steel erected!!!!
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..and damn that is huge. Although it's not going to have a roof height as tall as other buildings like the International Commerce Centre, or Shanghai WFC, it looks much taller than it is because it has no setbacks, and does not narrow out as much like other buildings (Taipei 101, Burj Khalifa) There's not many buildings in the world with a "solid" roof height
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Agreed, but SWFC and ICC both have pretty solid roofs, SWFC from only some angles though. Taipei 101's main mass is about 1300 feet with a fairly thick tower going to 1470. I would say 1WTC is in the same height caliber as T101, Sears, Guangzhou IFC, Kingkey tower, with Jin Mao, Petronas and 2IFC being a bit smaller and SWFC and ICC being substantially but not dramatically bigger.
Either way it's a very massive building, this and 432 park ave plus the other countless developments are going to change NYC forever.