WTC1 Beacon in Place
Friday, May 10th, 2013
I should have known that they would lift it on this sunny morning, but I missed the hoist.
WTC1 4 30 13
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
I’ve been keeping my eye on the top of WTC1 from my East Village window. The top of the spire is supposed to be hoisted up soon. I haven’t noticed this happening yet, but I haven’t been that vigilant. I did notice about an hour ago that the crane on the left was leaning out and had its cable all the way down. I thought the hoisting might happen soon, but now as you can see, the crane is upright and the cable is retracted. The wind right now are from the south at 5 MPH. Do they need dead calm to do the job?
WTC1 Not Yet Topped
Monday, April 29th, 2013
WTC1 shot from the East Village. Hoisting up the top pieces of the spire was scheduled for today, but the weather prevents.
An uncredited photo on Imgur of the top of the spire.
Mayor Mike announces New Recycling Policy
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
I was passing through City Hall Park this afternoon and came upon Mayor Bloomberg making an announcement that NYC now recycles hard plastic.
Woolworth Building at 100
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
It’s the 100th Anniversary of the Woolworth Building. I love the carved faces decorating the outside of the building.
A view from an East Village roof. WTC 4 is in the background.
Top of WTC1
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Shot from Fulton Street the tip of the spire.
Sunrise in the City
Monday, March 4th, 2013
Looking east.
Looking southwest.
WTC1 Spire Grows
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Obscured by the surrounding cranes the spire has grown unnoticed by me.
Look to the Skies
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Early morning looking east on East Houston Street. We’ve been having interesting skies the past few days in NYC.
A view on East 10th Street near the St. Mark’s Church of the new glass and steel going up on Astor Place.
Moon-set and sunrise. WTC1 is in the background.
WTC1 at Sunset
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
At first I was fairly sure I could see the steel lattice that is the first part of tower, but it was hard viewing it through the construction lattice.
In this photo from a month ago you can see the base of the tower on the scaffold.
Now it is not visible at all from my tenement roof. I think I can make out the round holes in the scaffold erected to assemble the tower elements. So when the tower reaches high enough I should be able to see it below the holes. I need to check more often to see if I can capture the cranes in action, transporting sections of the tower.
