NEW YORK | 200 Greenwich - 2WTC | 1,350' Pinnacle / 1,270' Roof | 88 FLOORS - Page 132

PhxPavilion · #**2621** Posted: **May 16, 2013, 9:11 AM**

This was the best tower of the whole development, what a disappointment.

Tectonic · #**2622** Posted: **May 16, 2013, 1:03 PM**

There is a slope toward west street. 1 WTC will also have steps on that side.

Kurtz · #**2623** Posted: **May 16, 2013, 1:21 PM**

At least even the Pantheon in ancient Rome wasn't build like original project, so these kind of problems from original project and final building are old as much as man on this planet

rack776 · #**2624** Posted: **May 16, 2013, 2:07 PM**

That map view is interesting, I did not realize the road was so close to this tower....odd it looks like they put all their eggs in one basket with the heavy security at 1WTC...but forgot about 2&3

Also Could anyone explain what the duct work on the temporary "roof" is for? Is it to climate control the uncompleted core concrete?
Or is it an integral part of the entire underground complex's heating & cooling system?

I wonder if history will praise or scorn the decisions that were made while rebuilding on this site.

This entire WTC site has got to be the most interesting & frustrating projects to watch being built/rebuilt.....I hope to see it 100% complete in my lifetime.

drumz0rz · #**2625** Posted: **May 16, 2013, 3:13 PM**

There are a number of completed sub-levels to this tower that the duct work climate controls. I'm not positive, but I believe some of it has to do with the concourse for the new transit hub / PATH station which is partially below the 2WTC site.

Also, as disappointing it is to have to wait for this tower to go up,a part of me enjoys the state this tower will likely reside for the indefinite future. Say construction isn't restarted for another 3 years. By that time 1WTC will be open, 4WTC will be open, the Memorial will be open, and hopefully 3WTC will either be open or in the final stages of construction. It'd be likely that the streets that cross through the Trade Center site will have been rebuilt by then. So at that point, you'll have this curious oddly shaped and fenced off structure quietly sitting in the corner of the now open public space.

I just picture the floods of tourists passing through the area, unaware of the massive underground structure quietly waiting beneath these nondescript caps for their rise to fill the hole in the skyline and reach over 1'300ft. into the air.

JayPro · #**2626** Posted: **May 16, 2013, 9:29 PM**

I still say that once 175G gets inked, this one will soon follow.