HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Global Projects & Construction > General Development


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #181  
Old Posted Jul 1, 2022, 10:34 PM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
Updated roadmap on theperelman.org website: https://www.theperelman.org/construction-milestones

Earlier details are on the website, but here is the latest information starting from when the PAC could first begin construction and was named after Ronald Perelman:

Quote:
March 2016: The permanent PATH station, the Oculus opens one block to the south, and the temporary station entrance is demolished in August. Work can now proceed on the PAC site.

June 2016: PAC announces gift from Ronald O. Perelman $75M and renaming of building as the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center

August 2017: The Port Authority (PA) begins construction of the roadways and other facilities that sit below ground on the PAC site. The PA’s construction included super columns for the PAC, loading docks, utility connections, and other support spaces below street level.

February 2018: The PAC signs a 99-year lease with the Port Authority.

April 2018: The first “super-column” for installation by the PA. Due to the complexities of the site and the clear spans required for performance spaces, the PAC rests on several super-columns, or massive structural support connections.

September 2019: The first cranes rise for PAC construction.

Early 2020: Rockwell Group led by David Rockwell joins the design team to serve as interiors architect for the public level.

March 2020: Construction stops for 52 days due to pandemic-related restrictions.

August 2020: PAC’s perimeter steel tops out.

April 2021: Superstructure steel on the roof and hardened walls are complete.

June 23 2021: Topping off ceremony.

December 2021: Installation of the PAC’s distinctive design – its façade - was completed this month. Begun in September, more than 5,000 marble tiles quarried, cut and fabricated in Portugal, laminated with glass in France, and assembled into panels in Germany, were installed to create the unique pattern that is a defining feature of the building.

Winter 2021-Spring 2022 The hallmark features of the PAC’s flexible theater spaces began installation. The first step is installation of the two pairs of enormous acoustic doors. These doors, which literally operate at the touch of a button, delineate the three theater spaces and provide acoustic isolation so there can be multiple performances simultaneously.


Summer 2022 The automated seating lifts are installed in the John E. Zuccotti Theater to be followed by the installation of the seating towers, which add to the capacity and flexibility of the space.


Summer 2022 The interior lighting pendants will be installed. These pendants provide general interior lighting and light the façade from within, which will create the building’s signature glow.


Q4 2022 The theater spaces are scheduled to be complete.


Q4 2022 Interior finishes throughout the building are scheduled to be complete.


Q4 2022 The public lobby level, including the café, bar and terrace are scheduled to be complete. The construction management firm completes all the details needed to finish the building.


Q1 2023 Commissioning of the theaters is scheduled to begin, testing the broad range of configurations which are the hallmark of the building’s theatrical innovation and flexibility. Prior to the first public events, there will also be a “soft opening” phase to test building operations and audience experience.

The Performing Arts Center is scheduled to open in 2023.
As of now, it appears the PAC is scheduled to be fully complete and open in the first or second quarter of 2023.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #182  
Old Posted Jul 1, 2022, 10:39 PM
mrnyc mrnyc is offline
cle/west village/shaolin
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,586
this is from yesterday —


Reply With Quote
     
     
  #183  
Old Posted Aug 5, 2022, 7:13 PM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
From the REX facebook page, August 1, 2022:

Quote:
As construction continues on the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center, the acoustic guillotine walls (one of which is visible at the center top of the first photo) and the gala lifts (pictured in the second and third photos)—both key components of the auditoria’s radical reconfigurability—are nearing completion. These systems will allow the three auditoria to be extended and combined to form a total of ten different proportions offering twenty-two “pre-set” stage-audience configurations. The building’s translucent marble facade, which allows light to diffuse through the walls in both directions, can also be seen at the right of the first photo.
Images




Reply With Quote
     
     
  #184  
Old Posted Aug 5, 2022, 7:18 PM
Busy Bee's Avatar
Busy Bee Busy Bee is offline
Show me the blueprints
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: on the artistic spectrum
Posts: 10,301
^That is pretty damn cool
__________________
Everything new is old again

There is no goodness in him, and his power to convince people otherwise is beyond understanding
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #185  
Old Posted Aug 5, 2022, 7:45 PM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
Video from Sciame Construction instagram post of construction progress in July 2022, mostly showing interior work being done, but also a view in the beginning of video of the construction on the east side of the PAC. Also includes a parting shot that pans up, looking west at the memorial, PAC and One WTC from the Oculus Plaza.

