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Re:A Soaring Emblem of New York, and Its Upside-Down Priorities by krschultz on Sunday November 30, 2014 @11:43AM (#8677202)
The spire is especially galling. How much money did it save? 0.5% of the total cost?
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Re:A Soaring Emblem of New York, and Its Upside-Down Priorities by g_mifo on Sunday November 30, 2014 @12:57PM (#8677449)
The spire is there so that the building is respectfully not taller than the old towers, but still can win the stupid "tallest building" guiness record. Typical play to vanity metrics.
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Re:A Soaring Emblem of New York, and Its Upside-Down Priorities by krschultz on Sunday November 30, 2014 @01:19PM (#8677528)
No I mean the fact that they neutered the spire. The original design called for a tapered spire. It ended up being built as simple antenna, seemingly with platforms every few stories. It looks unfinished. For a long time I was hoping it was simply unfinished. Turns out it was changed to save $20 million.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527023045439045773...

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Re:A Soaring Emblem of New York, and Its Upside-Down Priorities by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday November 30, 2014 @05:07PM (#8678313)
There was an engineering issue with wind loading on the clad version of the spire so they left it off.
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