World Trade Center

:This article is about the World Trade Center complex in New York City; see this article for the many other buildings around the world that have also been called "world trade centers".

Rebuilding

The World Trade Center is slated to be rebuilt as a new mixed-use complex of buildings called Memory Foundations, including the 1776 ft (541 m) Freedom Tower. The height of 1776 ft (541 m) was chosen as a reference to the year of American independence. The new 7 World Trade Center is now under construction, and has recently been "topped-off" (meaning the structural steel has reached the full height of the building).

Related Topics:
Memory Foundations - Freedom Tower - Reference - American independence - 7 World Trade Center

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The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the agency tasked with coordinating the reconstruction of the WTC site sponsored an international design competition for the World Trade Center Memorial in spring 2003. The winning design, Michael Arad and Peter Walker's Reflecting Absence, was chosen in January 2004.

Related Topics:
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation - World Trade Center Memorial - Michael Arad - Reflecting Absence

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The Norwegian architecture company Snøhetta was chosen for design of the Freedom Cultural Center on the northwest corner of the site. The Cultural Center will contain the Freedom Center which will attempt to trace the history of freedom and the Drawing Center.

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While the master plan has been named Memory Foundations, the future site will continue to use the name of the World Trade Center, as will the New York City Subway and PATH train stations that serve the complex. A temporary PATH station, largely following the layout of the original, is the first part of the complex to have re-opened.

Related Topics:
Memory Foundations - New York City Subway - PATH

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On November 22, 2004, New York Republican Governor George Pataki named the living former presidents as honorary members of the board rebuilding the World Trade Center.

Related Topics:
November 22 - 2004 - George Pataki

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On May 18, 2005 Donald Trump, long-time opponent of the Freedom Tower design, held a press conference where he endorsed the alternative "Twin Towers II" proposal for rebuilding the Twin Towers with a design closely resembling the originals, but with various safety, structural, and technological improvements, and one story taller. (New York Times).

Related Topics:
May 18 - 2005 - Donald Trump - Twin Towers II

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On June 29, 2005, a redesigned Freedom Tower was unveiled which more closely resembled the character of the fallen towers. The new design also boasted several safety improvements over previous proposals. However, as of September 11, 2005, no progress has been made in building a new tower, and disagreement still exists over such features as what should appear there, for e.g., how relevant the Freedom Centre's depictions is to it.

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