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Islander · #**20921** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 6:42 AM**

Disgraceful. That spire was gorgeous.

gramsjdg · #**20922** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 7:12 AM**

The "spire" or telecommunications mast without the radome would look almost exactly like the antenna contraption on top of Conde Nast: i.e., hideous, fugly, etc...

gramsjdg · #**20923** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 7:19 AM**

I hope someone writes up an article for the NY Times showing what the WTC One would look like without the radome covering the antenna. I think the public outcry would easily put a stop to the implementation of what I call "Durst's Dastardly Deed."

hunser · #**20924** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 8:22 AM**

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The plan, which came after Durst Organization executives pitched the Port Authority on the idea, calls for other changes to the planned 408-foot spire on top of One Trade Center. Its architectural cone would be stripped away, putting in place a thinner, more functional spire that the Durst Organization said would save about $20 million.

WT...? No way man, the cone has to stay or else we'll get a freaking fugly antenna! Really Durst? You want us all to look at that ugly thing for the foreseeable future? What a sick idea...

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The revision, however, drew criticism from the building's architect, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, people familiar with the matter said.

Yeah Durst, listen to pros for once.

Now it's not the time to cheap out, especially not with THIS tower. Last thing we need is a 400 feet tall super tiny pencil. Throw away this f* stupid idea, NOW!

flemington · #**20925** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 8:48 AM**

Oh, sh*t... No way! Thanks a lot, Durst... Really disgraceful!!!

Roadcruiser1 · #**20926** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 1:06 PM**

At least we got one of the Twin Towers back if this building is almost a complete replica of the North Tower

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NewYorkSkyline117 · #**20927** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 1:22 PM**

Are.you.fudging.KIDDING ME?!? What the f-ing hell are they THINKING?!?!?! I swear to god how the hell can they just let this idea slip?!?! No god please don't it's going to look fugly and it won't be seemingly as tall as we thought it would be..so it will look like one of the twin towers but its time to see something new & it won't be among the taller

of course the sears wins again

NewYorkSkyline117 · #**20928** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 1:23 PM**

Guys lets rebel...

NewYorkDominates · #**20929** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 1:36 PM**

Things going to look excatly like the north tower,and that's the last thing I want.Something new for a change.

NewYorkSkyline117 · #**20930** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 1:39 PM**

Wait this isn't official right...

NewYorkDominates · #**20931** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 1:56 PM**

I sent an email to Durst Organization Inc. regarding the tower and hopefully gets to the higher elite members of the organization who make such decisions.

cityenthusiast · #**20932** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 2:07 PM**

And havnt they already produced the shell for the spire anyways. i think its a little late to try and do this. F*^k durst!

NewYorkSkyline117 · #**20933** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 2:18 PM**

This is a completely serious comment but I think eah and every one of us should email durst but act as individuals and not as a group on a forum so it's like a perspective from "the people" seriously let's do that..this also means the spire of the empire state building will be taken down? So that it'll look like it did when it was first built with the capsule

NYguy · #**20934** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 2:21 PM**

Too bad about the spire changes, if they decide to go ahead with it. The Port Authority itself threatened such changes a few years ago. But the spire was IMO what set this tower apart from the others. It would be a mistake, to not build it. I would rather the money from the broadcasters or even the observation deck went to building the spire as planned. But that probably won't happen. As far as public opinion goes though, most people have no idea what the spire is planned to look like, and simply reading about it gives the impression that it's just some large "antenna" being placed on top. Sadly, that may become a reality.

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Originally Posted by NewYorkSkyline117

this also means the spire of the empire state building will be taken down? So that it'll look like it did when it was first built with the capsule

Of course not.

sbarn · #**20935** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 2:48 PM**

Wow, news of a possible spire change just ruined my day.

Dense_Electric · #**20936** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 2:53 PM**

The best (and really only) way to prevent this change is to raise enough awareness about it that there is a public backlash. I hope that the existence of this building becomes more widely known once it tops out, maybe enough people will become aware of the situation.

Although I suppose it's not inconceivable that a cladded spire could be installed at some future date, even if the fucktards running the show at the moment decide to go ahead with the antenna, especially after the complex is finished and it becomes as iconic and well-known as the old twins.

Seriously, though? This isn't some random building, this is the World Trade Center, possibly the most significant structure ever built in terms of what it represents. And they don't even want to do it right?

NewYorkSkyline117 · #**20937** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 2:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dense_Electric

The best (and really only) way to prevent this change is to raise enough awareness about it that there is a public backlash. I hope that the existence of this building becomes more widely known once it tops out, maybe enough people will become aware of the situation.

Although I suppose it's not inconceivable that a cladded spire could be installed at some future date, even if the fucktards running the show at the moment decide to go ahead with the antenna, especially after the complex is finished and it becomes as iconic and well-known as the old twins.

Seriously, though? This isn't some random building, this is the World Trade Center, possibly the most significant structure ever built in terms of what it represents. And they don't even want to do it right?

I think to start this backlash we should all send personal emails to dunst. I just don't get why they would even listen to such an idea let alone consider it.

WTCman7301 · #**20938** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 3:14 PM**

This is so absurd that there changing the spire on this tower, it made 1 WTC beautiful. I hope that Durst will change this weird idea of theirs and bring beauty back to this tower.

marshall · #**20939** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 3:23 PM**

Well I hope nothing has been decided yet? Maybe there's a chance we will still get the nice fat spire as designed? After all, the building has to top out first and only then will spire construction begin..Also, a bare, bland antenna would look silly on this building because it would look like someone just stuck it there as an afterthought. The spire as designed would be a major architectural part of the building! I hope SOM and the powers that be pull out all the stops against changing the spire!

Starship Catvern · #**20940** Posted **Mar 6, 2012, 3:27 PM**