Hi-res pics of the new freedom tower

[iwearnosox]

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Since I know you're all photo-whores at heart. 😀

 

[thirtythree]

here

edit: good job 😉

 

[prontospyder]

looks nice!

 

[DaWhim]

w00t!
thx, my new wallpaper!!!!!!!

 

[agnitrate]

Why is the top of it hollow like that?

I think it could have been a lot prettier 🙁

-silver

 

[Ionizer86]

#4 looks the nicest 😉 Oh yea, and nice wallpaper (after manual resizing 🙂)

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: agnitrate
Why is the top of it hollow like that?

I think it could have been a lot prettier 🙁

-silver

It keeps it light. It's mounted on two small feet that can dodge planes as needed, I think. The pilot sits on the top lookout.

 

[agnitrate]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: agnitrate
Why is the top of it hollow like that?

I think it could have been a lot prettier 🙁

-silver

It keeps it light. It's mounted on two small feet that can dodge planes as needed, I think. The pilot sits on the top lookout.

wait lol are you serious?

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: agnitrate

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: agnitrate
Why is the top of it hollow like that?

I think it could have been a lot prettier 🙁

-silver

It keeps it light. It's mounted on two small feet that can dodge planes as needed, I think. The pilot sits on the top lookout.

wait lol are you serious?

Completely. 😉

 

[Rudee]

That should make a nice target for the terrorists. Why the heck did they have to make is so tall? They're just inviting trouble

 

[agnitrate]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: agnitrate

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: agnitrate
Why is the top of it hollow like that?

I think it could have been a lot prettier 🙁

-silver

It keeps it light. It's mounted on two small feet that can dodge planes as needed, I think. The pilot sits on the top lookout.

wait lol are you serious?

Completely. 😉

Awesome.

I just don't get why they had to go and make it ugly. It looks like a third of the damn tower is made out of K'Nex or something. Whatever though.

-silver

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Sears Tower is and still will be the biggest if that thing is built.

 

[new2AMD]

its a mimic of the statue of liberty. honestly

 

[beyonddc]

awsome 🙂

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
Sears Tower is and still will be the biggest if that thing is built.

what do you base this statement on??

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001338.html shows sears tower to stand at 1450 ft. the link to the freedom tower says it will be 1776 feet (that was intentional right?).

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
Sears Tower is and still will be the biggest if that thing is built.

what do you base this statement on??

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001338.html shows sears tower to stand at 1450 ft. the link to the freedom tower says it will be 1776 feet (that was intentional right?).

It's in the other tower thread, 4 different ways a building's height is determined. Since much of this one is antenna and spire it doesn't count..

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
Sears Tower is and still will be the biggest if that thing is built.

what do you base this statement on??

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001338.html shows sears tower to stand at 1450 ft. the link to the freedom tower says it will be 1776 feet (that was intentional right?).

I'm impressed by the designers' capability to add a big piece of glass or whatever to artificially increase the height of the building.

 

[Electrode]

Something tells me that New Yorkers are going to think of that thing the way Parisians thing of the Eiffel Tower...

(hint: they don't like it)

 

[Walleye]

i wonder how many proposals they saw featured a 200 foot penis sticking into the air?

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Chicago became home to the world's tallest building in 1973 when the Sears Tower was topped off. The Sears Tower remained the tallest building in the world until February 13, 1996. The Sears Tower continues to be the tallest building in North America.
On July 10, 1997, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat met in Chicago to announce new standards with four categories for measuring tall buildings. These categories are:


1. Height to the structural or architectural top.
2. Height to the highest occupied floor.
3. Height to the top of the roof.
4. Height to the top of antenna.

The Sears Tower leads in the second and third categories. The height to the top of the roof is 1,450 feet and the height to the highest occupied floor is 1,431. The twin Petronas Towers in Malaysia win the first category with its 111-foot decorative spires.

Sitting on two city blocks and rising one quarter mile (1,454 feet) above the ground, the Tower's 110 stories comprise some 4.5 million gross square feet of office and commercial space. It was designed by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and was constructed in a little less than two and half years.

 

[prontospyder]

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
Chicago became home to the world's tallest building in 1973 when the Sears Tower was topped off. The Sears Tower remained the tallest building in the world until February 13, 1996. The Sears Tower continues to be the tallest building in North America.
On July 10, 1997, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat met in Chicago to announce new standards with four categories for measuring tall buildings. These categories are:


1. Height to the structural or architectural top.
2. Height to the highest occupied floor.
3. Height to the top of the roof.
4. Height to the top of antenna.

The Sears Tower leads in the second and third categories. The height to the top of the roof is 1,450 feet and the height to the highest occupied floor is 1,431. The twin Petronas Towers in Malaysia win the first category with its 111-foot decorative spires.

Sitting on two city blocks and rising one quarter mile (1,454 feet) above the ground, the Tower's 110 stories comprise some 4.5 million gross square feet of office and commercial space. It was designed by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, and was constructed in a little less than two and half years.

The Petronas Towers in Malaysia are no longer the world's tallest buildings. Taipei 101 towers 184 feet above it.
The height to the top of the roof for Taipei 101 is 1470 feet.
The height of the highest occupied floor for Taipei 101 is 1437 feet.
The Sears Tower still holds the title for height to top of antenna though. 1730 feet vs 1667 feet. 🙂

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