frankp78

Thanks for the invite but I'm in nyc! I look forward to visiting the big plum on Christmas.

Does anyone know it the core has passed the 400' mark yet? It's gotta be close...

I wonder what they're doing with the core and why they're removing the formwork with 20 floors to go. Maybe it narrows on the upper floors.. (edit- tried deleting after seeing the small print on the above bic)

I say replace the facade and cover it w glass, like the federal building (because we need the +400'). No doubt it's ugly though. Has the core jumped to 16? The steel looks like it's running up fast!

Looks like they're setting up a hoist (external elevator) too. Thanks everyone for the photo updates!

NYC people are kinda dumb with geography. They think Ohio borders Idaho or something. They seem insulted when you tell them the states are only 39 miles apart.

What happened to the crane? Are they switching something out with a helicopter? They're really moving now, the core is approaching the mid portion (floors 10-20). Nice work!

I wonder if the core is at the 100' mark yet (it looks like floors 1-5 are higher than typical office floors).

Looks like the jumping concrete formwork is in place and it's really going to start to rise now.

I wonder if they're setting up the formwork of the core for typical floors and how fast it will jump. I saw somewhere that the average is 3-5 days a floor...

Is this straight crane only used for the base portion and different crane will rise with the tower? I ask because I thought these types had height limits of 500' or so