9/11 Families - World Trade Center Memorial

World Trade Center Memorial

Mission for the World Trade Center Site:

The memorial mission statement serves as a compass to guide not only 
the creation of the memorial, but also its evolution through the ages.

The mission of the Memorial  Museum, located at the World Trade Center 
site, is to bear  solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of 
September 11, 2001, and February 26,  1993. The Museum honors the 
nearly 3,000 victims of these attacks and  all those who risked their lives 
to save others. It further recognizes the thousands  who survived and all 
who demonstrated extraordinary compassion in the aftermath. 

Demonstrating the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and its 
impact on communities at the local, national, and international levels, 
the Museum attests to the triumph of human dignity over human 
depravity and affirms  an unwavering commitment to the fundamental 
value of human life. 
     
Memorial Program Guiding Principles and Elements
The memorial program is  comprised of Guiding Principles and Elements. 
The Guiding Principles are the  aspirations that must be embodied within 
and conveyed through the  memorial. Program Elements provide memorial 
designers with a list of specific  elements that should be physically included 
in the memorial, without  prescribing how or inhibiting creativity.



Notes from the Draft Memorial Program Committee


The memorial program drafting committee began and ended its task by invoking 
the letter and spirit of the mission statement. The committee discussed how to 
translate the goals of the mission statement into concepts and program 
elements for a design competition. It was essential to the committee that the 
program provides clear guidance, while also allowing for the most creative 
response possible by designers.

This balance was achieved in the program 
document through the careful consideration, and phrasing, of each program 
concept and element.

Particular attention was devoted to discussing individual 
representation of victims, the interpretation and meaning of sacred space, the 
power of the footprints and the authentic character of elements and artifacts 
that survived. The program drafting committee wants the memorial and site 
planning processes to influence and be coordinated with one another for 
mutual benefit. The memorial program will be used as one of the criteria for 
the site plan selection. Once the memorial designer is selected, both the 
memorial designer and site planner will work together to integrate their efforts.
                    
Memorial Program for the World Trade  Center Sit:

Program Guiding Principles: 
     The memorial is to:
     - Embody the goals and spirit  of the mission statement
     - Convey the magnitude of  personal and physical loss at this location
     - Acknowledge all those who  aided in rescue, recovery and healing
     - Respect and enhance the  sacred quality of the overall site and the space 
       designated for the memorial.
     - Encourage reflection and  contemplation; evoke the historical significance 
        and worldwide impact of  September 11, 2001
     - Create an original and powerful  statement of enduring and universal 
        symbolism
     - Inspire and engage people  to learn more about the events and impact 
       of September 11, 2001 and February  26, 1993; and evolve over time



Program Elements:
     The memorial should: 
     Recognize each individual who  was a victim of the attacks
     - Victims of the September  11, 2001 attacks in New York, Virginia  and 
        Pennsylvania
     - Victims of the 1993  terrorist bombing of the World   Trade Center
     
     Provide a space for contemplation
     - An area for quiet  visitation and contemplation
     - An area for families and  loved ones of victims
     - Separate accessible space  to serve as a final resting-place for the 
       unidentified remains from the World Trade Center site
     
     Create a unique and powerful  setting that will
     - Be distinct from other  memorial structures like a museum or visitor center
     - Make visible the footprints  of the original World Trade Center  towers
     - Include appropriate transitions  or approaches to, or within, the memorial
     
     Convey Historic Authenticity
     The memorial or its  surrounding areas may include:
     - Surviving original elements
     - Preservation of existing  conditions of the World   Trade Center  site
     - Allowances for public  ceremonies and celebrations
     
WTC Redevelopment Timeline
The amorphous plans for the  redevelopment of the World Trade Center site 
were given a reference point on the Fourth of July 2004, when the  
cornerstone of the Freedom Tower was ceremoniously laid. The event was 
meant to kick off the clamor of construction and  deconstruction to take 
place in the months and years ahead. Most of the  building in the immediate 
future will be focused on the substructures of the  towers and the 
revitalization of the transportation systems converging in Lower Manhattan.

WTC Memorial Foundation

What is being built? 
Owen Steel Company, Inc. was  selected to provide the jumbo and 
structural steel packages for the  construction of the WTC Memorial and 
Museum, including the procurement,  engineering, trucking and delivery. 
As of May 8, 2007, the Memorial, entitled  “Reflecting Absence,” will include 
a landscaped public plaza with two voids  that cover the original one-acre 
footprints of the Twin Towers.  Waterfalls will also cascade from the edges 
of each of the voids from two  reflecting pools. The Memorial and Museum 
was designed by Michael Arad and  Peter Walker. Davis Brody Bond is the 
associate architect for the WTC Memorial  and Snøhetta is a Norwegian 
architectural firm that will design the Visitor  Orientation and Education 
Center that will be the  Museum’s entrance.  The museum will be  
below-ground and will reach bedrock to give access to the remnants of 
the original WTC.



