This is actually an excellent visualization of why we don't see more supertall construction in the U.S. From an economic standpoint, if this tower offers the same leased square footage as 55 Water... what's the point?
You might not have as much room at 55 Water did and I doubt we will ever see that much open space ever again in nyc so you need to build up
This is actually an excellent visualization of why we don't see more supertall construction in the U.S. From an economic standpoint, if this tower offers the same leased square footage as 55 Water... what's the point?
You hit the nail on the head, and that applies to anywhere in the world you go today. When you get above...you know, 1000ft, its not such a strong proposition anymore for the extra height.
Correct. Keep in mind that early on in the process, Larry Silverstein floated the idea of building four, 50-story buildings, and hardly anyone thought we would be getting another supertall built on the site. Then there was public rumblings which eventually led to the "Listening to the City" event at the Javits Center. Basically the public wanted another "iconic skyline element" to replace the WTC, and you eventually got what we have now.
“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
This is actually an excellent visualization of why we don't see more supertall construction in the U.S. From an economic standpoint, if this tower offers the same leased square footage as 55 Water... what's the point?
too bad there's no more room to build buildings that big in NYC, that's why we gotta go up.
I've reposted those stories over in the 2 WTC thread where it's being discussed.
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thanks for sharing. I didn't even know wtc2 had its own page. Just one more quick question about 2. I know it's being built to the ground level. Do you know if it's 100 percent going to be built to it's specs? SOmeone was saying they wanted to just make it like 5 floors.
I was under the impression that anything with more than 70 office floors started nosediving in efficiency from the increasing elevator requirement eating floor space. I know WTC1 is so tall because so much of the mechanical infrastucture is contained in the building instead of being external, but I'm not sure if that's a better way to build or just more efficient when you want a 1358 (give or take) building without going over said 70 office floors.
I didn't even know wtc2 had its own page. Just one more quick question about 2. I know it's being built to the ground level. Do you know if it's 100 percent going to be built to it's specs? SOmeone was saying they wanted to just make it like 5 floors.
“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
Look closely, and you can see the cranes rising behind the WFC...
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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
I was under the impression that anything with more than 70 office floors started nosediving in efficiency from the increasing elevator requirement eating floor space. I know WTC1 is so tall because so much of the mechanical infrastucture is contained in the building instead of being external, but I'm not sure if that's a better way to build or just more efficient when you want a 1358 (give or take) building without going over said 70 office floors.
it's actually about 80 floors, where skylobbies generally become a necessity.
The CTUBH website now has the indoor observation deck at 1313 ft (this is what wikipedia has recently used to update its One WTC page, which previously had the 1266 ft figure). Is this true? If it is not, where would that new figure have come from?
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Very impressive the last shot! Just imagine how that will look like by the towers completion.
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