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One World Trade Center Spire: Workers Begin To Hoist Spire Atop City's Tallest Building
The first section of a 408-foot spire is hoisted by crane to the top of One World Trade Center, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 in New York. The spire will be fully assembled in 2013 and the tower will top out at 1776 feet. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Workers lifted the first section of the 408-foot spire to the top of One World Trade Center Wednesday morning. When completed, the spire will bring One WTC to a staggering 1,776 feet tall, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. (Though some skyscraper purists disagree.)
— huffingtonpost.com
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It's an antenna, not a spire.
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If its structurally connected to the building, its a spire. I believe it's been engineered in such a way that the structure of the roof connects to the spire, so yea, it counts towards the overall building height, and furthermore, suck it chicago.
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