Timeline of Project:
     - August 15, 2004: The  graphic design and planning began, on the 
        WTC Memorial Foundation. 
     - January 2005: The Fountain  mock-up was built in Toronto, Canada. 
     - September 2, 2005: Design  development was completed.                            
     - Summer, 2006: Foundation  work officially started.
     - Fall, 2006: Swamp white oak  and liquid amber oak were purchased to 
        be a part of the Memorial.
     - 2009: Temporary Ramp  Removed (Q1) and pavilion interior design 
        complete (Q2)
     - 2010: The plaza will be  built to grade level and the pavilion steel will 
        begin to be raised (Q2)
     - 2011: Museum design will be  complete and construction will begin (Q1); 
       Memorial Plaza  floor foundations, parapets/ names will be complete (Q3) 
        and the Pavilion Shell  Complete (Q4)
     - 2013: Memorial and Museum  Complete

Completion and Milestones:
   - As of June 1, 2007, the National  September 11 Memorial & Museum has 
     32,700 donors from 50 states and 23 countries. The foundation surpassed 
     the $300 million fundraising milestone, as $165 million was raised in the 
     past six months. Foundation curators are  assembling a collection of 
     September 11th Memorial  items, including Children’s Drawings, 
     America’s September 11th Memorial Quilts  Project, Flag of 
     Remembrance, etc.



Funding:
  
   Consist of donations including: 
     
     A.) One-time tax-deductible donations of  any monetary amount, 
          such as $25, $50, $100, etc.
     B.)  Cost-specific tax-deductible donation  sponsorship: 
    i. $25 to receive a National September 11 Memorial Builder 
   	   Certificate;
   	ii. $50 toreceive  the official National September 11 Memorial lapel   
        pin;
   	iii. $100 will sponsor a cobblestone to be placed on the paths of  
         the Memorial Plaza, a beautifully landscaped space surrounding 
         the Memorial;
    iv. $500 will sponsor a  cobblestone to be placed on the Memorial Glade, 
          a small clearing in a grove  of trees for gatherings and Ceremonies;
     v. $1000 will sponsor one of the granite pavers that will create  elegant 
         walkways leading to the Memorial
     D.) Monthly tax-deductible contributions. Various companies will make 
          gift contributions as well.

Donations can be made to:


National September 11  Memorial & Museum
One Liberty Plaza,  20th Floor
New York, NY 10006



News:
     - May 14, 2007, the  foundation selected and moved 18 oak trees from 
       the New York Capitol region to  become a part of the Memorial and will 
       be maintained in a New Jersey holding yard. 
     - Since 2006, the Memorial  and Museum has worked with Story Corps,  
        a national oral history initiative, to collect a remembrance interview for 
        each of  the nearly 3,000 victims of the September 11, 2001 and 
        February 26,  1993 attacks.  There will also be interviews by survivors, 
        rescue and recovery workers, and those who are helping to build 
        the memorial. 
     - Project  Rebirth will be chronicling the rebuilding and construction of 
       the WTC site  from September 2002 all the way through 2015.
     - The organization, Voices of September 11th, has  helped to create the 
        9/11 Living Memorial, which is an interactive, searchable database 
        designed to commemorate the individual lives and stories of those who  
        were lost in the attacks. Serving as a digital archive of personalized  
        remembrances of those killed on September 11, 2001 and on 
        February 26, 1993, and  including contributions from survivors, first 
        responders and others affected by  these events, the 9/11 Living 
        Memorial is expected to be incorporated into the National 
        September 11 Memorial & Museum’s permanent collection and research  
        archive where it will be a core component of the Museum’s planned 
        Digital Resource  Center. The Center is envisioned as an interactive 
        environment where Museum  visitors can explore a wide array of 
        information about the history, context,  continuing impact, and 
        victims of the attacks.

Significant Aspects of buildings ~ 
     - There will be 200 Swamp  White Oak and Sweet Gums around the voids 
        of the Memorial Plaza.  They are a symbol of hope and renewal. 
     - The Memorial will honor and  pay homage to those who perished in the 
        attacks of the WTC on February 23, 1993  and September 11, 2001. 
     - The names of the 2,981  people who lost their lives on 
        September 11, 2001 and February 23, 1993 will be inscribed on parapets 
        surrounding the Memorial’s reflecting pools.  The waterfalls, voids and 
        the plaza of the  Memorial will signify the life that was lost and the 
        courage and strength that  was found in all people. A formal process is 
        now being conducted with the  next-of-kin the victims to allow them to 
        verify how the names should be  inscribed and provide information to 
        aid in the names arrangement. Names will  be arranged within three 
        levels of “meaningful adjacencies” defined by where  they were, their 
        affiliations (e.g., companies or groups attending a conference together), 
        and their personal relationships.

Based  on information provided by the 
National  September 11 Memorial & Museum at the WTC website from 7/6/09.



Silverstein Properties, