World Trade Center Site, New York City

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World Trade Center Site is the place in Downtown Manhattan, New York City, where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood. The World Trade Center towers is part of a vast complex comprising six office skyscrapers and one hotel. They were either totally destroyed or severely damaged where terrorists flew two aircrafts into them on that fateful morning on September 11, 2004. The site has since been known as Ground Zero.

Over the years, the buildings around the World Trade Center have once again been repaired and reoccupied. On the World Trade Center site itself, a new skyscraper called 1 World Trade Center, formerly nicknamed Freedom Tower is presently taking shape, and is expected to be completed by 2011.

1 World Trade Center will be 1,776 feet tall (541 meters). The height is symbolic of the year 1776, which was when the United States Declaration of Independence was signed. This makes the tower taller than the original Tower 1 and Tower 2 of the old World Trade Center. 1 World Trade Center will rise from a square base which is 200 feet by 200 feet. At the base will be a 60-foot high lobby. There will be observation decks and glass parapet at the 1362 feet and 1368 feet levels, marking the previous heights of the two towers. It will have a 408-foot antenna, or spire at the centre, to bring the height to 1776 feet. Construction began on 27 April, 2006, and if all goes according to plan, the construction will reach the rooftop by late 2011, with the mounting of the spire in 2012.

In addition to 1 World Trade Center, three more skyscrapers are being planned for the site, along with the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, which is also under construction.

How to reach the World Trade Center Site

Take the subway to the Cortlandt St Station (Trains R, W), Rector St Station (Train 1) or WTC Station (Train E). There's a viewing wall on Church Street.

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World Trade Center Site
World Trade Center Site
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