Quote:
So much happening at The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center (“the PAC”)! Here are July updates! #construction #theater #building #facade #workinprogress #manhattan #wtc


Quote:
Originally Posted by Busy Bee View Post
^That is pretty damn cool
Yes, you can see the construction milestones timeline outlining what interior work is being done here: https://www.theperelman.org/construction-milestones
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #186  
Old Posted Aug 27, 2022, 4:50 PM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
This image from TKDV on New York YIMBY forums shows that work continues on the installation of black granite cladding at the base. The cladding still doesn't appear to have been installed along the sloping southern base of the PAC.

Some interesting developments are hardscape work progressing to the west of the PAC (with possible sidewalk construction beginning along Fulton Street just to the east of the open part of the east plaza) and work along the eastern edge of the building in dredging out the ground, with what looks like the placement of pavers to the northeast of the PAC. The garage entrances on the north side of the building are probably built out.

One last change appears to be some vegetation or planters just to the south of the southeastern corner of the PAC, near the remaining construction trailers.


It is not certain if Greenwich Street will be fully dredged out, widened to its final length and paved over by the time the PAC is complete, or if it will take until the completion of 2 WTC for that to happen.

Nevertheless, once the PAC is complete, Vesey Street and the portion of Fulton Street west of Greenwich Street will probably be fully open, unlike now.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #187  
Old Posted Aug 30, 2022, 3:42 AM
NYguy's Avatar
NYguy NYguy is offline
New Yorker for life
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Borough of Jersey
Posts: 51,747
AUGUST 27, 2022























__________________
NEW YORK is Back!

“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #188  
Old Posted Sep 8, 2022, 5:35 AM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
New video with time lapse of construction from Summer 2019 to the end of Spring 2022 on the webpage https://www.theperelman.org/construction-milestones

The video ends with a render of what the site will look like (absent 2 WTC) when the PAC is expected to open in 2023.

The render shows the black granite base and an American flag in between One WTC and the PAC on the eastern plaza, just like in the original render of the finished PAC that was released in September 2016. However unlike that video, there is no monolith sculpture near the southwest PAC, which was removed in the renders released in July 2021 https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/07/new...manhattan.html

The render at the end of this video is different from this render (source: https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/07/new...manhattan.html), which didn't have a flag in between One WTC and the PAC.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #189  
Old Posted Sep 11, 2022, 2:27 PM
chris08876's Avatar
chris08876 chris08876 is offline
NYC/NJ/Miami-Dade
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Riverview Estates Fairway (PA)
Posts: 45,694
Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center Nears Completion In The World Trade Center Complex



Quote:
On the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the final component of the rebuilt 16-acre World Trade Center site is coming to a close as work nears completion on the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, a new performance hall in the Financial District. Designed by REX with Davis Brody Bond Architects as the executive architect and developed by The Perelman, the 138-foot-tall structure stands on a plot bound by Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Greenwich Street to the east, and Skidmore Owings & Merrill‘s One World Trade Center to the west.

At the time of our last update in May, the distinctive marble façade had recently finished installation. Since then, work has shifted to the completion of the ground floor, the setback on the northern side facing Vesey Street, and the surrounding sidewalks. The first level is being clad in dark paneling, creating a striking contrast with the bright cubic volume above.

The north side of the base extends beyond the square outline of the venue and aligns with Vesey Street. Metal clips are attached to portions of the reinforced concrete walls in preparation for installation of the black envelope. An outdoor terrace will sit atop this section.


The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center will feature three main sections: the Public Level on the bottom, the Performer Level in the middle, and the Play Level on top, with a total of 11 different venue arrangements. Visitors will enter the building via a wide staircase tucked under the cantilevering western corner.

According to the Perelman’s website, interior work is well underway with completion of the theater spaces and public lobby level including the café, bar, and terrace on track for the fourth quarter of 2022. The commissioning of the theaters is set for the first quarter of 2023, followed by a soft opening phase that will test the overall operations of the venue and evaluate the experience of the audience.

The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center is slated for full completion next year.
==================
NYY
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #190  
Old Posted Sep 12, 2022, 5:54 AM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
Quote:
Originally Posted by chris08876 View Post
Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center Nears Completion In The World Trade Center Complex




==================
NYY
This angle from the article has the potential to become a very iconic one.



