Category Archives: World Trade Center Rebuilding

According to the Downtown Alliance’s third-quarter Manhattan real estate report, finance’s hold on Lower Manhattan has loosened and the area now hosts a wide variety of companies. Media, tech, and advertising have three times the presence they used to have. Hotels and residences are expanding. There is currently a 12% overall vacancy rate in Lower […]

A detailed feature in Architect Magazine discusses the safety of high-rise buildings, with special emphasis on the new World Trade Center. Author Gideon Fink Shapiro has written an extensive article, including videos, detailing the safety features of the buildings.

The Cortlandt Street subway station on the 1 train line will reopen for the first time since it was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. According to signage visible in the rebuilt station, the station’s new name will be “World Trade Center,” report Danielle Furfaro and Cedar Attanasio of the NY Post. An opening date […]