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Originally posted by MrPheer
Thats so it can be the tallest building in the world, reaching 1776 feet...
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Any idiot can put up a huge tower...a tower and a building in my mind anyways are two very different things. A building has usable space that people regularily use; easily to accessible to the public.
The new WTC will only have usable space upto about the 72th floor. The sears tower has usable space well above floor 100...I believe including the top floor 110! No other building in the world even comes close.
In regards to height, the Toronto spire has every other structure beat in regards to the highest observation deck. And the total height of the Toronto spire may be close to 1776 feet already - I wouldn't be surprised if they added a longer spire to beat the new WFC.
In my view, the new WTC is going to be OK, but certainly not anything exceptional...the real excitement right now in skyscraper construction is in Asia...and I wouldn't be surprised if in the near future a building there exceeds 2000 feet and the 110 mostly usable floors of the Sears tower.
Ron