Newspaper excerpt on Freedom Tower design debate, undated

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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Yound Zero s ahead for each project 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER The new office building, designed by David Childs, is scheduled to open later tWs year or early next. At 52 stories, it will be five stories Wgher than the destroyed building on the same site, but it will have less office space.

IE MASTER PLAN I Status The exterior cladding is nearly complete, making it the first new building to rise from ba the rubble of Ground Zero. Aside from Silver­ IPMI 11 'i a 2 »WSW>WS».-«®«.,.x stein Properties, the building still has no ten­ ants. Outlook The building could be a litmus test of Ground Zero’s future as a business center. Whether companies move into the new tower could affect the prospects for the IM I II Freedom Tower, too.

PATH STATION Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava’s glass-and- steel station features movable wings and a Sts ^UGliT r retractable roof that will be opened every Sept. U. Status Ground breaking for the building will be ms NEWSDAY PHOTO/AUDREY C TIERNAN SB

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mid-summer, with completion scheduled for The Verizon building, left, sits next to the new 7 CSpath 2009.’ World Trade Center. Outlook I Considered the most innovative architectur­ 41 al piece of Ground Zero redevelopment, the So design has won nearly universal acclaim. The $2-billion cost will be paid for by the i ^!mw«wsw«

Port Authority. n :x - c DEUTSCHE BANK ■ ??3- A black-shrouded, uninhabited relic of the 1 I '■ CZl Sept. 11 attacks, this is the building that every­ one wishes would simply disappear. Demoli­ tion has been delayed by environmental concerns. I I Status - .. Demolition could begin in mid-summer once a new company is picked to handle the job. Outlook Once demolition is complete, a new office - tower could eventually spring up in its place II — if and when the real estate market in lower Manhattan rebounds. W\ 1 lit OTHER TOWERS The attacks destroyed 10 million square feet of 1 M office space, and leaseholder Silverstein intends -... , to rebuild it all, spread out over the Freedom . r T*. ■

Tower, plus four other buildings. Libeskind’s gi B master plan specifies a spiral of towers of differ­ ent heists with slanted roofs. :hu«h

I3-. Status Silverstein has selected architects for the four towers,but so far none has been designed. New - ---------------- York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last month called on the state to lease one of ft?:’? these towers to use as a government building. Outlook .LAW*. I; Silverstein has announced plans to begin construction in 2009 and open one new tower every year beginning in 2012. But that 8M schedule depends on the demand for lower ■} > H- ■li Manhattan office space. If the Freedom Tower stands unleased, construction on its NEWSOAY PHOTO /AUDREyTtONAN neighbors could be indefinitely delayed. The abandoned Deutsche Bank building was SOURCES: STAFF REPORTING; ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, severely damaged when the south tower collapsed LOWER NiANHATTAN DEVELOPMENT CORP. WWW.PBS.ORG and will be demolished in the future.

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