About time! Looks like they may finally be repairing the lower ring track that holds the rigs and such. Wonder how long it will take.
P.S. where are our Earthcams?! They have been down since last Thursday 
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All cams (except Memorial/Liberty Park view) have been down since May 3.
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Do you know what the east entrance will connect to? (observatory, Westfield mall, offices?) Thanks
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My guess is mall via basement Westfield observatory stairwell, indirect access to observatory via basement level Westfield entrance, and offices through standard turnstiles
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no need to be so cynical. They never complete anything ahead of time at the WTC so they probably mean to dismantle some of that loading dock soon and establish some sort of thin walkway to that entrance for the time being. The reason it exists at all is in case they get an anchor tenant for the upper section
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It’s a joke lol. Given how things usually take a lifetime to complete and open at the Trade Center. I’m pleasantly surprised this is even being done at this time. The entrance originally was intended for the restaurant when Windows II were in the plans. This is just another office entry. To my knowledge this won’t be accessible to the general public, just the West St. entrance is.
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is it just me or will the east side entrance get little to no amount of light in the morning when the performing arts center is built and complete to its full height? It closeness between the buildings would be like walking in between the North Tower & The Marriott hotel and how narrow of a space it was when going up that staircase from the street level to Austin J. Tobin plaza, what do you think?
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Hmm…the steel you see that’s one story above ground is as close as the PAC is going to be to 1 WTC, so there is a pretty decent space between the two. Also the PAC is angled facing towards 3/4 WTC rather than straight forward (as shown in the image below) so I’m thinking that will allow more sunlight to shine through. That’s my guess anyway. We’ll have to wait and see when it begins to take shape over the next year or so.
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I like when the buildings reflect off each other. I do think the positions and shapes are purposeful in achieving this quality. I think BIG’s 2WTC would actually do a good job of being a “mirror” and creating the illusion of twins at the right angle.
One is absorbing some of 3’s cross-bracing here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjTLI72lAeq/?taken-by=lacalledecerca
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They are doing some weird construction on the rings. There is something sticking out from the top and middle rings but I can’t make out what they are…:
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It almost definitely has something to do with the BMU
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I hope so! I’m tired of those ugly nostrils all around Tower 1. Time to fix this thing and put the windows back.