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Old Posted Feb 8, 2009, 9:22 PM
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Once Silverstein gets substantial work on these towers (2 and 3) and the sublevels, this talk of placeholders will go away.
You're right for 2 reasons:

1.) Silverstein really wants to get this whole complex done as fast as he can

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2.) he knows that the Port Authority and the city government will rape him with paperwork, problems, etc, if 1 and 4 WTC are done and occupied before the work on the others is done or even started because they'll say something like "well, ya see this is a commuting zone now, so you can only do work for 8 minutes after midnight on Saturdays when the 1 WTC OBS deck is closed in the spring time and when alternated side parking is in effect."

I think he knows the situation is practically now or never, so he'll do whatever he can to get everything done around the same time.

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Well, Silverstein has shown no signs of slowing down. Just the opposite actually...



Foundation work is ongoing for T3, and the first of 3 tower cranes for T4 will come in a week or two.
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A backhoe breaks rock for footings excavation at the Tower 3 (“T3”) site.


Earth and rock are continually lifted out of the site in large containers.
Quick shots from yesterday:




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If the construction proceeds for this building, does anyone think it might make substantial progress quite a bit faster than WTC1 because it might have less issues tying into existing structures around it, plus more room for staging building materials, etc.?
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If the construction proceeds for this building, does anyone think it might make substantial progress quite a bit faster than WTC1 because it might have less issues tying into existing structures around it, plus more room for staging building materials, etc.?
I don't think any of these towers will make much progress (visibly) until they start working from ground level.
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Lots of good stuff going on down there.
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From the last photo of Chief Wahoo, South wall foundation of WTC3 is visible, sure that next month WTC3 will be comparable to Maki tower progress .

Chief Wahoo a nice name, thanks to you !
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If I'm not mistaken, they're removing that wall also, which is great news.
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Are those yellow lines (on the road) at the bottom left from pre-9/11? If so, it always seems so tantalizing how the perimeter of the WTC looks. So much just outside of construction is exactly as it was in 2000 or 1999, it's surreal.
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^^^I highly doubt that. The machinery used to clean the site up probably would have tore up the pavement in the process. Besides there were no lines there before 9/11, just a curb before the parking spaces
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Are those yellow lines (on the road) at the bottom left from pre-9/11? If so, it always seems so tantalizing
how the perimeter of the WTC looks. So much just outside of construction is exactly as it was in 2000 or 1999, it's surreal.
I hadn't thought about it, but I went back and looked at some original WTC photos.
I don't know if those are the original lines, but if they aren't, they are very similar to the ones that were.

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I hadn't thought about it, but I went back and looked at some original WTC photos.
I don't know if those are the original lines, but if they aren't, they are very similar to the ones that were.

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Great pics! What floor were these taken from?
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Looks like the observation deck, so 107.
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^ nah, its from the inside (look at the refractions on the window and the external columns)...
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^ nah, its from the inside (look at the refractions on the window and the external columns)...
Could be from the indoor observation deck (107th). That was the only way you could get that close to the edge. I've taken similar photos (pre-digital) from that angle.
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Isn't it crazy that digital cameras have progressed so much in the past 8 years that photos from or of the towers already look "historic"?
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^ nah, its from the inside (look at the refractions on the window and the external columns)...
The indoor observation deck was 107. Outdoor was 110.
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Old Posted Mar 3, 2009, 12:28 PM
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Well, I am glad that all of the WTC towers will be part of the Manhattan grid. Towers 3 and 4 will be the connection to the rest of the financial district.
Looking down on Liberty Plaza, it still looks tall, but in reality it will be dwarfed by these new towers.
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