WORLD TRADE CENTER
THE REBUILD
There has been talk for some
time about rebuilding at Ground Zero.
There were millions of square feet of office space erased
by the collapse of the towers...not to mention all the souls lost...
- April 2010 - Work is proceeding...freedom tower rises...eventually to 1776 feet.
- July - 2002 - Six proposed rebuild ideas were published in the media.
We believe that a rebuild is appropriate.
We believe, of course, that an appropriate
memorial should be an integral part of any rebuild.
We also believe that ANY memorial should include the original footprints
of the twin towers. - Fall - 2002 - The six designs were basically scrapped as
being not sensitive enough to victims and their loved ones. - November - 2002 - WTC Building #7
Proposed Design - November - 2002 - A 750-foot glass-and-steel office tower - with better fireproofing and wider stairs for quick evacuation - will be built on the site of one of the smaller buildings to collapse at the World Trade Center complex.
The plans represent the first major rebuilding project at the World Trade Center to be announced.
The 52-story building at 7 World Trade Center - across the street from the main trade center site - will be sleeker and five stories taller than its predecessor, which collapsed in a raging fire several hours after the twin 110-story towers were destroyed in the Sept. 11 attack.
"The fact that this building is going up now and going up here, right on the site of the old No. 7, says that we will not be intimidated by the terrorists," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
Architects are still laboring to create designs for the larger trade center site. Although those plans will not be made final until next year, developer Larry Silverstein and his architect, David Childs of Skidmore Owings & Merrill, said their design for 7 World Trade would serve as a model. The main site is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Silverstein is the leaseholder.
The new building, scheduled to open in late 2005, has been designed with stairs 20 percent wider than required by the city code, sturdier fireproofing than required, and an internal antenna system for improved communication by firefighters and police. Rescuers have complained of radio trouble on Sept. 11. The first 10 stories will be occupied by a Con Edison power company substation; other tenants have not been determined.
The original 7 World Trade Center housed a Con Ed substation, the mayor's Office of Emergency Management and other government and financial offices. It had been evacuated when it fell, and no one died there.
- July 4 - 2004 -
Freedom Tower
(center)
20-ton slab of concrete
NEW YORK (AP) - A 20-ton slab of granite, inscribed to honor "the enduring spirit of freedom," was laid Sunday at the World Trade Center site as the cornerstone of the skyscraper that will replace the destroyed towers.
The ceremony marked the start of construction on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, designed as a twisting glass and steel tower that evokes the Statue of Liberty, including a 276-foot spire resembling her torch.
Gov. George E. Pataki said he chose July 4 to begin rebuilding to show that the terrorists who attacked New York on Sept. 11, 2001, didn't destroy America's faith in freedom.
"How badly our enemies underestimated the resiliency of this city and the resolve of these United States," Pataki said. "In less than three years, we have more than just plans on paper _ we place here today the cornerstone, the foundation of a new tower."
The cornerstone put in place Sunday is garnet-flecked granite from the Adirondack Mountains. Garnet is the New York state gemstone.
It is inscribed: "To honor and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and as a tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom - July Fourth, 2004."
- January 2006 - Freedom Tower redesigned - New design features a 200-foot-high base that does not contain windows and is constructed of steel and concrete. Mechanical equipment will be housed in the base, which will also seat the building farther from the street.
It was felt that this would relieve security issues involving the potential for vehicle bombs getting near the building.
Construction is expected to start in 2006 and be completed in 2010
- As more things come in, we will share them,
and our thoughts about them, here.
Please stay tuned...
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