Posted on 11/13/2013 10:08:16 AM PST by Uncle Chip
One World Trade Center has officially been declared the tallest building in the U.S. at 1,776 feet today.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat made the decision on Tuesday after debates over whether One WTC's 408-foot spire could be considered part of the total height.
One World Trade Center had faced some stiff competition from the Willis Tower in Chicago - coincidentally the city where the committee is based.
Rising from the ashes of 9/11, the new World Trade Center tower has punched above the New York skyline to reach its powerfully symbolic height of 1,776 feet and become the tallest building in the country.
The committee of architects, recognized as the arbiters on world building heights, had met to decide whether the tower in the Big Apple or the Windy City was the loftiest.
One World Trade Center stands as a monument to those killed in the terrorist attacks and a ruling against the spire would have dimmed the significance of its height which symbolizes America's founding year of 1776.
Without the needle, the building measures 1,368 feet....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Normally I would say no to huts, but since we now have America's first mud-hut president, huts probably do count. Definite no on tents.
Then any cabin in Leadville Colorado is about four times higher.
That can’t possibly be even close to true. It cannot even be the tallest building in the US by that measure. The Willis Tower is under 1,730 ft tall to the top of the roof antenna, and officially 1,451 ft. The highest point in Chicago is 672 ft. above sea level. Thus, even if we go by the top of the antenna and assume that the Willis Tower is located at the highest point in Chicago, the top of the building is 2,402 ft. above sea level.
The lowest point in Denver, CO has an elevation of 5,130 ft. above sea level. Therefore, ANY building located in Denver must be higher above sea level than the Willis Tower, and it’s not really even close. A 1 story house in Denver, must have a roof at least 5,140 ft. above sea level, or 2,738 ft. higher than the top of the antenna on Willis Tower, more than double the elevation of the WT antenna.
"One" in the name represents only a numerical designation for the building, as there are other WTC buildings as well. I don't get the creepiness you feel.
I don’t really think it’s creepy, but it is likely that the numerical designations of the surviving WTC buildings will not be changed. Therefore, there will be a 1 WTC, and a 3 WTC, but no 2 WTC. Not necessarily creepy, but it is a reminder of what happened there on 9-11.
BTW,
You seem to know more about the WTC than I do. There was another building besides 1 WTC and 2 WTC (the twin towers) which did not survive the attacks on 9/11. Which one was that?
I seem to recall there was another WTC building that maybe had structural damage, and either came down, or was torn down. Perhaps a Bing search would reveal the answer?
I think it is interesting that this article did not include the ‘intelligent’ and ‘insightful’ comments made yesterday on this subject by the ‘honorable’ mayor of Chicago, Mr. Ramadan Emmanuel...
WTC 7 was the 46 story building destroyed on the site in the 9/11 attack. It burned for hours, then collapsed. I’m pretty sure nobody died in that building, as it was not hit directly and they had plenty of time to evacuate.
As far as I’m concerned the SEARS Tower is still the tallest building in the country. I will never use the new name nor care about the decoration on top of 1 WTC.
I still say they should have rebuilt the towers to look the same, maybe with a missile battery on top, instead of building that mirrored thing.
“One World” Trade Center
They might have well have called Muhammad & Allah Trade Center
That may be so but the One World Trade Center is clearly the tallest Minaret in the world.
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