It will be even more imposing if 2 WTC is built.

While the revised design released in July 2021 that resulted in the black granite base was upsetting to some, it has provided a nice contrast from the marble facade that wouldn't have been accomplished otherwise.

Reply With Quote
     
     
  #191  
Old Posted Sep 29, 2022, 4:33 AM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #192  
Old Posted Nov 20, 2022, 10:30 AM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
An article from last month on the design and installation of the stone-glass facade of the PAC: https://www.glassonweb.com/article/c...textured-stone

From the construction milestones details on https://www.theperelman.org/construction-milestones, the information still shows the final phase of construction as taking place in Q1 2023. Given delays in completion other projects at the site (such as St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church), it's possible the PAC will open later than that, such as in the summer of 2023, unless construction starts speeding up soon.

Right now it appears interior work is still finishing up. The only noticeable new development on the outside of the PAC appears to be what looks like the beginnings of an awning, as this post from skyscrapercity forum suggests.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #193  
Old Posted Nov 22, 2022, 4:34 AM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
Quote:
Originally Posted by worldtrade2021 View Post
From this earlier article, appears there was another render of PAC provided in the right-most panel of the following image:



This render better matches the texture of the black granite base.

Additionally, the same air vent design currently seen on the west side of the PAC base

Quote:
Originally Posted by worldtrade2021 View Post
can be seen on the east side of the PAC base in the archpaper render.

Compare with the Luxigon render that was shown in this New York YIMBY article from July 2021:




Most obvious difference is that the honey locust trees near the southeastern/eastern side of the PAC are not present in the archpaper render. Whether this is simply because the artist of the archpaper render missed this detail or if the trees are no longer planned to be planted there is not certain. However, looking at construction cams of the site, (what will eventually be) the sidewalk area just east of the PAC looks very narrow and highly shaded (as the archpaper render from earlier this year also shows). So perhaps the trees in the earlier Luxigon render were just for decorative purposes. It is interesting to note that there were also no trees on the east side of the PAC in the earlier REX and Davis Brody renders from this angle (when the base was still planned to be composed of marble and not black granite).


Also, there is no flag pole seen on the east plaza of One WTC in the REX, Davis Brody Bond, Luxigon nor archpaper renders, while it was present in one of the video renders currently available on the Perelman website:

Quote:
Originally Posted by worldtrade2021 View Post
New video with time lapse of construction from Summer 2019 to the end of Spring 2022 on the webpage https://www.theperelman.org/construction-milestones

The video ends with a render of what the site will look like (absent 2 WTC) when the PAC is expected to open in 2023.

The render shows the black granite base and an American flag in between One WTC and the PAC on the eastern plaza, just like in the original render of the finished PAC that was released in September 2016. However unlike that video, there is no monolith sculpture near the southwest PAC, which was removed in the renders released in July 2021 https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/07/new...manhattan.html

The render at the end of this video is different from this render (source: https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/07/new...manhattan.html), which didn't have a flag in between One WTC and the PAC.
Ultimately, the setup of these smaller details will probably only be more apparent once construction is very close to wrapping up and the finishing touches on paving and landscaping are done. Or perhaps the very final touches on the paving and landscaping around the PAC will have to wait until something is built at the site of 2 WTC, similar to how the east entrance and plaza of One WTC were only complete once the PAC was well under construction. It is still a mystery what the triangular shaped depression in the ground to the southeast of the PAC is for.

This instagram post from @wtc confirms that much of the work being done on the PAC is still for the interior, but should be close to completion at the end of this year.

Last edited by worldtrade2021; Nov 22, 2022 at 5:09 AM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #194  
Old Posted Nov 22, 2022, 5:28 AM
TKD's Avatar
TKD TKD is offline
March Forward
 
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 52
I think you're looking into things much too extremely. Renders are used as a tool to visualize what is possible, not what is final or actually planned.

The Luxigon render with the trees is the accurate render atm because it also shows the transit elevator behind the trees that is located on the east side of the building. All variant plans of the complex also always show trees lining Greenwich St. The venting in the base is also still visible in this render. The sidewalk is no less wider than the East sidewalk of Greenwich St in front of 3 & 4 WTC, the latter which has trees planted in front of it. I'd also point out that the sun moves, the renders are taken from after noon when it is in the west, the east face of the building is lit up before then and receives perfect sunlight so I thought that was a strange reasoning to use as to there not being any trees in one of the renders.

