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What a beauty! I remember when I joined this forum 10 years ago (!!!) how Larry Silverstein was sometimes called 'Low-Rent Larry', but man, after 4 and 7 WTC and now this, I think we have a lot to...

Looking great along with 4 WTC, just need either 2 or 3 (I know 3 comes first) built to visually connect them on the skyline.

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda, it's still a beautiful and welcome addition to NY.

You can see that it was designed with the rest of the scrapped radom in mind and would have matched it. Looks weird because of it.

While it won't be discern-able from the ground I like how the beacon incorporates the tapered triangular elements of the tower. Nice attention to detail.

I want to know how the members of those mosques felt when Durst removed the white covering of their minarets to cut costs.

There should be a mechanism in place to prevent name changes to iconic buildings. I respect property rights and think this can be done in a manor similar to landmarking. It can be part of the zoning...

Reminds me of a question asked by a much-derided former poster on here about a missing window a year or two ago: 'Maybe they forgot'. I still laugh thinking about that post.

I don't usually fall in love with out of the box contemporary architecture, but I cannot stop looking at this building when I see a photograph of it. It has the same effect on me in person. Those...

I'm not too sure about that off-centered spire atop Goldman Sachs either.

I think Hudson Yards is in many ways the WTC without the historical and security baggage. If you went back to the 2003 design competitions and plopped it in among them, it would have fit in as a...

I used to work for the National Park Service as a tour guide at Civil War Battlefields. Anyone who has visited one probably remembers the interpretive signs, many with photographs showing the...

Wasn't Conde Naste trying to get an exhaust vent installed for their cafeteria? Could this be it?

Wow, thank-you Lofter.

Just out of curiosity, can anyone familiar with the personal property taxes in Manhattan estimate the real estate taxes a typical owner in this building would pay annually?

Very nice. Again though, I can't help thinking this is the WTC without the need for the memorial, museum, and security.

This will certainly block views of the ESB from the NJ Tpk. I love it though and think it is an exciting development for NY. Given the height and density, as well as the building placements this...

I wonder if any special securing of the cranes is required due to the impending storm.

That IS the base. Durst decided it has looked like that for so long people are accustomed to it. Plus they save a ton of money.

Yeah, 'why the rush'? I've been following the rebuilding of the WTC since 9/12/01 and joined Wired NY in DEC 2003 I think per my profile to continue to do so. If they top out this building I may...

The base is looking rather squared in the photo above. Is that the beginning of the installation of the redesigned base?

and so be it. As much as I want to see a true 1,800 footer go up in NY, aesthetically I think that is too big of a jump for the skyline. I like how the skyline has risen incrementally over the past...

It will look like an imposing wall once the gaps between 1 and 4 are filled with towers 2 + 3 :)

The building that tried to please all (Height, safety, symbolism, cost, etc) will end up pleasing none. Silverstein knew what he was doing when he passed on control of this building. Hope rides on...

Ironically, when the rebuilding process began Larry Silverstein was derided as 'Low-Rent Larry'. Although what he does with WTC 2 + 3 remain to be seen, what he has built with WTC's 4 + 7 seem to...