NEW YORK | World Trade Center Memorial & Transit Hub - Page 97

NYguy · #**1921** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 3:16 AM**

OptimumPx · #**1922** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 12:02 PM**

While I know that most, if not all, of the museum will be underground, does anyone know what will be in the above ground part of the building?

xnyr · #**1923** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 5:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by OptimumPx

While I know that most, if not all, of the museum will be underground, does anyone know what will be in the above ground part of the building?

Perhaps these will answer your question...

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Architectural Record

Streamliner · #**1924** Posted **Oct 6, 2011, 9:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

Gary Dunaier

Does anyone know if the tridents in the museum are placed at the same level/elevation as they would have appeared before 9/11? Or are they lowered into the museum space? I wonder if you have to be inside the museum to get a sense of their height, or if that view from the plaza would mimic it.

xnyr · #**1925** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 2:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Streamliner

Does anyone know if the tridents in the museum are placed at the same level/elevation as they would have appeared before 9/11? Or are they lowered into the museum space? I wonder if you have to be inside the museum to get a sense of their height, or if that view from the plaza would mimic it.

The tridents have been lowered into the museum (actually the museum was built around them.) They are half below grade/half above grade..

This is how they originally appeared at plaza level.
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Photo by Joe Margolis

animatedmartian · #**1926** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 6:33 PM**

DSC_0764 by geo6204

DSC_0766 by geo6204

Streamliner · #**1927** Posted **Oct 7, 2011, 9:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by xnyr

The tridents have been lowered into the museum (actually the museum was built around them.) They are half below grade/half above grade..

Thanks, I thought they looked a little short from the outside. I can't wait until the museum opens.

pnapp1 · #**1928** Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 2:53 AM**

WoW! Those photos are FUCKING Awesome!

mrjoanofarc · #**1929** Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 9:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by xnyr

The tridents have been lowered into the museum (actually the museum was built around them.) They are half below grade/half above grade..

This is how they originally appeared at plaza level.
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Photo by Joe Margolis

So, I guess, once you get down the stairs in the museum, it'll be more representative of how high it used to be.

kickser · #**1930** Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 9:55 AM**

The new plaza aka. 911 memorial, looks so much better then the Austin J. Tobin Plaza looked. AJT Plaza looked like a depressive place, while the new plaza looks so fresh, lively, neat, w/e one can say about it.

CarlosV · #**1931** Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 12:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Streamliner

Does anyone know if the tridents in the museum are placed at the same level/elevation as they would have appeared before 9/11? Or are they lowered into the museum space? I wonder if you have to be inside the museum to get a sense of their height, or if that view from the plaza would mimic it.

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Gary Dunaier

the woman closest to the column on first pic would have been really high up if standing next to column on the pic below
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=86946.0

NYguy · #**1932** Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 12:56 PM**

xnyr · #**1933** Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 6:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by kickser

The new plaza aka. 911 memorial, looks so much better then the Austin J. Tobin Plaza looked. AJT Plaza looked like a depressive place, while the new plaza looks so fresh, lively, neat, w/e one can say about it.

The original WTC plaza was a product of the Minimalist design aesthetic of the mid '60s (i.e."LESS IS MORE") like the original Lincoln Center plaza.
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vintage postcard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7158635@N05/4866278079/
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The WTC plaza was highly criticized at the time for being too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.

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I can remember being in the WTC plaza before the Visita hotel and WFC was built, and being blasted by the winds coming off the Hudson. I loved stepping 6 inches from the protection of the south tower and being in that wind tunnel. Of course, the memorial plaza serves a completely different purpose and is wonderfully human friendly.

We are unlikely to see treeless expanses of stone plazas for a long time.

Roadcruiser1 · #**1934** Posted **Oct 8, 2011, 7:58 PM**

What was sad was before the Twin Towers demise the Austin T. Tobin Plaza was getting renovated into a more greener space. During their demise the plaza was on it's way from being a cold, scary place to a more inviting place, but they were destroyed before anything more could take place at the plaza.

The Grand Architect · #**1935** Posted **Oct 9, 2011, 7:16 PM**

Dang, with the Memorial opened to the public, I guess this video I made is useless now...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZB9YftNHio

A rendering from the Memorial Plaza looking up at the 3 and 4WTC.

Otie · #**1936** Posted **Oct 10, 2011, 8:44 PM**

There are So Many Suzannes by vcbbrooklyn, on Flickr

IntoTheLens827 · #**1937** Posted **Oct 11, 2011, 2:28 AM**

Hi Guys! This is the footage I shot yesterday while I was at the New World Trade Center Site. I still have alot more footage to edit & then post. Please subscribe to my channel. Thanks! :-) -Greg (IntoTheLens827).