DETAILS:
- Construction would begin next year and be completed in 2010.
- Estimated $1.5 billion cost
- Nation's tallest building (326 feet taller than Sears Tower)
- Height: 1,368 feet without antenna; 1,776 with antenna; 82 floors
- Office space: 2.6 million square feet over 69 floors
- Other floors: Include observation decks, restaurants, Manhattan Television Alliance facilities and mechanical floors
- Footprint: 200 feet by 200 feet (same size as each original World Trade Building)
- The building's base will be constructed of blast-resistant concrete walls, and those walls will be sheathed in stainless steel or titanium.
- Chemical and biological filters will be installed in the airsupply system.
- All safety systems (stairs, elevators, sprinklers) will be enclosed in a 3-foot-thick concrete core wall.
- A staircase dedicated for firefighters' use will be built.
And here are some pictures:
1 comment:
Enclosing the base seems a bit over the top. Can you imagine how much stainless or titanium that would be? The base area alone is 40,000 sq. ft.!!!! And then how thick is it going to be? That doesn't sound practical to me. It'll be hell to work with, I'm sure.
I can't wait to see footage of this thing being built. Getting steel up 1400 ft. won't be easy.
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