The flagpole in the video is probably for show.


Construction at/of 2 WTC wouldn't affect anything in the timeline or progression of this project. You can't use the situation with One WTC because there is a shared plaza between them not a street as there is with 2 WTC. The east entrance and plaza at One WTC couldn't be completed until the temporary North entrance to the VSC was removed and when it was removed, Covid stunted further progress on the plaza until a few months later in 2020.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #195  
Old Posted Nov 22, 2022, 7:27 AM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
Quote:
Originally Posted by TKD View Post
I think you're looking into things much too extremely. Renders are used as a tool to visualize what is possible, not what is final or actually planned.

The Luxigon render with the trees is the accurate render atm because it also shows the transit elevator behind the trees that is located on the east side of the building. All variant plans of the complex also always show trees lining Greenwich St.
That's true, but it's been hard to see the smaller details because the cam showing the east and north sides of the PAC has been down since April.

Quote:
I'd also point out that the sun moves, the renders are taken from after noon when it is in the west, the east face of the building is lit up before then and receives perfect sunlight so I thought that was a strange reasoning to use as to there not being any trees in one of the renders.
Yes but the Luxigon render appeared to be in the afternoon as well, but the trees along Greenwich Street near PAC weren't absent in that render. Also when something is eventually built at the site of 2 WTC, it will be tall enough to cast a shadow to its west over the PAC in the morning, minimizing the time frame when the trees would receive perfect sunlight. Every bit of sunlight counts, since honey locust trees do not grow well under prolonged shade. Given that imo it would make sense if they scrapped plans to plant honey locust trees there and imo it's a possible reason they didn't include the trees in more recent renderings.

Quote:
The flagpole in the video is probably for show.
That would be unfortunate but not surprising given the there's already a flagpole near the 9/11 Memorial building not that far away. Additionally there's already space taken up by a rectangular garden area at the southern edge of the east plaza.

Quote:
Construction at/of 2 WTC wouldn't affect anything in the timeline or progression of this project. You can't use the situation with One WTC because there is a shared plaza between them not a street as there is with 2 WTC. The east entrance and plaza at One WTC couldn't be completed until the temporary North entrance to the VSC was removed and when it was removed, Covid stunted further progress on the plaza until a few months later in 2020.
I was thinking more that the final shape of Greenwich Street between PAC and the site of 2 WTC would not be complete until 2 WTC was built. Right now that area of Greenwich Street looks different than in the final renderings, where in the final renderings it is shown as a diagonal going directly to Silverstein Park, but right now it's a different shape.

Last edited by worldtrade2021; Nov 22, 2022 at 7:57 AM.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #196  
Old Posted Nov 22, 2022, 8:08 AM
TKD's Avatar
TKD TKD is offline
March Forward
 
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 52
Quote:
Originally Posted by worldtrade2021 View Post
Yes but the Luxigon render appeared to be in the afternoon as well, but the trees along Greenwich Street near PAC weren't absent in that render. Also when something is eventually built at the site of 2 WTC, it will be tall enough to cast a shadow to its west over the PAC in the morning, minimizing the time frame when the trees would receive perfect sunlight. Every bit of sunlight counts, since honey locust trees do not grow well under prolonged shade.
That's understandable but these trees wouldn't be the only ones on the campus not receiving the full period of sunlight during the different seasons.

Quote:
Originally Posted by worldtrade2021 View Post
That would be unfortunate but not surprising given the there's already a flagpole near the 9/11 Memorial building not that far away. Additionally there's already space taken up by a rectangular garden area at the southern edge of the east plaza.
There's always the possibility and space for it to still be placed in "this" building's western plaza. Otherwise the technically "official" flagpole of the campus is atop the northern ventilation structure southwest of the North Pool.

