NEW YORK | One World Trade Center | 1,787' Pinnacle / 1,373' Roof | 108 FLOORS - Page 1222

NYC GUY · #**24421** Posted: **Jun 17, 2012, 11:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tru Bert

Looks Like Steel!

I'm assuming the steel being put up there is core steel for 105?

GeorgiaBoy24 · #**24422** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 12:47 AM**

Thanks for the support guys. Now back to ONE WORLD... Does this building have 105 floors or 104? I thought 105 was the roof but is it an actual floor? I'm confused.

P.S. eseninobrandon, since you are obviously a troll, you must work for the Durst Organization

chris123678 · #**24423** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 12:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaBoy24

Thanks for the support guys. Now back to ONE WORLD... Does this building have 105 floors or 104? I thought 105 was the roof but is it an actual floor? I'm confused.

P.S. eseninobrandon, since you are obviously a troll, you must work for the Durst Organization

Welcome. This building has 105 floors.
We're on floor 104.

eseninobrandon · #**24424** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaBoy24

Thanks for the support guys. Now back to ONE WORLD... Does this building have 105 floors or 104? I thought 105 was the roof but is it an actual floor? I'm confused.

P.S. eseninobrandon, since you are obviously a troll, you must work for the Durst Organization

hell no! im not gonna let an ugly ass spire get on one of the most important buildings in the nation

jd3189 · #**24425** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 2:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaBoy24

I disagree. If the official height isn't 1776 feet then a lot of people will be confused and angered since "1776" and "tallest building in the Western Hemisphere" has been the tagline for this building for years.

If that was the case,Durst would have already met an angry mob on his doorstep.

GeorgiaBoy24 · #**24426** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 3:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by eseninobrandon

hell no! im not gonna let an ugly ass spire get on one of the most important buildings in the nation

Glad to see you don't lol. Just chill out and don't try to cause trouble. But yes it was a big mistake to have given Durst any responsibility on this project. Hope the Port Authority and SOM can settle what he has tried to screw up.

eseninobrandon · #**24427** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 3:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaBoy24

Glad to see you don't lol. Just chill out and don't try to cause trouble. But yes it was a big mistake to have given Durst any responsibility on this project. Hope the Port Authority and SOM can settle what he has tried to screw up.

nope. too late. we cant have our spire because of safety reasons and 20 million dollar save

TechTalkGuy · #**24428** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 3:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by eseninobrandon

nope. too late. we cant have our spire because of safety reasons and 20 million dollar save

What if a SkyscraperPage member were to donate 20 million dollars?

chris123678 · #**24429** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 3:44 AM**

We don't need the old spire back. I can definitively see how it would be difficult to fix if one of the panels broke, but a redesign is necessary

GeorgiaBoy24 · #**24430** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 4:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by fish

What if a SkyscraperPage member were to donate 20 million dollars?

What if Donald Trump were to donate 20 million dollars?

TechTalkGuy · #**24431** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 4:28 AM**

Exactly !!

Gabedamien · #**24432** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 5:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by hunser

Still a bit to go (floor 105 and parapet)... by DubaiDunk (comparison, not the rendering):

As has been already pointed out, this comparison is incorrect. More specifically, it’s extremely misleading and makes a lot of errors re: perspective, height normalization, etc. The building tops are almost aligned, and the tower’s edges are almost traced correctly, but very small errors in those tracings lead to large differences in projected height, and the bottoms of the buildings are not aligned at all (because the actual perspective differs from the render) — overall it adds up to a significant deviation. Also, this projection was done a while ago. Anyone using applying it to project the height compared to our current tower is compounding the error further.

To demonstrate, here is the same image, re-edited. Hm, suddenly you wonder how the original showed such a higher roof.

I will post a more reliable comparison if I can find usable images. In the meantime I highly, highly recommend the diagram Otie has been maintaining as it is pixel-perfect and well-sourced. I will post the link once I find it. EDIT: here’s Otie’s diagram, this shows that the actual remaining height is much more modest than that old projection would have you think (note that I am not disparaging 1WTC’s height at all, in fact I think it is an impressive height!): http://www.flickr.com/photos/62018165@N04/7353421608/

I am embedding a copy I downloaded, Otie let me know please if this is frowned upon and I will remove it.

NewYorkDominates · #**24433** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 6:09 AM**

^The rendering of the original shows 1WTC closer,thus appearing taller.

Good work you did there.

mat97 · #**24434** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 6:34 AM**

The glass facade is now at the eightieth floor.

sterlippo1 · #**24435** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 9:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaBoy24

By the way guys, I'm proud to become a member of Skyscraperpage. I've been following the website for a while now and just decided to join. Thanks to everyone.

welcome

MadGnome · #**24436** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 11:35 AM**

Very nice Gabedamien.
I believe the trialngle will peak at the roof, and not the top of the parapet.
Otie is a class act in this asylum. I'm bettin he doesn't mind.

jd3189 · #**24437** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 1:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by GeorgiaBoy24

What if Donald Trump were to donate 20 million dollars?

Agreed. He always wanted to be involved in America's tallest building and even through he really doesn't like the new WTC, if this meant he could reverse the crap Durst caused, his dream would semi-come true.

The Jerk · #**24438** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 1:36 PM**

^Fuck Trump, he's irrelevant to this city now, his father Fred is spitting up from his grave.

I can see the damn thing out my window, lit up like a French whore at night. I guess I don't really care how tall she is. I'm just happy she's here

TouchTheSky13 · #**24439** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 1:40 PM**

Guys I think that I've just accepted the whole spire situation. I mean it's not great, but it's better than nothing. The old one was better, but Durst is trying to save money so that he can generate more revenue for 1 WTC and put more money in his own pocket.

I still think it looks better than Willis Tower's antenna as well as John Hancock Building's. At least we're able to say that. And who knows, if they can come up with a cool lighting scheme for it, then I think more people will change their minds about it.

Just a few more weeks until it's topped out! Can't wait! I'm gonna be going there in November. Do you all think the glass will be finished by then?

PZelda · #**24440** Posted: **Jun 18, 2012, 1:55 PM**

The cladding is at the 80th floor now? Awesome! I'm heading down to visit the 9/11 memorial before I fly out - pictures ahoy when I get home

Took a bunch of pics of 1 WTC from as many places as I could - SI ferry/Staten Island itself, Brooklyn, Hoboken, intersection of Church and Lispenard, around lower Manhattan.

Sad to be going home!