When is ground zero being rebuilt

The North and South reflecting pools contain the largest manmade waterfalls in North America, each descending nine meters into a square basin. Two World Trade Center is topped off at floors in and its first tenants move in. It becomes the world's 2nd tallest building at meters.

Construction is completed in It is the first tower to collapse, at am. A reflecting pool encompassing the South Tower's footprint is nearing completion in July Three World Trade Center opens in The floor, room Vista International Hotel becomes the first major name-branded hotel in Lower Manhattan. A bomb explodes in a WTC underground parking lot on February 26, , killing six people and damaging areas under the hotel.

It re-opens in November after repairs. Marriott International takes over management of the hotel in and renames it Marriott World Trade Center. They also help hundreds of workers fleeing the North Tower through the hotel's lobby, directing them to an exit at the southern end of the hotel onto Liberty Street. The fall of the South Tower at am creates a huge gash in the center of the hotel, cutting it in two as seen in a photo taken by American freelance photojournalist Bill Biggart from West Street.

Biggart is the only professional photographer killed in the attacks. Two Marriott employees and at least 41 firefighters are killed at the hotel, according to a New York Times analysis published in The New York Times also quotes a Marriott spokeswoman as saying 11 registered hotel guests are unaccounted for. It opens to the public the next day.

The deal relieves Host Marriott of its obligation to rebuild the hotel. Two small buildings also are located on the footprint of the former hotel.

It says they also contain service spaces and a security command post. Four World Trade Center, a nine-floor office building, opens to its first tenants in Its remains are demolished as part of the Ground Zero cleanup. A new 4 WTC is under construction on part of the footprint of the original building in A new Three World Trade Center is under construction on another part of the original building footprint in The floor 4 WTC opens on November 13, With a height of meters, it is intended to be the 4th tallest skyscraper in the WTC complex when construction of all towers is complete.

The floor 3 WTC opens on June 11, With a height of meters, it is intended to be the 3rd tallest tower in the WTC complex when construction of all towers is completed. The building also has five floors of retail space. Five World Trade Center, a nine-floor office building, opens to its first tenants in It is demolished as part of the Ground Zero cleanup. But design modifications delay the start of construction of its above-ground structure until July But construction is halted in by developer Silverstein Properties until it finds anchor tenants for the new tower.

Commissioned by Silverstein Properties and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in June , street artists paint the murals to beautify the area with uplifting images and complete the project in September of that year. The station's distinctive white roof features two wing-like upward-sloping ribs sitting atop two arches.

It is intended to resemble a dove released from the hands of a child, according to architect Calatrava. The station also takes seven years longer to complete than originally planned. After the two U. Six World Trade Center, an eight-floor building known as U. Customs House, opens in The temporary station right side of image eventually will be demolished to make way for a new Performing Arts Center. But by , the final design remains uncertain due to disputes about what kind of programming the center will house and concerns about the high cost of constructing it on top of PATH train tracks and underground vehicle parking spaces.

Below-ground construction of the Performing Arts Center begins in , following the closure of the temporary PATH station on March 3, , its subsequent demolition, and the start of underground parking construction at the site in The center later adds American billionaire businessman Ronald O. Above-ground work on the center begins on September 10, , with the arrival of steel beams and continues through , with a topping off ceremony held on June The meter-tall cube-shaped venue will host theater, dance, music, film and chamber opera in three performance spaces capable of multiple configurations seating 99 to 1, people.

Seven World Trade Center, a floor trapezoid-shaped office building, opens in Leave it empty, out of respect? Rebuild, as an act of defiance? He kept a watchful eye as a host of different plans were proposed for those 16 acres — land that was as hallowed as it was valuable. The sound of falling water drowns out the chaos of the city. The rail station that once lurked beneath all of this was replaced with an above-ground cathedral of sorts — a soaring structure known as the Oculus, meant to resemble a dove leaving a child's hands.

Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. More from Reuters. Sign up for our newsletter Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. Sign up. Despite the coronavirus pandemic emptying out office buildings, the nowyear-old says he is confident a tenant will be found so the Norman Foster -designed tower can be built in his lifetime.

After years of delays, the Ronald O. Free performances will take place on a small stage on the lobby level. The long-delayed construction of the St.

Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, replacing the only house of worship destroyed in the attacks, is now proceeding briskly after years of delays. Slated for completion next year, the church is surrounded by a small public park and features a Byzantine-style dome and marble cladding that can be lit from within. The project was first delayed by a dispute over location between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the trade center.

Then, project costs soared and construction halted in late after the archdiocese fell behind on payments. A new entity, Friends of St. Nicholas, led by a core of wealthy Greek Americans, assumed management on behalf of the archdiocese and raised the remaining funds.