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Nilda Whitsitt's blog ::A World Trade Center Progress Report






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As               we               approach               the               sixth               anniversary               of               the               9/11               terrorist               attacks,               we               begin               to               think               ahead---what               is               to               become               of               the               site               where               the               World               Trade               Center               stood?

Clearly,               the               future               is               already               here,               as               this               year's               commemorative               ceremony               will               have               to               largely               be               held               off               site               as               construction               crews               are               fast               at               work               rebuilding               on               the               ground               where               the               horrific               tragedy               that               took               place               six               years               ago               changed               thousands               of               lives               and               the               course               of               our               entire               nation.

Evaluating               the               Needs               of               the               Future
               Perhaps               one               of               the               most               difficult               tasks               in               rebuilding               the               World               Trade               Center               is               in               having               to               look               at               the               potential               the               site               holds               as               a               piece               of               New               York               real               estate---not               sacred               ground               upon               which               thousands               died.

Fortunately,               there               has               been               a               general               consensus               on               how               to               show               respect               to               the               sacredness               of               the               ground               without               having               to               sacrifice               the               rebuilding               of               office               space---avoid               rebuilding               on               the               footprint               of               the               twin               towers.

The               World               Trade               Center               site               encompassed               far               more               than               the               two               twin               skyscrapers               that               stood               proudly               above               the               skyline               for               some               thirty               years.

In               fact,               most               of               the               World               Trade               Center               complex               acreage               was               home               to               five               other               buildings               that,               with               the               twin               towers,               made               up               the               whole               of               the               World               Trade               Center               complex.
               To               keep               office               construction               off               the               actual               footprint               of               the               original               twin               towers               means               having               to               avoid               construction               on               just               two               acres               of               land---out               of               16               acres               that               made               up               the               entire               complex.

While               the               New               York               real               estate               market               has               seen               its               ups               and               downs,               there               is               clearly               a               need               to               replace               most               of               the               office               space               that               was               lost               in               the               terrorist               attacks.

In               fact,               approximately               10               million               square               feet               of               office/retail               space               was               destroyed               in               the               9/11attacks.

While               there               have               been               many               vacancies               in               Lower               Manhattan               over               the               past               few               years,               there               will               clearly               is               a               need               to               redevelop               the               office               space               for               future               positive               markets               and,               as               well,               to               help               symbolically               and               physically               rebuild               the               Lower               Manhattan's               economy.
               Office               Space               Will               Return
               Rebuilding               the               World               Trade               Center               has               already               seen               vast               steps               forward.

Perhaps               the               most               significant               of               all               rebuilding               projects               to               be               completed               thus               far               is               7               World               Trade               Center,               the               47-story               building               that               collapsed               late               in               the               afternoon               on               September               11,               2001               when               fires               in               the               tower               caused               its               collapse.

It               remains               the               tallest               steel               building               ever               to               collapse               solely               because               of               fire               (excepting               the               twin               towers               which,               before               collapsing,               had               already               suffered               substantial               structural               damage               because               of               two               hijacked               planes               which               were               plowed               into               the               buildings).

The               new               7               World               Trade               Center               offers               1.7               million               square               feet               and,               for               the               tie               being,               is               among               one               of               the               taller               buildings               that               in               all               of               Lower               Manhattan.
               200               Greenwich               (Tower               2)               will               add               2.4               million               square               feet               and               also               contribute               130,000               square               feet               of               retail               floor               space.

175               Greenwich               (Tower               3)               will               boast               2               million               square               feet.

150               Greenwich               is               going               to               add               1.8               million               square               feet.

Tower               5,               which               has               features               still               yet               to               be               announced,               is               going               to               be               built               on               the               site               now               occupied               by               the               remains               of               the               Deutsche               Bank,               the               Lower               Manhattan               skyscraper               that               was               heavily               damaged               during               the               9/11               attacks               and               the               location               at               which               a               major,               fatal               fire               recently               made               national               news               headlines.

Finally,               the               much               anticipated               Freedom               Tower               is               going               to               include               2.6               million               square               feet               of               office               space.