Quote:
Originally Posted by worldtrade2021 View Post
I was thinking more that the final shape of Greenwich Street between PAC and the site of 2 WTC would not be complete until 2 WTC was built. Right now that area of Greenwich Street looks different than in the final renderings, where in the final renderings it is shown as a diagonal going directly to Silverstein Park, but right now it's a different shape.
That's also understandable but "overall" the general west side of Greenwich St will be repositioned and completed (to it's final state) once the east sidewalk of this building is completed. The construction fence extent of 2 WTC shouldn't affect the sidewalk extent of this project's scope. At the point that this building and the hardscape around it is completed Greenwich St between this and 2 WTC will most likely just remain extremely wide or traffic barriers will be positioned along the 2 WTC side to narrow it towards it's actual width.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #197  
Old Posted Nov 22, 2022, 9:36 PM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
Quote:
Originally Posted by TKD View Post
That's understandable but these trees wouldn't be the only ones on the campus not receiving the full period of sunlight during the different seasons.
True but overall that area doesn't seem very optimal for tree growth given both the less than optimal lighting and narrowness of the sidewalk area on the east side of the PAC. Other areas have less than optimal lighting too, but at least have a wider sidewalk area that avoids problems with too little area for underyling soil or risk of soil compaction (which is especially a problem during the winter and times of drought).

As a side note, it appears very likely there will at least be trees planted on the west side of the PAC. The construction cam currently shows what appear to be raised rectangular beds on the east plaza just west of the PAC, and what looks like imprints for trees in an alternating zig zag pattern in those beds, similar to the pattern in front of One WTC.

Quote:
There's always the possibility and space for it to still be placed in "this" building's western plaza. Otherwise the technically "official" flagpole of the campus is atop the northern ventilation structure southwest of the North Pool.
It would be great if they could do this imo, a flagpole at that location would be very imposing when looking up at One WTC from the east plaza and be similar to the flagpoles that were to the southeast of the south tower. The view of One WTC viewed up close from the southeast already bears some similarities to the south tower viewed up close from the southeast.


Quote:
That's also understandable but "overall" the general west side of Greenwich St will be repositioned and completed (to it's final state) once the east sidewalk of this building is completed. The construction fence extent of 2 WTC shouldn't affect the sidewalk extent of this project's scope. At the point that this building and the hardscape around it is completed Greenwich St between this and 2 WTC will most likely just remain extremely wide or traffic barriers will be positioned along the 2 WTC side to narrow it towards it's actual width.
It's possible they will only reposition the west side of Greenwich Street and leave the eastern side of Greenwich Street in the current configuration until something is built at 2 WTC. That would likely result in the open section of Greenwich Street being wider than its final configuration.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #198  
Old Posted Dec 9, 2022, 8:39 PM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
https://archives2.earthcam.com/archi...hive4/live.jpg, https://archives2.earthcam.com/archi...hive5/live.jpg

Cams showing that triangular area to the southeast of the PAC has been paved over.

Wooden boards on elevated concrete bed to the west of the PAC have been removed. At first it appeared like they were beds for soil, but it now appears they were just temporary wooden boards laying around.

The very western portion in the closed off construction area of what will be the sidewalk along Fulton Street might soon start being paved over. It looks very similar to the section of sidewalk adjacent to Fulton Street for the East Plaza entrance in early 2021 (January to February), prior to that section being paved over in the spring of 2021 (April to May).
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #199  
Old Posted Dec 13, 2022, 6:18 AM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
Courtesy of Alamel on New York YIMBY forums



The north side base of the PAC (the side with the outdoor terrace) has a different material for the exterior than the other base sides, which have the usual black granite.

The fencing installation for the outdoor terrace also has metal bars rather than the glass barriers previously shown in renders.

Meanwhile, it looks like much of the plaza to the west of the PAC still remains to be paved over. While the slanted section of the south facing entrance has also yet to have the black granite exterior installed, black granite installation appears to be progressing around the ADA accessible entrance on the southwest side of the PAC.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #200  
Old Posted Dec 22, 2022, 5:01 PM
worldtrade2021 worldtrade2021 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 239
Concrete pour took place on southwest side of the PAC yesterday. Pavement of section of Fulton Street sidewalk just to the east of One WTC looks like it might commence soon.

More bracing near the southwest stairway entry has been set up, as well as bracing around the ADA accessible entrance.

Street grid is not yet taking shape, but there is this bit of news indicating the soft opening mentioned on theperelman.org might be starting in late February 2023:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/equity...TER-2022-27188

Relevant part:

Quote:
Deadline: Wed, Dec 28, 2022
DATES

February 21st - March 3
Reply With Quote
     
     
This discussion thread continues

Use the page links to the lower-right to go to the next page for additional posts
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Global Projects & Construction > General Development
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:52 AM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.