NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,776' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 64

Tom Servo · #**1261** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 1:45 AM**

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NBTX11 · #**1262** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 1:53 AM**

Question, I am sure this has been posted, but don't feel like reading thru 51 pages of posts. How close in height is Freedom Tower roof (without spire) to the roofs of the old WTC towers?

djvandrake · #**1263** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 2:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by NBTX11

Question, I am sure this has been posted, but don't feel like reading thru 51 pages of posts. How close in height is Freedom Tower roof (without spire) to the roofs of the old WTC towers?

If memory serves, It's exact. The official roofline is 1,362' which was the height of the shorter tower. There's an architectural element (or something) that raises that to 1368' which was the taller of the two originals.

Daquan13 · #**1264** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 3:20 PM**

Yes, the height has been shortened a bit, but not much where it would make any difference.

And I'm so glad that they reversed the dead space and put it on the BOTTOM instead on the top like it was before!

jason111 · #**1265** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 8:07 PM**

Can someone point out all 4 of them because, i can only see 3 of them i think.

Kent76 · #**1266** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 8:44 PM**

What is the situation about the floors of the Freedom Tower ?
Are they 82, 102 or 108?
In my opinion every floor has a roof and so are there 108 roofs and 108 real floors in the Freedom Tower ?
The old Twin Towers had 110 real floors, and even the lobby was high many metres it was only 1 floor !!!!
Are there news about a possible outdoor deck?

Tom Servo · #**1267** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 8:51 PM**

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CoolCzech · #**1268** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 9:44 PM**

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The old Twin Towers had 110 real floors, and even the lobby was high many metres it was only 1 floor !!!!

The FT has the exact same roof height as one of the old Twins... but today's floors tend to have heigher ceilings. That makes the inhabitants more comfortable... and isn't that more important than a floor count?

CoolCzech · #**1269** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 9:52 PM**

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2, 3 and 4 are still vastly underscaled. Remember, the tip of 2 is going to be almost to the roof of 1.

NYguy makes the point that 2 WTC is considerably further back than the FT, making it appear far shorter. Whether it's SO far back to make it appear as short as in this rendering... well, we'll see.

NBTX11 · #**1270** Posted **Jul 8, 2007, 10:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by djvandrake

If memory serves, It's exact. The official roofline is 1,362' which was the height of the shorter tower. There's an architectural element (or something) that raises that to 1368' which was the taller of the two originals.

Thanks. So it is basically identical in height to the old towers without the spire.

CoolCzech · #**1271** Posted **Jul 9, 2007, 12:29 AM**

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Thanks. So it is basically identical in height to the old towers without the spire.

In terms of roof height, exactly. In terms of structural height, though, the FT is considerably taller - the antenna on one of the Twins was nearly as tall, but antennas don't count for structural height. Neither was the old antenna nearly as prominent.

aluminum · #**1272** Posted **Jul 9, 2007, 2:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by CoolCzech

The FT has the exact same roof height as one of the old Twins... but today's floors tend to have heigher ceilings. That makes the inhabitants more comfortable... and isn't that more important than a floor count?

The old twin towers had 110 floors with 415-417m roof, this tower's actual roof will a bit shorter and will have 108 floors. Ain't the ceiling height in both cases basically almost the same ?

Kent76 · #**1273** Posted **Jul 9, 2007, 8:13 PM**

This is the question. Are they 108 or 82 the real floors ?

Daquan13 · #**1274** Posted **Jul 10, 2007, 1:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kent76

This is the question. Are they 108 or 82 the real floors ?

I think as far as the occupied or real floors go, there are 82 or 83. The unoccupied or mech. floors are not counted as public or office floors.

Kent76 · #**1275** Posted **Jul 12, 2007, 7:36 PM**

I read that the base of the Freedom tower will have 19 mechnicalsfloors and will have high 57 metres. Does mean this that will be there 19 ceilings and that every ceiling will have only 3 metre or 19 floors are only ghost floors ?
Are there news about an outdoor deck observatory ?

Daquan13 · #**1276** Posted **Jul 13, 2007, 12:07 AM**

Could be, but not sure.

As for the outdoor obs deck, no one has said so yet.

Dac150 · #**1277** Posted **Jul 13, 2007, 12:27 AM**

This is off topic, but I am curious if there will be any reports of hauntings within the buildings once they are completed. I know it may sound stupid, but I always see that kind of stuff on TV. I guess its possible.

Daquan13 · #**1278** Posted **Jul 13, 2007, 1:18 AM**

Well, the WTC, as you may know, was no stranger to death.

The two latest ones were when a construction worker fell from the 21st floor down an elevator shaft at 7 WTC when it was under construction.

The last one was when a crazed maniac shot himself to death, and he waited good until he was within the boundries of Ground Zero to do it.

Dac150 · #**1279** Posted **Jul 13, 2007, 1:21 AM**

It just seems like the place where something like that would happen. I for one would not want to work in the basement of those towers. No matter how old I get, things like Ghosts make me cringe.

Daquan13 · #**1280** Posted **Jul 13, 2007, 1:35 AM**

Ill just have to take my chances.

I never got the chance to visit the old one. And I want to go to the top of the Freedom Tower, just to say that I've been there.