World Trade Center regains title of tallest building in New York - Polidicks

Shit, when did construction get that far along?

[QUOTE=Droelsj;35784226]I visited NY 3 weeks ago and visited the towers, looks pretty impressive..also with the pools where the old towers stood, it really is a very beautiful monument. tower: [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/523588_3391805347249_1033086056_3231401_590096644_n.jpg[/IMG] one of the pools: [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/554438_3391807067292_1033086056_3231404_1627301342_n.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] that pool is really really cool, but also scary how deep is it?

[QUOTE=Droelsj;35784226]I visited NY 3 weeks ago and visited the towers, looks pretty impressive..also with the pools where the old towers stood, it really is a very beautiful monument. tower: [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/523588_3391805347249_1033086056_3231401_590096644_n.jpg[/IMG] one of the pools: [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/554438_3391807067292_1033086056_3231404_1627301342_n.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] I was excepting the pool to look cooler, like they did in the concept art.

[QUOTE=Splarg!;35784269]Shit, when did construction get that far along?[/QUOTE] I feel so uninformed regarding this too. I really thought it was still a giant hole in the ground.

[QUOTE=winsanity;35784343]I was excepting the pool to look cooler, like they did in the concept art.[/QUOTE] It's pretty impressive when you see it, the sides have all the names from victims and firemen on them. I don't know how deep it is, but the smaller center pool doesn't have a viewable bottom, it seems bottomless.

[QUOTE=Droelsj;35785047]It's pretty impressive when you see it, the sides have all the names from victims and firemen on them. I don't know how deep it is, but the smaller center pool doesn't have a viewable bottom, it seems bottomless.[/QUOTE] Probably just the angle of that picture or something, I bet it does look good in person.

[QUOTE=Droelsj;35784226]I visited NY 3 weeks ago and visited the towers, looks pretty impressive..also with the pools where the old towers stood, it really is a very beautiful monument. tower: -image- one of the pools: -anotherimage-[/QUOTE] I went there back in February, looks like they didn't do much that month. [img]http://niggaupload.com/images/ns2mY.jpg[/img] Also, to show how much it sticks out. [img]http://niggaupload.com/images/9oeLA.jpg[/img]

Beautiful and all, but is this building going to be used for well...trading? Is this just a monument?

Cool fact: It's not actually called Freedom Tower, they dropped that name years ago but everyone still uses it

[QUOTE=DohEntertainmen;35786045]Beautiful and all, but is this building going to be used for well...trading? Is this just a monument?[/QUOTE] Have they even found tenants?

Who would want to live there?

[QUOTE=Kopimi;35774254]why bother putting up the facade and pretending that we overcame anything, the terrorists won the country has fundamentally changed and a lot of our rights were trampled on as a result of the attacks, clearly the attacks weren't "useless" considering they did what they set out to do, hurt america. how is there no fear of terrorism? people see a muslim in an airport and immediately call security and now senior citizens are getting molested at the airport just in case there is some form of explosive device in their catheter, america is still terrified of terrorism[/QUOTE] While the government has stepped on certain rights and certain security measures are excessive, day to day life in America is the same as it was pre 911. Most people go on with their lives each day without even thinking about the possibility of terrorism. [editline]1st May 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=winsanity;35787823]Have they even found tenants?[/QUOTE] I believe that a good many floors, like 90 or so, have already been booked. I could be wrong though.

no love for 2 WTC (1 WTC is the one in the OP) [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/Tower22.jpg[/IMG] Its going to knock the Empire state building down one more step being the 2nd tallest building in the Western Hemisphere

This is cool, but I think America needs to build more and taller sky scrappers. We barely scrape the top ten tallest buildings in the world list with the Sears Tower.

[QUOTE=beanhead;35788703]no love for 2 WTC (1 WTC is the one in the OP) [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/Tower22.jpg[/IMG] Its going to knock the Empire state building down one more step being the 2nd tallest building in the Western Hemisphere[/QUOTE] You can see its framework, too. And it's just as impressive, you can actually see the deviations where the four separate-ish towers start.

[QUOTE=cqbcat;35789069]This is cool, but I think America needs to build more and taller sky scrappers. We barely scrape the top ten tallest buildings in the world list with the Sears Tower.[/QUOTE] These days a skyscraper record doesn't last very long.

