Posted on 05/10/2013 7:22:06 AM PDT by JoeProBono
NEW YORK The silver spire topping New York City's One World Trade Center has been fully installed on the building's roof.
It brings the iconic structure to its full, symbolic height of 1,776 feet. The addition makes the structure the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the spire's installation was completed Friday morning. Construction workers applauded the milestone.
Pieces of the spire (which weighs 758 tons) were transported to the roof of the building last week, but weather delayed its installation.
The building's height is symbolic of the year 1776, when the U.S. declared its independence.
Good question
Dunno, to me it resembles the steeple of a nearby Lutheran church.
Watch out for pilgrims from Minnesota.
My thoughts too.
It’s looking more and more like a twisted Islamic minaret.
Gee, and all this time I thought they were just going to temporarily install it so that it’d blow off in a stiff breeze. /sarc off
They need to install surface to air missiles on it.
'reflecting pools' placed at ground zero
which resemble a
reflection of the kabbah in Mecca
symbolically quenching it's blood-thirst w/reflections of neighboring towers while swallowing pools of tears from infidels mourning the names of their dead engraved on the perimeter of each pool .
Revolting.
Yeah, they must be building around the hoisted structure as the drawings look entirely different.
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