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

[Tall guy 31]

NO wayyyyyy...reallly??? Dang, talk about being close to your next door neighbor. Yikes.

[uaarkson]

Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

no its about 15-20 feet away

Uh, no. It's not that close.

MSPaint sucks, but my super expert surveying job makes it look about ~100 ft. away.



Image is from Google Maps.

[yumeh]

Originally Posted by uaarkson

Uh, no. It's not that close.

MSPaint sucks and can't draw lines at angles, but my super expert surveying job makes it look about ~100 ft. away.

according to Google Earth's measuring tape, it's just about 75 feet between both buildings

[Tall guy 31]

Originally Posted by yumeh

according to Google Earth's measuring tape, it's just about 75 feet between both buildings

Ok, so my original estimate of 60 feet wasn't too bad.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Webcam update (wtcprogress.com)

[hunser]

Honey Berk

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

On the last images posted by hunser is clearly visiable whoch height the concrete core has reached. The concrete guys made a lot of progress, like the steel guys as well.

[hunser]

Originally Posted by OneWorldTradeCenter

On the last images posted by hunser is clearly visiable whoch height the concrete core has reached. The concrete guys made a lot of progress, like the steel guys as well.

yeah, it's really great to see progress everywhere. we haben been patient for long enough, now it's the time where our patience finally pays off.

[Rizzo]

Originally Posted by hunser

Honey Berk

The building has very clear definition in this photo. This is perhaps the best photo I've seen where the geometries of this building are clearly expressed.

[CHAPINM1]

Once this tops the Verizon, one will be able to get A LOT more pictures of it, especially from the Empire State Building!!!

[NYguy]

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Freedom Tower towers over West Street...

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[SkyscrapersOfNewYork]

Originally Posted by yumeh

according to Google Earth's measuring tape, it's just about 75 feet between both buildings

sorry ,sorry i forgot to count the distance from the WTC site fence to the Verizon BLDG. i was only counting the walk way between the FT and the Verizon bldg.

[patriotizzy]

I couldn't go 3 days without checking up on the updates. Like the guy in the last page said, the updates have become an addiction

[gramsjdg]

Sorry if this has already been beaten into the ground, but it is becoming very clear from the latest renders and progress on the actual building that the SOM model and diagram showing constant width/floorplate size from floors 1 to 108 top has got to be wrong. The floor plates get smaller because the building TAPERS just like Trumps stock exchange tower (I'll bet even money on it); i.e., the largest floorplate in the building is 20.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by gramsjdg

Sorry if this has already been beaten into the ground, but it is becoming very clear from the latest renders and progress on the actual building that the SOM model and diagram showing constant width/floorplate size from floors 1 to 108 top has got to be wrong.

Yes, it has been beaten into the ground, and No, the model and diagram are not incorrect.

Originally Posted by patriotizzy

I couldn't go 3 days without checking up on the updates. Like the guy in the last page said, the updates have become an addiction

I was thinking to myself recently that I've been spending too much time down at the site, becoming slightly obsessed with the construction. But this is a once in a lifetime event, for so many different reasons. When its done, it'll be done. I'm enjoying the process to getting there.


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This older view of the model makes it clear why the tower appears to taper from some angles...

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[wong21fr]

So, when is West St going to be rerouted and expanded and the Hudson River Greenway in front of the WFC expanded?

[uakoops]

Originally Posted by wong21fr

So, when is West St going to be rerouted and expanded and the Hudson River Greenway in front of the WFC expanded?

When they finish the Transportation Hub connector tunnel and the South Projection. Anyone know a projected date?

[BStyles]

Nothing before 2012, is all I can say.

If they closed down West Street then this would be completed in no time, but it would cause serious congestion. Plus they need space for trucks and staging equipment for 1WTC and the memorial.I think they will reopen Vesey, Fulton, Greenwich, Liberty, and Church Street around the same time they rehab West Street.

[RockMont]

Originally Posted by BStyles

Nothing before 2012, is all I can say.

If they closed down West Street then this would be completed in no time, but it would cause serious congestion. Plus they need space for trucks and staging equipment for 1WTC and the memorial.I think they will reopen Vesey, Fulton, Greenwich, Liberty, and Church Street around the same time they rehab West Street.

Maybe this would have been the perfect answer for the naysayers that have complained about this taking so long. Also I must reiterate, that because of the serious congestion already, just because it is Manhattan, the logistical nightmare it is, shipping all of the supplies in there, just to construct such a massive project.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

A few floors more and the crane's tip will reach the roof of 7WTC.