The World Trade Center complex occupies 16 acres in Lower Manhattan and consists of five office towers numbered 1 through 4, a transportation hub, mall, and 9/11 Memorial and Museum. One World Trade Center, the tallest building at 104 stories, opened in 2014 as the lead building in the redevelopment of the site. The complex also includes 2 World Trade Center, 4 World Trade Center, and a memorial and museum dedicated to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

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3. THE NEW WORLD
TRADE CENTER
(WTC) COMPLEX
OCCUPIES 16
ACRES;
CONSISTS OF
FIVE BUILDINGS
NAMED BY THEIR
NUMBER,
A MUSEUM,
A MEMORIAL,
A TRANSIT HUB
AND A MALL.

5. This is a
neighborhood
reborn,
pulsing with
energy
offering a
street-level
experience.

6. NEW YORK CITY’S NEW SKYLINE.

8. One World Trade Center opened for business on
November 3, 2014.

9. The 104-story
building, a joint
venture between The
Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey
and The Durst
Organization, is
designed to be the
safest commercial
structure in the world
and the premier
commercial business
address in New York.

10. One World Trade Center, the
tallest skyscraper in the
Western Hemisphere and
the fourth tallest in the world.

11. There are 70
elevators in the
building

12. 1WTC offers 3 observation floors: 100,101 and 102.

13. THE NEW GLASS GIANT

15. MOVING DAY AT ONE WTC

16. INSIDE 1 WTC

17. ONE WTC OBSERVATORY

18. OBSERVATORTY

19. 1 WTC PORTAL

20. 100TH FLOOR

22. Reverently installing the spire.

24. View from the highest point in Western Hemisphere

25. Overview of the site from the top of 1 WTC this is looking south
with 4 WTC visible in the upper left side of the image.

27. The West Point Civil Military Club visit the construction site

28. 2 World Trade Center
Also known as 200
Greenwich Street, this
office tower, designed
by Norman Foster of
London-based Foster +
Partners, is slated to be
88 stories and 1,349-
feet-tall, which will
make it the second
tallest of the World
Trade Center buildings.
While foundation work
was completed back in
2013, it is unclear when
the building proper will
be finished.

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30. 4 World Trade Center
Designed by Fumihiko Maki of
the Tokyo-based architectural
firm Maki & Associates, 4 World
Trade Center (150 Greenwich
Street) was the first building to
open in the new WTC complex.
It tops out at 977 feet and 72
stories, and the architecture
world absolutely loves the
design. One critic called it
“shimmering perfection," and
the American Institute of
Architects honored it in its
annual awards. Tenants, which
include the Port Authority.

31. 4WTC

32. 68 th FLOOR VIEW FROM 4WTC

33. 7 World Trade Center
Located just north of
the World Trade Center,
7 WTC shares the
complex's name, but is
technically separate
from the 16-acre
development. Having
opened in May 2006, it
was the first tower
rebuilt after the attacks.
Standing 741 feet and
52-stories-tall and
designed by a team
from Skidmore, Owings
& Merrill, it sits on the
same site as the old 7
WTC.

35. WTC TRANSPORTATION HUB

36. GETTING THERE
Together with the new MTA Fulton Transit Center, coming and
going is fast & convenient. It’s the equivalent of having Grand
Central, Times Square and Penn Station all in one place.

37. The World Trade Center features direct, weather-protected access to 11
subways & PATH trains, and most of the City’s bus and ferry lines.

38. The stunning new WTC Transportation Hub was designed by
Santiago Calatrava.

39. WESTFIELD MALL
The second Mall at the World Trade Center, currently under construction, calls for
roughly 365,000 square feet (33,900 m2) of retail space, which will once again make it
the largest shopping mall in Manhattan. Although the new mall will only be spread
over roughly one half of the original mall's footprint (due to the new space required for
the WTC Museum, the mall will be double-level, whereas the original mall was a single-
level mall. Three additional levels will also exist above-grade on the lower floors of
Towers 2 and 3, and Tower 4 will house four above-grade levels.

40. BROOKFIELD MALL
In the shadow of One World Trade Center, the colossal skyscraper
in Lower Manhattan, lies a newly renovated luxury mall that hopes
to be a mecca for swanky shopping.

41. BROOKFIELD
MALL

42. Brookfield Place connects underground to the rest of the
World Trade Center and transportation hubs.

43. MUSEUM
911 Museum
Almost entirely underground, the 9/11 Museum holds a number of artifacts and
exhibits connected to the site's history and the 2001 terrorist attacks. Artifacts in
the haunting, hallowed space include the Survivors' Staircase, FDNY fire
trucks, an ambulance, and the "last column."

44. 911 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM
A tribute of remembrance and honor. Occupying eight of the 16 acres at the
World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum are tributes to the past and
a place of hope for the future.

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47. Lady Liberty
911 Museum

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51. 911 Museum

52. 911 STEEL RETURNED TO WTC

53. The World Trade Center cross, also known as the Ground Zero cross,
is a group of steel beams found among the debris of the World Trade Center
site in Lower Manhattan, New York City, following the September 11 attacks in
2001. This set of beams is so named because it resembles a Christian Cross.

54. 9/11 Memorial
The 9/11 Memorial is a large public plaza officially called "Reflecting Absence." It
features rows of trees and benches around two recessed pools, which sit in the
footprints of the Twin Towers.

55. Water cascades down the sides and disappears into a second
recessed area, the bottoms of which cannot be seen from the
plaza..

57. The memorial opened to victims' families on
September 11, 2011 and to the public the day
after.

58. WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIALL

61. Tickets were previously needed to visit the
memorial, but after the surrounding barriers
were removed this spring, the public can now
just walk in off the street.

65. It is open at night and completely open to the public.

68. 911 Anniversary Tribute

69. WTC MEMORIAL LIGHTS
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