well there are two spine girders that run from madison to park. each one is about 400’ long and i think they weight about 1200 tons each. probably more than that…
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Renderings renderings renderings!
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So are they using plywood for a foundation? What’s going on there?
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start of a protective deck.
there are trains under there.
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So are there foundation plans somewhere?
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foundations are almost done on the whole east side of the job
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Please tell me more. I’m not up to date on that aspect of the construction.
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Why can’t you see train tracks like when the old 270 Park Ave. towers were built?
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Here we go again photo collage time^^ ToDay^^
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In the next month or so the park ave side should be done and pretty soon we’ll see this tower going vertical 
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because the first floor slab is left intact. the photo you posted is a lower elevation…
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no vertical until next spring…
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Can somebody please explain the process they’ve gone through of doing the foundation work while simultaneously tearing down the old building? Did they use existing foundation, did they “secretly” make a new one, was David Copperfield involved?
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NEXT SPRING! Well, at least it’s not like the basement levels of the WTC PAC
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Last attempt: Anybody know how they did/are doing the foundation work as they just finished tearing down the old building?
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