World Trade Center news updates and discussion.

[Ted]

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16219257 - Links to the story/video with US news reporter, Hannah Thomas-Peter.




New York City has a new tallest building - One World Trade Centre is now 1,271ft (387m) tall - just taller than the top of the Empire State building.

The huge construction, now 100 floors high, was built to replace the iconic twin towers that were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks.

The One World Trade Centre rises over the Manhattan skyline

In the coming months, the last four floors will be completed, making it the same height as the original One World Trade Centre north tower.
Next year the building will reach its full height.

Workers will add an antenna, which, if counted as part of the height of the tower, will make it the tallest in the US, and the third tallest in the world.
Vice Chairman of the Port Authority Scott Rechler said: "One World Trade Centre (WTC) is much more than an iconic symbol for New York ... it is a symbol of liberty and pride.

"It is perhaps the most complex construction job in our history ... it has been an act of passion and an act of patriotic duty.

He described the redevelopment of the entire Ground Zero site as a "game changer" for lower Manhattan.

Officials are building a transit hub and a performing arts centre alongside the numerous sky scrapers that are taking shape around the central memorial.


They hope that it will generate billions of dollars in economic activity for the city of New York.

One WTC, which will mainly be for commercial use, is due to open in early 2014.



I do plan on visiting New York hopefully sometime this year and witnessing the work done myself.

[Pandalink]

I like how they're making it even bigger this time. That's pretty much the correct response.

[EliteTerm]

I understand the need for to rebuild it, but to 'brag' about it is just wrong..

Who cares about tallest buildings in the world?

[Devin]

Who cares about tallest buildings in the world?

Wait for Dubai to respond with a taller building.

[ElMartu]

Who cares about tallest buildings in the world?

It'll be the third tallest worldwide

[[SE]Dr_Pepper27]

I like it.

[JDC]

"In your face, Bin Laden."

I don't have much love for U.S. politics, but I admire how the nation rose from a tragedy that split contemporary  history into two eras.

[SafetyMoose]

How the fuck are they even going to rent out office space in this thing D:

I for one would not be working in that thing, I could not live the sheer fact of what the building represents, let alone its a replacement for a terrorist target.

[Ted]

How the f**k are they even going to rent out office space in this thing D:

I for one would not be working in that thing, I could not live the sheer fact of what the building represents, let alone its a replacement for a terrorist target.

They'll cross that bridge when they come to it. Yes in all honesty a replacement is what this is but people should not continue to live in fear because of past events. If the worst does come to the worst in the future, then i hope the building is much more safer than the original buildings once were.

[CaptainCrazy]

Beautiful.

[Ted]

http://www.wtc.com/

http://www.wtc.com/media/images/wtc-renderings These renderings give a great idea as to what it will look like on completion.

[SugarD]

I like how they're making it even bigger this time. That's pretty much the correct response.

People won't be inhabiting it past a certain floor height to prevent a repeat of the past. The building was originally planned to be the tallest in the world as a symbol to show that the United States got back up on it's feet, and continues to stand tall against anyone who tries to hurt it. Everything in the higher floors will simply be filled with decorative plants and other little things that the general public wouldn't be packed within.

On the site, the holes where the original buildings once stood now contains a waterfall that flows down into where the center of the former buildings' basements were, and around the edge of the building outlines/waterfalls are the names of the emergency service personnel who were killed trying to rescue others on 9/11 around the country. It will serve as a memorial to those lost, and will also include an on-site museum dedicated to the day's horrible events, and those who brought up the courage to rush into the buildings, attack the fires, and even take down the plane which was allegedly heading towards the White House which passengers crash-landed to prevent more attacks.

http://www.wtc.com/uploads/images/712x534/18_45_Memorial-Pool--Names-Parapet.-Rendering-Squared-Design-Lab.jpg
Here's a good example of the memorial name plaques around the waterfalls.

[Aldo]

http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/index.html

[Mikal]

Ooooh Shiny! 
It's taken them a while though... It's to bad Bin Laden can't see it himself.

[JDC]

How the f**k are they even going to rent out office space in this thing D:

I for one would not be working in that thing, I could not live the sheer fact of what the building represents, let alone its a replacement for a terrorist target.

People won't be inhabiting it past a certain floor height to prevent a repeat of the past. The building was originally planned to be the tallest in the world as a symbol to show that the United States got back up on it's feet, and continues to stand tall against anyone who tries to hurt it. Everything in the higher floors will simply be filled with decorative plants and other little things that the general public wouldn't be packed within.

It will still be used for business. As with any business building, you cannot simply leave half of the entire building uninhabited for security reasons. It would be a waste of capital, and we all know how executives view their capital.

As such, I am betting they are finding some way to shoot down any plane that would dare come at this rendition of the WTC.