By the way, the towers may not be completed until 2012, but we won't have to wait that long to see their impact on the skyline. Quote from Silverstein's press conference:
http://www.wtc.com/news/larry-silver...town-manhattan
Quote:
Downtown is very much a mixed-use community and the plans you see here for the new World Trade Center reflect that. These buildings will contain over half a million square feet of prime retail, restaurants and bars being developed by Westfield America - the top-tier retail developer and operator I brought in to run the World Trade Center's retail before 9/11. Each building will be connected to the PATH station, the subway network and the Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center that will be home to the Joyce Theater. And each of these buildings surrounds and respects the Memorial that is the centerpiece of this project - a public space larger than Bryant Park.
The Port Authority has been working hard for many months to prepare the site, and is nearing completion of its excavation of the area where these buildings will stand. We start construction as soon as that work is complete in the next few weeks.
The buildings will reach street level approximately one year after the start of construction and Towers 3 and 4 will top out in mid-2010, with Tower 2 following in 2011.
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So, just a couple of years before we see these massive buildings dominate Downtown...