NEW YORK | 175 Greenwich St. | 1,079 FT | 80 FLOORS - Page 172

chris08876 · #**3421** Posted **Dec 24, 2013, 12:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by Submariner

Wait, why are they saying construction may not start until 2020?

And what is the current, finalized roof height at? 1070?

It was written a while ago before WTC 3 secured a tenant. When the change/modifications occurred to the tower. Dam shame too, I loved that cross bracing.

NYguy · #**3422** Posted **Dec 24, 2013, 3:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by FMIII

it is weird that they only needed to lease 9 floors (out of 80) to get it built. It's not much. I thought they needed more than that.

It's not the number of floors leased, but the amount of space that will help Silverstein get financing. He only needed to lease about 400,000 sf to get assistance from the city and state. Seems GroupM will get more than that...

http://nypost.com/2013/12/23/groupm-...e-3-wtc-space/

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GroupM is taking 516,000 square feet in nine floors of the tower’s base.

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Originally Posted by Chapelo

It went from an original height of 1,240 ft (pinnacle) with a roof height of 1175 ft. I think this was done along with the redesign that removed (most of) the exterior framing.

The original height was 1,255 ft, with a roof height of 1,155 ft. That eventually went to 1,140 ft, but its currently has a roof height of 1,080 ft.

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Originally Posted by DURKEY427

Ive never heard or seen this giant video screen. Can someone please inform me on this.

There are some renderings posted earlier in the thread.

Submariner · #**3423** Posted **Dec 24, 2013, 3:28 AM**

It's unfortunate about the height reduction, but it will still be 103 feet taller than WTC 4 which I think will be quite noticeable.

Crawford · #**3424** Posted **Dec 24, 2013, 4:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Submariner

Wait, why are they saying construction may not start until 2020?

Constructed started years ago. Completion is 2016 or 2017.

asharmaearth411 · #**3425** Posted **Dec 24, 2013, 4:41 AM**

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DURKEY427 · #**3426** Posted **Dec 24, 2013, 6:04 AM**

That screen does look cool would have been a good feature. Thanks for the info.

NYguy · #**3427** Posted **Dec 25, 2013, 2:32 PM**

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.1556572

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3 World Trade Center, designed by renowned British architect Richard Rogers, is now set to open in 2017. When it does, GroupM will consolidate its 2,400 New York employees into the tower from offices scattered around Midtown.

NYC GUY · #**3428** Posted **Dec 25, 2013, 4:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

The original height was 1,255 ft, with a roof height of 1,155 ft. That eventually went to 1,140 ft, but its currently has a roof height of 1,080 ft.

I thought it's now 1170'

andydie · #**3429** Posted **Dec 25, 2013, 5:32 PM**

great news and this wont remain a stump much longer but going fully ahead

it will fill the gap between towers 1 and 4 nicely and give the area more density! still would have liked the older more crossbraced version but oh well what we are getting now isnt too bad either

NYC GUY · #**3430** Posted **Dec 26, 2013, 2:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by andydie

great news and this wont remain a stump much longer but going fully ahead

it will fill the gap between towers 1 and 4 nicely and give the area more density! still would have liked the older more crossbraced version but oh well what we are getting now isnt too bad either

I honestly didn't like the cross brace design as I felt it stuck out too much. I didn't think it worked well with the other towers but this new design is so much cleaner in my opinion.

JZeig1 · #**3431** Posted **Dec 26, 2013, 12:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tectonic

11.17.13

©tectonic

I'm looking at this photo from last month
and THIS current design.

It seems as though there are a few floors missing - or is it me???

drumz0rz · #**3432** Posted **Dec 26, 2013, 2:43 PM**

The glass lobby is 3 stories tall, followed by 2 mechanical floors, and then the first office floor. That's 6 stories + the incomplete 7th story (core only right now) constructed already. Nothing is missing. There will be 4 more stories built to complete the base, then the tower begins. When there was talk about building just the stub base, it was only going to be what you see already constructed, they didn't intend to build the full 10 story base.

Dac150 · #**3433** Posted **Dec 26, 2013, 7:17 PM**

A little late to the game, but this is great and long anticipated news! I very much look forward to watching this tower rise. It is and always has been my favorite of the bunch.

nyc7 · #**3434** Posted **Dec 26, 2013, 7:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYC GUY

I honestly didn't like the cross brace design as I felt it stuck out too much. I didn't think it worked well with the other towers but this new design is so much cleaner in my opinion.

Completely agree. In my opinion, as a stand alone tower, the cross bracing would have been great, but given the way the rest of the towers are, the removal of most of the bracing lets this one fit in more

Submariner · #**3435** Posted **Dec 26, 2013, 7:56 PM**

Is there any word on when this may start to rise again?

NYC GUY · #**3436** Posted **Dec 26, 2013, 8:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Submariner

Is there any word on when this may start to rise again?

I doubt we'll see any activity until March.

uaarkson · #**3437** Posted **Dec 26, 2013, 11:56 PM**

This building will look incredible.

JZeig1 · #**3438** Posted **Dec 27, 2013, 3:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by drumz0rz

The glass lobby is 3 stories tall, followed by 2 mechanical floors, and then the first office floor. That's 6 stories + the incomplete 7th story (core only right now) constructed already. Nothing is missing. There will be 4 more stories built to complete the base, then the tower begins. When there was talk about building just the stub base, it was only going to be what you see already constructed, they didn't intend to build the full 10 story base.

Thanks Drumz... I think I do remember a post regarding the missing floors for the base. I'm so excited, I began evaluating what has been done so far and comparing it to the new design. Trying to get a grasp on the whole thing.

You know they got a lot of work to do to get this think going again - I mean just installing the forms for the core could take weeks (might seem like an exaggeration, but you know how things go around here). Imagine all the de-construction they have to do for 2WTC, before construction could begin again.

Duck From NY · #**3439** Posted **Dec 27, 2013, 12:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by andydie

great news and this wont remain a stump much longer but going fully ahead

it will fill the gap between towers 1 and 4 nicely and give the area more density! still would have liked the older more crossbraced version but oh well what we are getting now isnt too bad either

Hey if you want us to have more crossbracing just give us Big John

NYguy · #**3440** Posted **Dec 27, 2013, 9:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by JZeig1

I'm looking at this photo from last month
and THIS current design.

It seems as though there are a few floors missing - or is it me???

There is more to be built, but also you're looking at a rendering of the opposite side, which will be higher than the Church St side due to its lower elevation.