News
- Revised Timetable at World Trade Center
Posted by JoeVare,
05 July 2004
As
part of the coverage of the cornerstone ceremony
for the Freedom Tower, the NY Times online presented
a graphic showing the status of the individual
components:
WTC
1/Freedom Tower
Construction began July 4, 2004. First the slurry
wall needs to be reinforced so that the existing
parking garage can be demolished. Steel should
be visible above ground by Summer 2004, Occupancy
of the tower should begin in 2008.
WTC
2 through WTC 5
No dates decided and the financing is in question.
Daniel Libeskind has said that the lower levels
of the buildings would be completed in this
first phase, to bring street level activity
and definition to the site. Jean Nouvel, Norman
Foster and Fumihiko Maki have been contracted
to design towers although no specific towers
have been assigned specific architects, according
to the NY Times.
Permanent
WTC Path Station (Santiago Calatrava)
Construction is scheduled to start next year
and finish in 2009.
Fulton
Street Transit Center
The Nicholas Grimshaw redesigned Fulton Street
Station(s) should be finished in 2007.
WTC
Memorial
Construction is scheduled to start in 2006 and
finish in 2009. Interesting things to look for
in a redesign include an addition of a "signpost
and icon" at street level and the underground
museum design.
Cultural
Institutions
The Drawing Center and Freedom Center (on the
site adjacent to the memorial) and the Joyce
and Signature Theatres (next to the Freedom
Tower on Fulton and Greenwich) are scheduled
to announce design and construction teams by
Fall 2004. Completion of the Cultural Buildings
should be in 2009.
Goldman
Sachs Tower
In Battery Park City, diagonally across West
Street from the Freedom Tower is Pei Cobb Freed's
40 story Goldman Sachs tower, off site and scheduled
for completion in 2008.
WTC
7
Currently under construction and scheduled for
completion in early 2006. Interestingly enough
there is no WTC 6 in the WTC Master Plan, which
makes one question why this building has not
been renamed.
Deutsche
Bank Building
The heavily damaged building will be slowly
demolished- it is expected to be fully gone
by late 2005. It is the eventual site of WTC
5, no architect or date has been mentioned.
St
Nicholas Church
Another architectural competition may be held
for the rebuilding of the church on West and
Liberty
Streets.
 See
images about the past and future of Lower Manhattan
at the ArBITAT WTC Archive
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