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Originally Posted by TechTalkGuy
No one complains about the antenna atop the Empire State Building, yet we read moans and groans about the antenna spire atop of One World Trade Center.
Who in this forum has lost sleep over the thin spire atop the NY Times Tower?  |
Nobody ever complains about the top of ESB, (other than the colors of the the antennae) (to me ESB has paid it's dues and should be a Wonder of the World, because back in the 30's, Humans didn't have the technology to share the progress (like we do with 1WTC), with others around the World,, Here we have a forum where At least a Billion ppl could acess if they had the technology, while most of us here in the states do have the technology,,Back in the 30's nobody (or maybe some ppl opposed to tall bldgs, didn't want to see ESB built)), cared back then because, it was state of the art back then, and probably only 0.5% or less of the World's population had ever seen it, or even knew it existed,, but in the World of Twitter, Flicker, SSP, SSC, High digital cameras, and the biggest thing, the Internet and so on, this building (1WTC) is getting criticized thousand's of times more than the ESB. Plus after all this time, (more than any of us have been alive or 99% of us)over the years the ESB is still 1 of the best skyscrapers in the World,, and it took most, if not all other countries even the U.S. 4 decades to even challenge,(outside NYC) the magnificent, supertall, that was built way before they had even the advanced tools,, and highly trained Ironworkers,, but with the technology we have today,, so when I look at ESB I'm an awe on how good it looks and for the Era it was built, it's still a magnificent bldg and Im in awe everytime I see this bldg, You could say the same, but on a slighly lesser scale, with the Chrylser bld,, I just can't believe how these structures were built so high, so beautiful, and damn near perfect,, In that day and age. That's why the only thing that 1 can bitch about today with ESB or Chrysler, may be their Gaudy (color changing) spires, or antennaes, that were added decades after the bldgs were actually built. We should all be happy with how 1WTC turns out, yes I'd rather see the radome, but that's highly doubtly now, and it's a shame because they have the means to do it, and are cheating this beauty, by putting just a regular antennae on it that could have only been an option 50 years ago. So In my opinion they didn't make this top notch, like they did ESB or Chrysler, and I hope they regret their decision the rest of their live's,, mainly Durst.
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