As               the               schedule               is               going               now,               the               new               World               Trade               Center               complex               should               be               completed               during               the               early               2010s.
               The               World               Trade               Center               Will               Again               Reach               for               the               Sky
               One               of               the               questions               asked               in               the               wake               of               9/11               was               if               the               rebuilt               World               Trade               Center               should               ever               rise               high               above               the               rest               of               the               New               York               skyline               again.

Fears               about               tall               buildings               included               concerns               over               attracting               terrorists'               interest               and               overall               safety               issues.

In               retrospect,               we               have               come               to               learn               that               the               world               still               loves               tall               buildings               and               there               will               always               be               nations               looking               to               hold               the               coveted               "tallest               building"               title.

It               looks               like               America               wants               to               hold               the               "tallest               building"               trophy               once               again.

Though               most               of               the               new               developments               at               the               World               Trade               Center               site               will               stand               well               above               many               of               their               neighboring               structures,               there               is               one               that               will               stand               out               in               particular---the               Freedom               Tower.
               The               Freedom               Tower               is               going               to               strikingly               restore               the               World               Trade               Center               to               its               skyline               prominence.

The               building               structure               itself               will               rise               to               a               height               of               1,368               feet---the               height               of               the               North               Tower               (Tower               1)               of               the               original               World               Trade               Center               complex;               above               that               will               be               an               antenna               that               will               top               out               at               1,776               feet---a               number               which               should               symbolically               resonate               with               most               anybody               who               knows               something               about               America,               life,               liberty,               and               the               pursuit               of               happiness.
               Remembering               The               Lost
               With               all               the               discussion               about               what               the               new               World               Trade               Center               is               going               to               add               to               commercial               square               footage               in               Lower               Manhattan,               it               is               time               to               consider               something               else               that               the               new               World               Trade               Center               complex               is               going               to               contribute               to               Lower               Manhattan---and               the               rest               of               the               world.

Directly               upon               the               footprint               of               the               original               twin               towers               will               reside               a               reflecting               pool,               one               for               each               of               the               two               towers               that               stood               at               the               site.

These               reflecting               pools               will               be               accompanied               by               a               memorial               building               as               well               as               a               "contemplation               room,"               in               which               the               remains               of               all               the               unidentified               victims               will               rest.

With               its               lush               landscape,               reflective               pools,               and               sacred               location,               the               World               Trade               Center               Memorial               will               be               certainly               prove               to               be               perhaps               among               the               most               beautiful,               and               certainly               most               moving,               locations               in               all               of               Manhattan---if               not               the               world.
               A               Continuation               of               the               Healing               Process
               As               we               have               come               to               learn,               the               9/11               attacks               have               left               in               this               world               a               wound               which               has               yet               to               fully               heal.

Six               years               seems               not               to               have               been               enough               time               for               many               of               us               to               escape               the               stinging               pain               we               feel               when               thinking               about               the               tragic               losses               suffered               that               September               day.

However,               it               is               with               the               greatest               hope               that,               while               individuals               may               go               a               lifetime               never               having               fully               recovered               from               the               events               of               9/11,               perhaps               the               World               Trade               Center               site               reconstruction               can               certainly               help               the               collective               soul               of               the               world               to               move               along               in               the               healing               that               continues.

While               there               have               been               so               many               differing               opinions               as               to               what               should---or               should               not---be               built               at               the               World               Trade               Center               site,               the               fact               remains               that               the               World               Trade               Center               site               plans               that               are               now               being               used               for               redevelopment               could               not               have               been               done               with               much---if               any---more               sensitivity,               practicality,               and               class.
               The               World               Trade               Center               will               once               again               rise               in               the               New               York               skyline               with               vibrato,               all               the               while               restoring               to               Lower               Manhattan               a               commercial               hub               that               has               been               sorely               missed.

Yet,               for               all               the               commercial               redevelopment,               the               sacred               ground               upon               which               the               twin               towers               stood               will               essentially               be               left               untouched,               save               for               a               remarkable               memorial               that               will               prove               to               be               a               fitting,               poignant,               and               lasting               tribute               to               the               thousands               of               souls               lost               on               that               blue,               cloudless               September               day.
               Resources:
               Great               Buildings               Online.

"World               Trade               Center."               4               September               2007.

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/World_Trade_Center.html
               World               Trade               Center.

4               September               2007.

http://www.wtc.com/index.aspx.




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