WTC’s Freedom Tower to rise higher than Empire State building today (1 Viewer)

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I think the Empire State building will be just fine. There is a nostalgia there that can't be matched just because 1 World Trade Center is a couple of floors higher.

The ESB was the tallest building in the world for 40 freaking years (yesterday was the 82nd anniversary of its dedication).

When the WTC went down in 2001 the ESB went back to being the tallest building in NYC.

Even after the Freedom Tower is complete the ESB will still be the 4th tallest building in the USA (Freedom tower, Willis, Trump International, ESB)

The Empire State Buliding is one bad-### octagenarian.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Still say both towers should have been rebuilt taller than they were, and long before the point we are at now (10+ years and running).

The Freedom Tower will be more than 400 feet higher than the originals. 1776>1350

See what they did there?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Tonight, the agency will light the new tower in a blue-and-white color scheme, in celebration of surpassing the Empire State Building’s 1,250 feet.Those colors, sources said, are supposed to mock the Empire State Building’s controversial 2010 decision not to light the building in honor of the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birth.

Seriously?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Tonight, the agency will light the new tower in a blue-and-white color scheme, in celebration of surpassing the Empire State Building’s 1,250 feet.Those colors, sources said, are supposed to mock the Empire State Building’s controversial 2010 decision not to light the building in honor of the 100th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s birth.

Seriously?

Yeah, wtf. This is like people getting pissed off about what Google does on their homepage.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

I think the Empire State building will be just fine. There is a nostalgia there that can't be matched just because 1 World Trade Center is a couple of floors higher.

The Empire State Buliding is one bad-### octagenarian.

You're not so bad yourself.

 

[kentric]

Tower going up today. Quite a sight.

The top "spire" part?

Yes. Looks about 7 stories tall and there appears to be some kind of directional lighting element in it. Darn thing looked like a rocket ship going up.

Have a jpg but can't seem to convert it at work.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I think the Empire State building will be just fine. There is a nostalgia there that can't be matched just because 1 World Trade Center is a couple of floors higher.

The Empire State Buliding is one bad-### octagenarian.

You're not so bad yourself.

Oh, good one!

 

[cstu]

http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/02/the-official-11-year-time-lapse-of-one-world-trade-center-will-take-your-breath-away-5226532/

 

[sho nuff]

http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/02/the-official-11-year-time-lapse-of-one-world-trade-center-will-take-your-breath-away-5226532/

Pretty cool...would be crazy to be one of those crane operators up top of that thing as the building and crane sway up that high.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/02/the-official-11-year-time-lapse-of-one-world-trade-center-will-take-your-breath-away-5226532/

Pretty cool...would be crazy to be one of those crane operators up top of that thing as the building and crane sway up that high.

I had a buddy who did exactly that. Made some nice dough doing it, 250-300k annually. You couldn't pay me enough.