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Brenone
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Saw this flaoting around the internet today. As of Monday it will be the tallest building in NY. Its finally getting there after years of delays and bureaucracy between the state and city governments.

Apr 26 2012 3:54PM
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deleted5
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i was in nyc when the buildings went down and i am glad after all this time we built a bigger one suck it terrorists.
Apr 26 2012 3:57PM
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Spinoza
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Wow I had no idea about this, Super cool and looks really nice : : : : : : : : info: One World Trade Center, more simply known as 1 WTC, and previously known as the Freedom Tower, is the lead building of the new World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan of New York City. The 104-story supertall skyscraper is being constructed in the northwest corner of the 16-acre World Trade Center site, occupying the location where the original 8-story 6 World Trade Center once stood.
Apr 26 2012 3:58PM
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theBearJew
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Awesome. I have wanted to go see the memorial since they opened it. Add this building to the list of places to go.
Apr 26 2012 3:59PM
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Janky
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thats sick they gave the illusion of 2 towers it seems like. 999
Apr 26 2012 3:59PM
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maximiliaan
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wait are they building? i never heard that they were this far
Apr 26 2012 4:05PM
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Mike-O
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So what's with the mosque deal, did it die down or still happening?

I think the building actually looks much better in reality than in concepts, which is a great achievement.
Apr 26 2012 4:09PM
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WikiWiki
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its already huge- and the rest of the building are going to be massive this time as well

A big middle finger in the sky for terrorists

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Apr 26 2012 4:10PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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gotta say this is beautiful, even as a canadian this for me somehow signifies the reincarnation of the building, like a sort of final fuck you to the people responsible for the attacks. i disagree with so much of the way you americans reacted to the 9/11 attacks, but this is a very fresh change. good job.
Apr 26 2012 4:14PM
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.MintBerryCrunch
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so every day in New York is beautiful and sunny?
Apr 26 2012 4:15PM
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KEVTRON
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A big middle finger to terrorists? Or an even bigger target?
Apr 26 2012 4:17PM
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Brenone
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The guy who wanted to build the mosque, Sharif-El-Gamal, has no money. He is a real estate developer here in the city and has been having a tough time holding onto some of his buildings. The site (Park 51) being one of those sites. He has put out bids to raise equity to get it built but no one is stepping up. It will most likely end up being a general community center and not a Mosque.


And the building actually looks great in person. The whole WTC site is really something cool to see.
Apr 26 2012 4:17PM
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corona
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that seems to be the case with most buildings. it seems to take forever for the hole to get dug and all the foundation stuff to be put in place then soon as that's done the rest just springs right up.


It definitely has a good look
Apr 26 2012 4:24PM
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WikiWiki
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If we are to live in fear of an attack how can we progress as a society, limit ourselves to dreaming small- the responses for hijacking are different now, the cockpit locked, plus passengers arent going to sit idly when someone makes a move,


fuck terrorists- their goal is to scare and intimidate- by rebuilding bigger and stronger it shows pride and unwillingness to succumb


America
Apr 26 2012 4:25PM
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Brenone
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They can pour concrete at a rate of one floor a week. Approximately. So once they fixed the subway stations and poured the foundations it goes up pretty quick. After they pour the top floor it will only be a few more weeks until the glass curtain wall is fully installed.
Apr 26 2012 4:31PM
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corona
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plus the easiest way to do damage to NYC isn't to fly planes into it, it's to take a big freighter packed to the brim full of explosives and drive it straight into the city and BOOM. Think of Hiroshima, then think of how much more powerful explosive devices are today, then think of how many people are in NYC. That would be the most devastating single attack in the history of history.  And how many freighters enter NYC on a daily basis? It would be completely undetectable until it's too late.


But no one is a sick enough fuck to do that. And even if there is ONE person who would, who the hell would help them out.  I have enough faith in humanity.
Apr 26 2012 4:32PM
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blackmamba.
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titanic 2.0
Apr 26 2012 4:42PM
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theBearJew
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I honestly think this is the biggest difference in why United 93 was taken down. The passengers had gotten wind somehow of what was going on. They realized it was not just a hijacking and they did what needed to be done. Before 9/11 who the fuck thought people would steal a passenger aircraft and crash it into a building.
Apr 26 2012 4:49PM
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theBearJew
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I dont. As i said before, Who the fuck thought that people would fly planes into buildings?
Apr 26 2012 4:53PM
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562056961108
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Not much of a bigger FUCK YOU than a "we just built buildings taller than the ones you knocked down and, if you try to fly a plane into this one, the plane loses." The support structure for that thing (the core of the building) is world record setting. Google it...
Apr 26 2012 5:06PM
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shibby
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Crazy how fast it's going up. I was there last summer and it couldn't have been half as tall. Word!
Apr 26 2012 5:06PM
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corona
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heard of it, never seen/read it. I know it's Tom Clancy so probably has to do with Russians doing something similar?
Apr 26 2012 5:23PM
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-emile-
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they're was actually a threat about a nuclear bomb in the new york piers back in may when there was the end of the world, not too sure about the dates, something like the 24rth ?

I was in my hotel and there was a big commotion around this
Apr 26 2012 5:33PM
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Ruffles
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Uhm ok... How is someone going to fill an entire train with explosives?
Apr 26 2012 5:37PM
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Mike-O
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FREIGHTER... not a freight train.

Jesus Christ.
Apr 26 2012 5:38PM
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WikiWiki
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tower 2 will still be taller than the empire state building- and 4 of the towers will be over 1000 feet tall

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Apr 26 2012 5:40PM
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edai
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Somebody should hang a banned from tower to tower that says 'Merica.
thatd be pretty badass
Apr 26 2012 5:47PM
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562056961108
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Has been metaphorically done already... Tower 1 is 1776 feet tall.

America
Apr 26 2012 5:48PM
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theabortionator
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Redneck style rampant nationalism.

Yeah we gonna say fuck you and give middle fingers to them terrorizers.



Yea America...
Apr 26 2012 5:50PM
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Backyard.Skier
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that building is cool, that is all.
Apr 26 2012 5:54PM
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e.wait
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The only kind of nationalism good enough for 'merica.
Apr 26 2012 6:06PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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the term "radical extremist" sounds like something way cooler than a terrorist
Apr 26 2012 6:15PM
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Mattsaff
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I think that it should have been a giant middle finger pointing right at mecca
May 9 2012 7:27PM
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Shark.
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It still blows my mind that we can build shit like that.
May 9 2012 7:35PM
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El_Barto.
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right. so terrorists wouldnt kill more in an attack if possible? i think you got that backwards.

we showed the world. fuck with America and we will bomb you non stop and completely dismantle everything you know. somebody will be stupid enough to attack us again, and we are gonna come back stronger and fuck their shit up even harder.

good luck everybody else
May 9 2012 7:50PM
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fujarome
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yea you're right, i'm sure it's the first time they've ever encountered that problem in the history of building skyscrapers.



Pretty incredible how fast it goes up once they get the foundation and first few floors done. Then it's just a matter of stacking
May 9 2012 8:03PM
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