![]() Other properties at the WTC are fully occupied. The site was once considered the most desirable of the possible construction sites at the WTC thanks to its proximity to the subway and Wall Street. An anchor tenant is the path toward financing, which is somewhat surprisingly not forthcoming. Without an occupant, there’s no money to push the project forward. However, unlike the other developments at the World Trade Center site, there’s no government money involved in this building. 2 Wall Trade Center, Courtesy of Foster + PartnersĪccording to Silverstein Properties spokesperson Dara McQuillan, the 2021 update of the original will be “the healthiest and most sustainable building on the planet.” That’s a tall order, but then again Silverstein is looking to get some buzz and interest on this property after twenty years of slow motion. The new design, which is a refresh of Foster’s 2006 concept, consists of four diamond-shaped towers slanting towards the site of the Twin Towers, now marked by two footprints and a memorial. Interior Lobby, Courtesy of 425 Park Avenue Sustainability & profitabilityĢ World Trade Center is set to be unlike anything we’ve seen from Foster before. Foster has a fondness for food-related architecture, something clear in his “Gherkin”, a pickle-shaped skyscraper in London. You might be most familiar with his work at Apple with their Cupertino, CA headquarters - Foster designed Apple’s famous ring building. as it tries to get what would be the second-tallest skyscraper at the site going.įoster’s current best-known works in New York City include 425 Park Avenue and his inventive Eighth Avenue Hearst headquarters, comprised of audacious triangles rising out of hundred-year-old architecture. The bold designs of Danish architect Bjarke Ingels ended up falling flat when it came down to actually putting steel together.ĭespite the years-long fits and starts, owner Silverstein Properties has finally unveiled its plan to build the second tallest building at WTC with Foster + Partners, led by architect Norman Foster. Decades of planningįive years ago, Rupert Murdoch pulled his plans with NewsCorp to rebuild on the site. As with the rest of the area, there’s a draw to this place as a symbol of rebirth and unity. What’s there right now? If you take a walk up to 2 World Trade Center, you’ll be greeted by masses of corrugated steel that are covered in art installations. That meant rebuilding and reinventing the site. The loss of life meant that this would always be a sacred piece of ground, but New Yorkers are resilient and determined to keep life moving forward. The sixteen acres of the World Trade Center site became the centerpiece of rebirth in America after the 9/11 attacks. Twenty years after the visceral devastation and human anguish of September 11, 2001, the final step of rebuilding is finally coming to the now hallowed ground at the heart of Manhattan.
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