In my book, the building doesn’t look finished because they lowered the roof height, ripped off the x-bracing, and stripped the building of the spires. It was supposed to be 1240 ft tall, nearly the same height as the Empire State Building.
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The four spires would make a world of difference.
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Absolutely. How can the WTC be finished when there are so many unfinished parts? The most obvious is the hole in the ground where Two World Trade Center is supposed to rise to over 1300 ft.
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Unfortunately a lot of value engineering has taken place at the WTC site. In some ways its been underwhelming as a whole imo.
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The only parts of the WTC complex that look finished is the ground level with the memorial, the church and the PAC. The rest of it is just a symbol of a screwed up redevelopment.
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Don’t forget 4 WTC and 7 WTC that is also look finished 
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Delete.
I remember first seeing renderings for 4 WTC and 7 WTC and thinking they were just boxy placeholders until a future design was made and 3 was the only one with a design lol.
Am I the only one who thinks the 2006 design of 3 WTC had too much metal cladding? I do like the design, but I believe what we have now is better…but would be better with spires. I believe the large X braces were removed to give tenants views to look east and west with an open floor plan
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Overall I like the building but think it could of been better. It definitely needs it’s spires and I do think it’s too close in height to 4wtc. One thing I do like now vs what was originally designed is the base. I didn’t like the narrow glass look. Hard to find a good photo but it’s like what they were going to do with BIG’s 2wtc. I also like having the 6 big columns out front vs the 2 angled beams.
In terms of the cross bracing I was disappointed when they first got removed but I am happy with what we got. Only downside is the night lighting seem to get drowned out by the occupied office lights.
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The original design for 3 was always my least favorite tbh. I’m way happier with how it turned out since it complements the simpler glass buildings but has more intricate indentations with just the right amount of bracing to make it look refined and sleek. The original design was very obnoxious with it to the point where it looked like a grotesque iron reptile.
3WTC’s diamond cross-bracing had a nice visual tie into to the chamfered edges of the initial 1WTC base before it became a straight-lined bunker box. The cross-bracing was also a nice link to Foster’s 2WTC diamond top.
The spires on top of 3WTC were a good reference to the new 1WTC’s spire as well.
I think 1WTC’s value-engineering and 2WTC’s redesign made 3WTC look overly complicated— and forced it to be neutered as a result. Or rather, it provided the excuse to save money. The PR around it was it was redesigned to be more harmonious with its new surroundings. And to that effect, it does achieve that goal.
The cascading effect this has is that now I think Foster’s original 2WTC no longer fits the complex as a result. Seems like the end look is going to be banality.
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Great news! The website has been updated to show the current availability. That leaves only 6 full floors and 2 partial floors to be filled.
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Anyone know the percentage of leasing now?
It’s probably not the latest article with a percentage figure (which for some reason is difficult to locate for recent figures for leasing) but in Dec 2019 it was 75% leased.
If the leasing diagram on the website is up to date (which it seems to have already included the recent Freshfields lease), then the building should be around >90% leased, but there are a lot of differing numbers for how much RSF there is in the building because some list the GSF and RSF as being the same and throw in different numbers (some questionable) here and there.
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From NYGuy on ssp
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It’s insane to me how successful leasing has been in all four towers so far (7 WTC included) but yet they can’t find a big enough tenant to fully commit to taking 2 WTC after all these years. God I hope it happens soon already. I’d like to see it in my lifetime.
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