Chicago contending if One World Trade Center rises above Second City's Willis Tower on a technicality
With the imminent completion of 1 World Trade Center, the logical question arises: is it bigger than the Willis Tower in Chicago.
Comments (24)By Larry Mcshane / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, November 8, 2013, 5:52 PM
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One World Trade Center rises above the lower Manhattan skyline in New York. Twelve years after terrorists destroyed the old World Trade Center, the new World Trade Center is becoming a reality, with a museum commemorating the attacks and two office towers where thousands of people will work set to open within the next year.
The Second City — apparently tired of looking up at New York — could be conspiring to steal the title of the nation's tallest building.
A Chicago-based committee of 30 architects will decide whether the 1,776-foot 1 World Trade Center rises above all skyscrapers from coast to coast, or finishes second to the Willis Tower on a technicality.
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The issue for the non-profit Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is whether the 408-foot steel spire that sits atop the Lower Manhattan tower counts toward its height.
If not, the building would measure 1,368 feet — less than the 108-story, 1,450-foot Willis Tower in Chicago.
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Architects for 1 World Trade Center say the spire is not merely a broadcast antenna, but a part of the building’s overall aesthetic appeal.
Disappointment awaits one of the two cities, as either the new World Trade Center or the Windy City skyscraper will wind up as second-tallest. A decision is due next week.
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“Most of the time these decisions are not so controversial,” said council spokesman Daniel Safarik
A Chicago-based committee of 30 architects will decide whether the 1,776-foot 1 World Trade Center rises above all skyscrapers from coast to coast, or finishes second to the Willis Tower on a technicality.
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In 2009 the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was renamed Willis Tower after Willis Group, the global insurance broker.
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Shawn Inglima for New York Daily News
View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as the spire of 1 World Trade Center is lit as a test on Friday night. Architects say the spire is not just a broadcast antenna, but part of the building's overall aesthetic appeal.
Disappointment awaits one of the two cities, as either the new World Trade Center or the Windy City skyscraper will wind up as second-tallest. A decision is due next week.
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“Most of the time these decisions are not so controversial,” said council spokesman Daniel Safarik
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