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Location Information:
The
World Trade Center site (ZIP code:
10048), also known as "Ground Zero"
after the September 11 attacks, sits
on 16 acres (65,000 m2) in Lower
Manhattan in New York City. The
World Trade Center complex stood on
the site until it was destroyed in
the attacks; Studio Daniel Libeskind,
the Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey, Silverstein Properties,
and the Lower Manhattan Development
Corporation oversee the
reconstruction of the site. The site
is bounded by Vesey Street to the
north, the West Side Highway to the
west, Liberty Street to the south,
and Church Street to the east. The
Port Authority owns the site's land
(except for 7 World Trade Center).
Developer Larry Silverstein holds
the lease to retail and office space
in four of the site's buildings.
Soon
after the September 11 attacks,
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Governor George
Pataki, and President George W. Bush
vowed to rebuild the World Trade
Center site. On the day of the
attacks, Giuliani proclaimed, "We
will rebuild. We're going to come
out of this stronger than before,
politically stronger, economically
stronger. The skyline will be made
whole again." During a visit to the
site on September 14, 2001, Bush
spoke to a crowd of cleanup workers
through a bullhorn. An individual in
the crowd shouted, "I can't hear
you," to which Bush replied, "I can
hear you. The rest of the world
hears you. And the people who
knocked these buildings down will
hear all of us soon."
In a
later address before Congress, the
president declared, "As a symbol of
America's resolve, my administration
will work with Congress, and these
two leaders, to show the world that
we will rebuild New York City." The
immediate response from World Trade
Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein
was that "it would be the tragedy of
tragedies not to rebuild this part
of New York. It would give the
terrorists the victory they seek"
One
World Trade Center, also known by
its nickname and former name Freedom
Tower, is the main building of the
new World Trade Center under
construction, expected to be
completed in , in Lower
Manhattan in New York City, USA. The
tower will be located in the
northwest corner of the 16-acre
(65,000 m²) World Trade Center site
bounded by Vesey, West, Washington
and Fulton streets.
Construction on below-ground utility
relocations, footings, and
foundations for the 1,776 feet
(541.32 m) building began on April
27, 2006.[9] On December 19, 2006,
the first steel columns were
installed in the building's
foundation. On March 30, 2009, the
Port Authority said that the
building will be known as 'One World
Trade Center,' replacing its former
name 'Freedom Tower.' When
completed, One World Trade Center
will be among the tallest buildings
in the world and the tallest in the
United States
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