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Rebuilding ( Where we stand and wh< FREEDOM TOWER Everyone involved demanded something differ­ ent from the building meant to replace the Twin Towers: Leaseholder Larry Silverstein wanted as many square feet of office space as possible. Site planner Daniel Libeskind wanted a 1,776-foot i Y if high symbol. Gov. George Pataki wanted it fast. \ \ Silverstein’s architect, David Childs of Skidmore, \ \

f Owings and Merrill, came up with a design that got mixed reviews, and that the police recently rejected on security grounds. Status Childs is working on a new design. \ \ \ \ \ \

Outlook Vesey st. The new design, to be unveiled this month, is ex­ pected to be radically different. The tower was to I have opened in 2009, but little is certain. Pataki B \. TOWM dictates the timeline and unveils the models, but the , i \ FREEDOM RERFORMINGn money is Silverstein’s. The Port Authority, a state ’ agency, owns the land; Silverstein holds a 99-year lease. It’s complicated, but it’s also very New York,

I MEMORIAL <\A Architect Michael Arad’s $250-million. project , features a street level plaza landscaped by Peter; LMOC IllUSTRATION Walker and two sunken pools in the footprints ' The Freedom Tower, as originally envisioned, of the twin towers. and the memorial designed to occupy the footprint of the World Trade Center towers. Status Final design is under way: The water cascades are being tested in full-scale mock-ups in Canada, .ky v/v, '! I Outlook iV Construction is to begin next year and be complet­ ed in time to open on Sept. 11,2009. Gov. George Pataki has pledged $300 million toward construe- Y" tion of the memorial, as well as a museum and gCUIJUR CENTER il performing arts center, but a private organization, - the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, still needs to raise $500 million in donations.

CULTURAL CENTER fr.i; The Norwegian architectural firm Snohetta is designing a double museum above the memorial I « plaza to house the Drawing Center and the Interna­ \ ClRTi tional Freedom Center. The building is meant to act TO as a gateway between the hustle of lower Manhat­ tan and the somberness of the memorial Statu ^W| After unveiling a widely acclaimed preliminary concept last month, Snohetta is now developing a A? detailed design. Some victims’ families are still upset that unrelated museums will be situated so close to the memorial. E o Outlook Groundbreaking is scheduled for 2007 with . . completion in 2009. The budget is yet to be I determined but is almost certain to be more LIBERT ' than $200 million, to be paid for by the World "■ ‘‘.iS PARK c Trade Center Memorial Foundation. /'■I IJ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER bl® ...... ... o Architect Frank Gehry was hired to design a new o home for the Joyce International Dance Center ■ . «:• Y • CM and the Signature Theater. Statu ■ It................. # z

S' ■ ■; Gehry’s design is scheduled to be unveiled early next year, but early signs indicate that the build­ Q ing, will cost more than its $200-million budget, a: and the World Memorial Foundation has post­

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LMOC lUUSTRATiON Rendering of the Cultural Center. "We’ve created a place of reflection, yet also a place of energy," poned fund-raising for the center. Outlook Despite delays, rebuilding officials say the project is still on track and will open in 2009. NOW ON NEWSDAY.COM n for more photos and complete^ M coverage of Ground Zero ‘,-^4

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