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[CoolCzech]

Some nice pics there, Watusi - thanks.

The NY Post ran another one of its inane editorials saying nothing is happening at Ground Zero today, though, all the same...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08182008...ear_124990.htm

[37TimPPG]

Originally Posted by CoolCzech

Some nice pics there, Watusi - thanks.

The NY Post ran another one of its inane editorials saying nothing is happening at Ground Zero today, though, all the same...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08182008...ear_124990.htm

What else would one expect from the Post?

[WonderlandPark]

Originally Posted by 37TimPPG

What else would one expect from the Post?

Well, nothing is happening and the Post is right. There is a fundamental problem moving this project forward. There are lots of complex construction problems in the world, yet this one is dragging on and on and on and on. It is painful to watch the greatest world city struggle so much to get moving on rebuilding.

I rarely check on the WTC threads, it seems as if they plant a single rebar there is cause for celebration. Call me when they are actually adding floors.

[philvia]

Originally Posted by WonderlandPark

Well, nothing is happening and the Post is right. There is a fundamental problem moving this project forward. There are lots of complex construction problems in the world, yet this one is dragging on and on and on and on. It is painful to watch the greatest world city struggle so much to get moving on rebuilding.

I rarely check on the WTC threads, it seems as if they plant a single rebar there is cause for celebration. Call me when they are actually adding floors.

your ignorance is astounding

[Apex]

Originally Posted by philvia

your ignorance is astounding

maybe he is, but adding ad hominem quips like that doesn't accomplish anything.

[bkraig4life]

Has any concrete been poured since the end of the strike, or is the strike still going?

[NYC4Life]

If you are referring to the concrete truck driver strike, that ended a week or so after it began. All construction that were slowed or halted by the strike has since resumed, including the WTC Site.

[bkraig4life]

Thanks!

[Lecom]

Originally Posted by CoolCzech

Some nice pics there, Watusi - thanks.

The NY Post ran another one of its inane editorials saying nothing is happening at Ground Zero today, though, all the same...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08182008...ear_124990.htm

This article only discusses the Deutsche Bank demolition, no?

[CoolCzech]

Originally Posted by Lecom

This article only discusses the Deutsche Bank demolition, no?

"Such an outcome is still untold years away - and the continuing debacle at the former Deutsche Bank building aptly symbolizes New York's humiliating inability, nearly seven years after 9/11, to reclaim Ground Zero."

It takes a swipe at the entire WTC reconstruction project...

[37TimPPG]

I agree with the following statement in the editorial:

"Which brings us to Mayor Bloomberg, who has been standing by dumb as a stump all this time when he COULD be bringing pressure to bear on all parties to keep things moving." OUCH!


Port Authority should just turn the whole damn site (INCLUDING FT) over to Silverstein and just have one person in charge of everything...this is taking way too long. I understand the many political concerns involved but just how long does this have to take?

(Guess that's what happens when you put POLITICIANS in charge of a development of this magnitude!?)

[NYC4Life]

^^^ Couldn't agree more. A multi-Agency project with so many multiple problems, but progress is being made.

[CoolCzech]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...ears-9-11.html


Pictured: The World Trade Centre site seven years after 9/11
By MAIL ON SUNDAY REPORTER
Last updated at 2:22 AM on 24th August 2008
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Almost seven years on and the rebuilding of the World Trade Centre is still more than 80ft below street level.
Work goes on 20 hours a day here, in a section of the 16-acre site known as the ‘east bathtub’.
The two cranes that dominate this urban landscape are in place to install the steel foundation columns of 1 World Trade Centre, or ‘Freedom Tower’ – the main building of the new WTC.
To the right of the cranes, at street level, a mixer pumps concrete down a navy-blue funnel into the bathtub. The concrete will be used to construct the tower’s core.
The West Side Highway, with its six lanes of vehicles, separates the construction site from the four World Financial Centre skyscrapers. And you can just glimpse the Hudson River through a gap between two of the buildings.
A wide road has been built from street level to the heart of the construction site, allowing up to 100 36-ton dump trucks to access the bathtub daily.
After nearly two years of heavy excavation, more than half a million tons of soil, rock and debris have been removed and there are still thousands more to go.
An architectural landmark for New York City, the Freedom Tower will soar 1,776ft skyward to become America’s tallest building. The
2.6million sq ft edifice will include office space, an observation deck, restaurants and broadcast facilities and antennae. It is scheduled to open in 2011 – to mark the tenyear anniversary of the terrorist attacks that destroyed the original World Trade Centre.
Three other high-rise office buildings and a residential tower are also planned. They will surround the World Trade Centre Memorial, which is currently under construction. The area will also house a museum.

[CoolCzech]

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/250465


Freedom Tower construction soars skyward
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.30.2008

Above: A steel column rises at the Freedom Tower construction site at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. Right: Workers discuss the installation of prefabricated arches next to the Freedom Tower site. The arches will form an underground pedestrian corridor connecting Battery Park City and the World Financial Center with the World Trade Center's transportation hub. The corridor and transportation hub were designed by architect Santiago Calatrava.

[Lt. Washburn]

That daily mail photo appears out of date as the underground concourse doesn't have the girders in place....if I'm seeing it right.

[NYC4Life]

Originally Posted by CoolCzech

An architectural landmark for New York City, the Freedom Tower will soar 1,776ft skyward to become America’s tallest building.

This article's editor must not be aware of the Chicago Spire, which at 2,000 feet, will be taller than the Freedom Tower.

[Lt. Washburn]

After 1 WTC does.

[Lecom]

Originally Posted by NYC4Life

This article's editor must not be aware of the Chicago Spire, which at 2,000 feet, will be taller than the Freedom Tower.

I'm pretty sure that the FT will top out before the CS though. The Spire is still not even a proper hole in the ground, and aside from site preparation, the only thing that's done is the reinforcement for the core and some piles here and there. The FT, however, is nearly finished with its below-grade works and the next vertical addition will put it tens of feet above street level. Sure the tower won't hold the title for long, but probably for at least a year or two.

[MolsonExport]

TAlB says "Rebuild the twins"

[CHAPINM1]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

TAlB says "Rebuild the twins"

DO NOT START THAT GODDAMN SHIT AGAIN!!!