Final piece lifted to the Freedom Tower, giving it the height of the ultra-Murican patriotic 1,776 f - Polidicks

[QUOTE=BCell;40535260]It took them ten years to rebuild a single lone tower or rather a skyscraper. Hope it's quake proof and weather resistant[/QUOTE] Have you seen any videos on it? It's really sturdy - a lot more than the world trade center was. It's got tons of emergency exits/staircases. They really put their effort into making it safe

i fucking hate freedom and i hate america

[QUOTE=Bobie;40535765]i fucking hate freedom and i hate america[/QUOTE] godless commie i hope you enjoy rapture

Does the big spire thing actually have a function or is it just to make it technically bigger?

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;40513239]That's exactly why it's important. This isn't just a testament to American resilience, it's the closing of a dark chapter of American history. For many, this is going to represent a return to the way things were. It's not [I]just a building,[/I] nor is it just self-gratification. With this in the skyline, it'll help to quell the anger and fear that a lot of Americans still feel when they think back to 9/11. You're right, there is still a lot of fear and anger revolving around the events of 9/11. For as long as there are people who remember it, there always will be. But this building, in all its hokey symbolism, is the physical representation that it's time to move on. That attack, and most of the rage that came with it, will finally start to become a part of history, rather than a wound we're still recovering from.[/QUOTE] Well if you want to be absurdly reductive, sure. But your nation's people won't heal while they feel the [I]real[/I] effects of 9/11 and all that followed. Putting up a new building is only as useful as the business that is done within it. Your people (not all of them, not necessarily even most of them) will still be angry when they think of the trillions spent on war, the debt incurred, the jobs lost, the families with an empty chair and certainly the ongoing militant acts to defend an ideology (Islamism, Democracy, Pastafarianism, whatever it happens to be). I tend to think that a billion dollar skyscraper isn't going to be such a zen sight when it brings to mind all of the problems that are still being faced vis-a-vis its predecessors.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;40536098]Does the big spire thing actually have a function or is it just to make it technically bigger?[/QUOTE] Radio tower if I'm correct.

[QUOTE=BCell;40535260]It took them ten years to rebuild a single lone tower or rather a skyscraper. Hope it's quake proof and weather resistant[/QUOTE] you do realize that building a tower that size takes an incredible amount of engineering and planning right? [editline]5th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=fruxodaily;40513574]yeah i know, the freedom tower is such a stupid name, it makes America look fucking retarded, the terrorist unfortunately won with this though, they knocked 2 buildings and it took them years for them to rebuild like what penn & teller said on their video, casinos get knocked down and built back up in days, why did the towers take so long, and was this design even needed, why not the basic design, a little taller and with more safety exits and stuff[/QUOTE] 2 days late but not late enough to say that you're a fucking idiot.

[QUOTE=BCell;40535260]It took them ten years to rebuild a single lone tower or rather a skyscraper. Hope it's quake proof and weather resistant[/QUOTE] Don't forget plane proof.

1,776 feet? Jegus dick, America, just adopt the goddamn metric system already.

[QUOTE=TorrentR;40537364]1,776 feet? Jegus dick, America, just adopt the goddamn metric system already.[/QUOTE] Even if we did, I don't think it's possible to build something 1,776 meters tall. At least not with current technology.

[QUOTE=asteroidrules;40537430]Even if we did, I don't think it's possible to build something 1,776 meters tall. At least not with current technology.[/QUOTE] Then we DEVELOP the technology to make it happen! It worked with the space race!

[QUOTE=TorrentR;40537364]1,776 feet? Jegus dick, America, just adopt the goddamn metric system already.[/QUOTE] We already have adopted the metric system. :v: We learn it in school in science/math class, and from there on in totally depends if your line of work requires it.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;40537957]We already have adopted the metric system. :v: We learn it in school in science/math class, and from there on in totally depends if your line of work requires it.[/QUOTE] working at an architecture firm I can confirm that people are stuck in their ways and we operate on feet with fractional inches scientific process is always metric, but construction is kept "simple"

[QUOTE=DaCommie1;40520335]Still won't be the tallest in the western hemisphere, the CN Tower is taller, 1815.4 ft.[/QUOTE] This is the tallest [i]building[/i] in the Western hemisphere. The CN Tower has less than 50% of its height as usable floor space, making it just a "tower" and not in the running for that title. It is the tallest freestanding structure though.