One World Trade Center Elevator Ride Timelapse : rise of New York skyline from 1500s till now! br Sky pods show rise of New York skyline from 1500s till now on time-lapse rocket ride to trade center's top. br An imposingly realistic vision of 2 World Trade Center, the ultimately doomed south tower, will begin appearing next month in a most unlikely place: the five special elevators servicing the observatory atop the new 1 World Trade Center. br br From the moment the doors close until they reopen 47 seconds later on the 102nd floor, a seemingly three-dimensional time-lapse panorama will unfold on three walls of the elevator cabs, as if one were witnessing 515 years of history unfolding at the tip of Manhattan Island.