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Photographs of the future National September 11 Memorial & Museum, taken in 2008 and 2009, from the Port Authority
Tomorrow is the eighth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. And, the Port Authority tells us, there has been "major progress" at the site of the future National September 11 Memorial & Museum—apparently relatives of victims will be able to walk on the street-level plaza for the first time. Other stats: About 80% of the Memorial's steel (equivalent of 6,500 tons) has been installed, 20% of the concrete has been poured, and the Last Column was installed.
The Architect's Newspaper also has some new renderings of the museum: "Designed by Davis Brody Bond Aedas, the museum creates a dramatic procession from the memorial plaza and the Snohetta-designed pavilion down to bedrock, where two main exhibition halls will be located on the footprints of the original Twin Towers." A suspended walkway will take visitors seven floor below ground, and they will be able to see the slurry wall:
At a point halfway between the tower volumes, the ribbon turns to align with the "Survivor's Stair," the original World Trade Center egress that survived the towers collapse and has been reinstalled as a connection those escaping the destruction of September 11 and those returning to bear witness to it. Finally, visitors will reach bedrock 71 feet below the memorial plaza. There they will find remnants of the original tower, such as the original column bases and concrete footings, another marker joining the past and the present.
However, else at Ground Zero, Larry Silverstein said that development for the other towers is at a standstill (nothing new there), telling NY1 he still hasn't received control of the site, "The effort to work together has really vanished if you will. Unfortunately we're not working together today and the board has simply made it clear that it wants to do things its way and if it doesn't get it done its way, then it's not going to allow us to proceed."
The Port Authority, in return, said, "The simple fact remains that the public shouldn't be asked to take on risk that the private developer won't take on himself. If we took on that risk, we would be choosing private speculative office space over public transportation projects." Sigh.
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8 years and it's still a hole in the ground. Number one reason to vote for someone other than King Bloomberg in November.
Look I despise Bloompolean more than most Ny'ers but we have to give him an honest shake here. NYC has little to no input or authority in regard to the WTC site. The ONE good idea he's had in 8 years was to offer the land swap to the Port Authority between the airports, which the city holds the lease on, and the WTC site. The PA turned him down purely for political and PR reasons, as the money deal was in their favor.
All that being said; it is a fucking disgrace, and an embarrassment, as well as a monumental insult that that site remains unfinished. The pictures also give an unfair assessment, as the 'progress' is all underground and in the walls. In any event ti should have all been fastracked at light speed years ago.
How long did it take 3rd World Red China to build the mag-lev high speed train between the Airport and downtown Shanghai? Just under 3 years I believe.
How long will it take to build the 2nd avenue subway, or for our DCist friends, the Metro out to Dulles?
Maybe if we spent less time bragging about how awesome America is, we could shine some light on the fact that we suck at building big things quickly.
The Chinese allot a preset number of fatalities per foot of construction; now if the left and the unions are OK with it so am I.
you know this how? don't they factor in fatalities like this in any US construction or manufacturing?
China has a MagLev train?
regardless of accounting for fatalities, the Chinese govt just doesnt have to deal with the public, pure and simple. It does what it wants.
Epic! Monumental! After eight years...corrugated sheet metal scaffolding! [cue "The Rising"]
Who knew ruins would take so long to build?
Donald Trump has built 4 high rise towers (like big ones) in White friggen Plains in the same amount of time it's taken them to put what looks like some iron work in that pit.
You can't script this kind of shit.
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That site is not even remotely comparable to any of the high rise building projects mentioned (so easy to plan, design and build), and comparing a public works project in the US to one in China is useless. Do you have any idea how much regulation we have in this country for projects like that (and for good reason)? No one's arguing things have gone smoothly over there, but can we at least stick to valid criticism?