Article on post-9/11 skyscraper construction plans

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document At 1 66 feet, sip tot tower in Taiwan is the world’s tallest building,” Despite 9/11 Fears, the Desire. For Tallest Building. Persists 4 Continued From First Arts Page ings & Merrill, the architect who de- ‘signed the Freedom Tower, said-he . was not at all troubled by the notion | that ite height would be eclipsed by “that of Mr. Calatrava’s. building. “More power to him,” he said, Mr. Childs pointed out that under. ctitrent Federal Aviation Adminis- posed 2,000-foot tower is as tall-as “any building is allowed to be. And the “higher, given the patriotic symbol- ism of 1,776 feet mandated by Daniel ‘Libeskind’s master plan. Mr. Childs designed the roof and rooftop para- pet to match the height of the two original World Trade Center. build- ings (1,362 feet and 1,368 feet); the antenna completes the distance to ; the top.. ~~ But the developer behind. Burj Tower, Balfour Beatty, has made _ Clear his intention to set ~ and keep ) -- the record for the world’s tallest ‘ “If anyone comes close,” a Ms. Willis said, “they'll build a taller Le _ That, of course, raises that.peren- “nial question in the skyscraper | world: Does the spire count? Isn’t it | kind of cheating? The Council on Tall Buildings, which certifies the tallest structures, “has determined that the spire counts if it is “integral to the architecture of _ the building,” Mr. Klemencic said. “If you take off the top of the ‘Chrysler Building, it doesn’t look like the Chrysler Building anymore,” he | explained. “But if you take the anten- ‘looks like the Hancock Tower.” The Freedom Tower's spire is ex- | pected to set off some squabbling. “I'm sure there will be heated. de-— “tration rules, Mr. Calatrava’s pro- Freedom Tower was not meant to be ~ which yielded the title to the World: nas off the Hancock Tower, it still building, not to mention the view...’ PEEBEALES: "Business Wire! bate,” Mr. Klemencic said. 4 The: 2,000-foot-high Calatrava. building in Chicago, tobe built by the; developer Christopher T. Carley,’ would be 1,458 feet without its spire: = only eight feet taller than the: Sears Tower. Architecture buffs revel in: the lore! o of such competition, recalling how) — the Chrysler Building beat out the’ . Bank of Manhattan. tower in 1929. with the last-minute hoisting of a se-" cretly planned stainless steel top. In" ‘1931, of course, the Chrysler was* bested by the Empire State Building,’ Trade Center four decades later. | While the Calatrava building may® . be major news. for the country, ex perts say itis old hat for much of the. . rest of the world, particularly Asia. : Hong Kong, with its notorious pop-- , ulation density, has more skyscrap-" ers than New York, Ms. Willis said, | and its residential buildings typically) reach 60 stories these days... if ; - Along Shanghai's jostling skyline,’ : plans, are under way for-an 1,614-foot. 1 tower, China’s tallest, as part of the’ . Shanghai World Financial Center. « “They're not afraid of height at all,”” ; Ms. Willis said of developers in Asia. “There is no anxiety, They both need! the space and want the attention.” Some New Yorkers no doubt re- main deeply wary of living. or work-) ing in skyscrapers in the aftermath’ 4 of 9/11. More than any other building, . . the Freedom Tower is a natural lo-,- cus for fears of.a violent recurrence. | * : But architectural | experts say that’ in general, plenty of people and insti-: Ape Bo og tutions will succumb to the spell of; | an architecturally prominent tall: | “All you need is the right number of « people with sufficient money,” Ms." : Willis said. 2 “NYC-WTC_000143477