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[Lecom]

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[CityGuy87]

Originally Posted by Lecom

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Slightly off-topic but why is 4 WTC still not fully cladded? I thought it was completed.

[NYguy]

^ It's getting there.




Gary Hershorn

[MN/WI]

^It's like a painting.

[NYGrail]

I'm sorry to be that guy, but I still enjoy imagining that twins were utilized for the rebuilding. So, see below (taken from abrooklynsoul's beautiful pic).

[MercurySky]

Originally Posted by NYGrail

I'm sorry to be that guy, but I still enjoy imagining that twins were utilized for the rebuilding. So, see below (taken from abrooklynsoul's beautiful pic).

You are that guy.

[NYC2013]

Originally Posted by NYguy

^ It's getting there.




Gary Hershorn

Still can't used to a building in midtown Manhattan being taller than the ESB.

[Guiltyspark]

Originally Posted by NYC2013

Still can't used to a building in midtown Manhattan being taller than the ESB.

You can't see Midtown in this picture.

Edit, damn, you changed the picture you quoted so now you can see Midtown in this picture. lol

[CityGuy87]

Originally Posted by NYC2013

Still can't used to a building in midtown Manhattan being taller than the ESB.

Well you better start getting used to it because there will be a lot more where that came from.

[NYC2013]

Originally Posted by CityGuy87

Well you better start getting used to it because there will be a lot more where that came from.

I guess this is another golden age of NYC skyscrapers.

[JustSomeGuyWho]

Originally Posted by NYC2013

Still can't used to a building in midtown Manhattan being taller than the ESB.

Technically defining the southern edge of midtown, the ESB has always felt a little separate from the bulk of midtown to me. 432 is nearly at the northern edge of midtown so there is quite a bit of distance separating them. Creates 3 peaks in the skyline.

[weidncol]

Originally Posted by NYGrail

I'm sorry to be that guy, but I still enjoy imagining that twins were utilized for the rebuilding. So, see below (taken from abrooklynsoul's beautiful pic).

Sorry, but that doesn't work due to the tapering. I'm happy with the current master plan, thanks. 1 WTC isn't even the jewel of the site IMO.

[tie_guy]

Originally Posted by weidncol

sorry, but that doesn't work due to the tapering. I'm happy with the current master plan, thanks. 1 wtc isn't even the jewel of the site imo.

2wtc??

[CHAPINM1]

Originally Posted by JustSomeGuyWho

Technically defining the southern edge of midtown, the ESB has always felt a little separate from the bulk of midtown to me. 432 is nearly at the northern edge of midtown so there is quite a bit of distance separating them. Creates 3 peaks in the skyline.

Not only that, also at night the Empire State Building will still make the biggest impact with it's new radiant LED lighting now extending all the way up to the 1,454 foot peak.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by CHAPINM1

Not only that, also at night the Empire State Building will still make the biggest impact with it's new radiant LED lighting now extending all the way up to the 1,454 foot peak.

Not really, with towes like Nordstrom and 1 Vanderbilt. Even 30 Hudson will shine brightly at night. But what the ESB currently has is distance from any of those developing sites. If 15 Penn gets built, throw that out. It's the same thing with the Freedom Tower. Dominant now, but a lot less when 125 Greenwich or even 2 WTC gets built.


Here's a typical view (and commentary) from Good Day NY, though this is a little older...



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[NYguy]

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/articl...n-within-weeks

Sources: 1 World Trade Center to open within weeks


By Ryan Hutchins
Oct. 3, 2014

One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the crowning achievement of the Lower Manhattan rebuilding effort, is expected to open within the next month, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Two sources said officials at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Durst Organization, the building’s owners, are looking at October 27 as a target date, but they have not finalized their plans.

A spokesman for Durst, without elaborating, said an exact day has not been solidified.

But the timeframe is far more specific than previous ones, which put the opening at any point within the fourth quarter. The skyscraper’s anchor tenant, Condé Nast Publications, has said it will move its employees into its new 24 floors of space in November.

The opening, which is likely to draw the city and state’s top leaders, will punctuate an emotional, politically fraught and arduous 13-year endeavor to complete the skyscraper.

[Nexis4Jersey]

from Jersey City

World Trade Center viewed from Katyn Plaza in Jersey City by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr

[stormkingfan]

Originally Posted by Thefigman

Sorry about the crappy resolution. Took it with my phone. Just a different perspective of the building from the ground. Haven't seen one like it yet in the thread, so I thought I would share it.

Photo by me 9/12/2014

In spite of the resolution, this snap is still stunning. Think of it as having been taken on a misty morning.

[NYguy]

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[jayden]

Originally Posted by NYguy

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/articl...n-within-weeks

Sources: 1 World Trade Center to open within weeks


By Ryan Hutchins
Oct. 3, 2014

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Off-topic, but when is Port Authority expected to move into 4WTC?