Feb
8
Remember 9/11, While Looking to the Future
Never forget 9/11, while looking to the future.
Continuing below is from the World Trade Center website . On this September 11th, I recommend that everyone visit this site. The entire site is a beautiful presentation of images and videos showing the new World Trade Center. For me, the site has a definite healing effect on my heart and soul. Contrasting the horrific images of the attack; they communicate a sense of hope, that through the smoke, twisted metal and lost lives, there is a tomorrow.
The new World Trade Center (WTC) will build a brighter, more vibrant future for downtown New York with superior commercial space, a modernized and more convenient transportation system, and cultural and highly commemorative destinations.
It will provide a significant economic boost for the area and dramatically enhance the quality of life for the people who live, work, and visit downtown.
The WTC plan includes
- Five new skyscrapers (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 WTC)
- National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center
- World Trade Center Transportation Hub
- Retail Complex
- Performing Arts Center
All of the projects will be built incorporating the highest standards of sustainable design and safety systems. The WTC is an unprecedented merging of architectural minds, firms, and talents, all working toward one goal: creating a grand urban center for 21st-century New York. The site will feature a collection of works by world-renowned architects – Santiago Calatrava, David Childs, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Fumihiko Maki, and Richard Rogers.
