https://www.ipernity.com/tag/285927/keyword/4884710 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/E7/5C/285927.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/285927/keyword/4884710 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 03:40:13 +0000 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 03:40:13 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/285927/43732160 tag:ipernity.com,2016-11-12,doc-43732160 Sat, 12 Nov 2016 15:21:56 +0000 2016-11-11T10:21:56-05:00 nobody@ipernity.com (William Sutherland) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/285927">William Sutherland</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/285927/43732160"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/60/43732160.69124b0a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="193" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b><u>Note 1:</u></b> With One World Observatory opening on May 29, 2015, the Freedom Tower at 1776 feet tall with 104 floors is the tallest building in the western hemisphere. It replaced the Twin Towers that were destroyed in a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Construction began April 27, 2006.<br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%2009182010%20Collage%202_peforupload.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Under Construction, September 18, 2010</b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%20Collage_pe.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Under Construction</b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%20Collage%2010062012_peforupload.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Under Construction, October 6, 2012</b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%2012202013%20Collage%202_peforupload.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Under Construction, December 20, 2013</b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/0000ViewsfromtheTop_peforupload.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Views from <i>One World Observatory</i></b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/0000AutumnColors_pealt.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Autumn Colors</b><br /> <br /> <u><b>Note 2:</b></u> For those who know about the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry in baseball, the Freedom Tower was not exempt. Unlike 2008 when a rogue construction worker buried a Boston Red Sox (David Ortiz) jersey under concrete in the new Yankee Stadium when it was being built that required 2 1/2 feet of concrete to be broken so the jersey could be removed, someone scrawled on one of Freedom Tower's beams "Yankees 1." Even thought the Mets also play here in NY, the Yankees will always be New York's team and apparently enshrined in Freedom Tower. I did not notice this until today when I was going through my photos, otherwise I would have taken a separate shot of this beam. Still for trivia and folklore, I've included the photo I did take on September 18, 2010 of the east side of Freedom Tower in its early construction phase:<br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%20Collage%2009182010_pe.jpg" /></a></div> Freedom Tower <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/285927">William Sutherland</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/285927/43732160"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/60/43732160.69124b0a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="193" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b><u>Note 1:</u></b> With One World Observatory opening on May 29, 2015, the Freedom Tower at 1776 feet tall with 104 floors is the tallest building in the western hemisphere. It replaced the Twin Towers that were destroyed in a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Construction began April 27, 2006.<br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%2009182010%20Collage%202_peforupload.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Under Construction, September 18, 2010</b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%20Collage_pe.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Under Construction</b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%20Collage%2010062012_peforupload.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Under Construction, October 6, 2012</b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%2012202013%20Collage%202_peforupload.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Under Construction, December 20, 2013</b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/0000ViewsfromtheTop_peforupload.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Views from <i>One World Observatory</i></b><br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/0000AutumnColors_pealt.jpg" /></a><br /> <b>Autumn Colors</b><br /> <br /> <u><b>Note 2:</b></u> For those who know about the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry in baseball, the Freedom Tower was not exempt. Unlike 2008 when a rogue construction worker buried a Boston Red Sox (David Ortiz) jersey under concrete in the new Yankee Stadium when it was being built that required 2 1/2 feet of concrete to be broken so the jersey could be removed, someone scrawled on one of Freedom Tower's beams "Yankees 1." Even thought the Mets also play here in NY, the Yankees will always be New York's team and apparently enshrined in Freedom Tower. I did not notice this until today when I was going through my photos, otherwise I would have taken a separate shot of this beam. Still for trivia and folklore, I've included the photo I did take on September 18, 2010 of the east side of Freedom Tower in its early construction phase:<br /> <br /> <a><img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d139/mockba1_1999/Freedom%20Tower%20Collage%2009182010_pe.jpg" /></a></div> William Sutherland