[QUOTE=samframpton;35773626]I still don't understand why they decided to not just rebuild the towers as their original design, obviously they're trying to convey a message by calling it "freedom tower", what sends a stronger message than the original building design?[/QUOTE] Eh the original design sucked anyway. It's remarkable that they took a hit from 767's and stood for as long as they did, but because of their design to increase floor space, all the supports were on the outside of the building, and the core, with empty space between, and these struts connecting the two under each floor. If you have a building that's built like the empire state building, where it's all basically a 3D Grid throughout the building, Nothing's going to knock it down, fuckin' ever

Freedom tower is a troll name to the terrorists like "You forgot one tower fgts".

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;35773888]Personally, I'd have built both back exactly how they looked... externally at least. Internally? Whole new beast. Modernize the fuck out of the inerds, but make the outside look [I]EXACTLY[/I] the same as the original towers.[/QUOTE] yeah that way at least pre 2001 movies set in future new york wont be wrong anymore

[QUOTE=beanhead;35788703]no love for 2 WTC (1 WTC is the one in the OP) [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/Tower22.jpg[/IMG] Its going to knock the Empire state building down one more step being the 2nd tallest building in the Western Hemisphere[/QUOTE] That tower is mind fucking. Like from the base to the top it makes no sense.

Beautiful building. Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes.

[QUOTE=winsanity;35789722]These days a skyscraper record doesn't last very long.[/QUOTE] The Burj Khalifas days are already numbered as a record holder. There are already multiple designs that are taller than it and even a project underway in Saudi Arabia that's due to be a kilometer high.

[QUOTE=supertribute;35790069]Freedom tower is a troll name to the terrorists like "You forgot one tower fgts".[/QUOTE] Thank you, America. We'll be sure to swing by real soon.

It's not called Freedom Tower you morons. That was just the temporary name it had during the early stages. It's officially One World Trade Center. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center[/URL] Also, I'm glad it looks nothing like the previous towers. They were in that monotone 70's style, and this tower's architecture will reflect changing times in the new era.

It would be kind of uneasy working in that building.

[QUOTE=DohEntertainmen;35786045]Beautiful and all, but is this building going to be used for well...trading? Is this just a monument?[/QUOTE] Of course it'll be actually in use. Where have you ever heard of a monument with floors, office space, and elevators?

My father worked on the site a bit back, apparently they have retina scanners for security, or at least had them there when he was.

[QUOTE=JustExtreme;35782743]Freedom tower? Horse shit jingoism. Freedom is continually being erased in the US and across other western "democracies" much with the original two towers being used as an excuse. Nice tower, retarded name.[/QUOTE] Hey uninformed Jackass, it's not named the Freedom Tower, it's the One World Trade Center. It's simply a nickname coined by the workers building it. Quit being such a fucking stuck-up asshole and get it together you hipster. Google is there for a reason. Also? I'm fucking fed up with people who think that this shit wasn't a big deal. Go to youtube and watch the videos of people fucking hitting the godammed GROUND because they jumped from the 50th+ story. There was so much torn up gore and blood from all the people that jumped off that hit awning and the streets they had to get specialized cleaners to pick it all up. Think about all of the fire fighters who went in their to try and save all of those people, only to see another plan smack right into where they were headed. I know I'm going to get a shit load of boxes, but you know what? When you watch someone from your country on live news jump out of a building that just had an 80 ton jet run into the side of it, and then watch a firefighter try to catch a jumper only to get killed by the speed of their falling body on LIVE NEWS. Then we'll talk. And yeah, it's a fucking nice tower.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;35791355]Hey uninformed Jackass, it's not named the Freedom Tower, it's the One World Trade Center. It's simply a nickname coined by the workers building it. Quit being such a fucking stuck-up asshole and get it together you hipster. Google is there for a reason. Also? I'm fucking fed up with people who think that this shit wasn't a big deal. Go to youtube and watch the videos of people fucking hitting the godammed GROUND because they jumped from the 50th+ story. There was so much torn up gore and blood from all the people that jumped off that hit awning and the streets they had to get specialized cleaners to pick it all up. Think about all of the fire fighters who went in their to try and save all of those people, only to see another plan smack right into where they were headed. I know I'm going to get a shit load of boxes, but you know what? When you watch someone from your country on live news jump out of a building that just had an 80 ton jet run into the side of it, and then watch a firefighter try to catch a jumper only to get killed by the speed of their falling body on LIVE NEWS. Then we'll talk. And yeah, it's a fucking nice tower.[/QUOTE] I dont think they needed a special cleaner to clean up the bodies and more the metric fuckton of building on top of it?

[QUOTE=beanhead;35791716]I dont think they needed a special cleaner to clean up the bodies and more the metric fuckton of building on top of it?[/QUOTE] Remains were ejected down the road from the jet crashing into it. Far enough that they were not covered by falling debris. If you're truly curious, talk to Codemonkey3.