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Originally Posted by TechTalkGuy
I agree with the decision mainly because if you discount the spire, then you discount all spires, lncluding but not limited to the Chrysler, ESB, 40 Wall St, 70 Pine St, etc..
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Forget about that for a minute, I want to know how you people justify where the height measurement begins.
But before I start reading your various excuses...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,7298761.story
Tallest building ruling: Willis Tower loses to One World Trade Center
By Blair Kamin
Chicago Tribune
November 12, 2013
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....."Even though the cladding was taken off the spire, you can still see that it is an architectural element," said Antony Wood, executive director of the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. "It is not just a plain steel mast from which to hang antenna or satellite dishes."
He said One World Trade Center would only become the nation's tallest building next year when it is at least partially occupied.
Reflecting intense public interest in the decision, the announcement was made before a bank of television cameras in a packed room of the 16th floor of the IIT Tower at the corner of State Street and 35th Street. The room looked out to the Chicago skyline, including Willis Tower.
The council’s height committee met for 3 1/2 hours last Friday at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where the council is headquartered. Representatives of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a co-developer of One World Trade Center, addressed the committee, as did the skyscraper’s architects, the New York office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Twenty-five members of the committee were present, according to Daniel Safarik, a spokesman for the tall building council.
Of the nine Americans on the committee, five are from Chicago, Safarik said. They include the committee’s chairman, Peter Weismantle, director of supertall building technology at the firm of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, and William Baker, chief structural engineer at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
According to Safarik, two committee members are from New York.
The council’s spokeman pointed out that a majority of the committee members present Friday were from outside the U.S. They were from such countries as Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Qatar, the the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
“I think the Chicago-New York thing is pretty overblown,” Safarik said. “It is a global organization.”
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http://gothamist.com/2013/11/12/amer...nt.php#photo-1
America, F*ck Yeah: 1 World Trade Center Is Tallest In U.S.
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/...e-World-Trade/
What This Willis Tower Vs. One World Trade Debate Is Really About
By Harry Sawyers
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/natio...ng-west/71507/
One World Trade Center Is Officially The Tallest Building in the West
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New Yorkers can't let Chicagoans have nice things. After much consternation and debate, the new skyscraper built to replace the World Trade Center's twin tower was officially granted the "tallest building" title, stealing the crown from the Windy City's Willis Tower.
One World Trade measures 1,776 feet tall when the 408-foot needle-like antenna is considered. That's some 325 feet taller than the 1,450-foot Willis Tower. The council needed to decide whether One World Trade's pointy top was considered a needle or a spire: A spire ruling would mean it counts towards the building's height while a needle would stay off the books, giving Chicago the win. So check your privilege, New Yorkers, because One World Trade barely escaped with victory.
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