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New Trade Center tower design unveiled (Read 195 times)

Dec 19^th, 2003 at 3:45pm

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Well, after two years of waiting, now we know.

"The Freedom Tower"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3757111/

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Reply #1 - Dec 19^th, 2003 at 4:21pm

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with a wind turbine on top just to tease the enviromentalists.

1776 ft is a BIG tower

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Reply #2 - Dec 19^th, 2003 at 4:41pm

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Ya, just read it before coming here. And over 10 years.
It's going to be a BIG project. They'll propbably add lots of new safety features too. Already have the seperate staircase. What was the "Blast Glaze" thing they were talking about, what would it do?

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Reply #3 - Dec 19^th, 2003 at 4:51pm

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Very interesting Wink

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Reply #4 - Dec 19^th, 2003 at 5:33pm

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My thought is that it would keep the glass from melting in an explosion, causing a hazard. Remember, they want to keep this as fireproof as possible, seeing as they twin towers' downfall was that they melted from the inside out.

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Reply #5 - Dec 19^th, 2003 at 5:54pm

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looks fantastic ! Cheesy

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Reply #6 - Dec 19^th, 2003 at 5:58pm

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Very impressive looking building.
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Ya, just read it before coming here. And over 10 years.
It's going to be a BIG project. They'll propbably add lots of new safety features too. Already have the seperate staircase.

From what it says in the article it's more like 5 years at the most.

A cornerstone would be laid on the "Freedom Tower" by Sept. 11, 2004, and it would be finished by the end of 2008 or the beginning of 2009

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What was the "Blast Glaze" thing they were talking about, what would it do?

I think the description "blast-resistant glaze" suggests that it's explosion-resistant & shatter-proof to some extent.

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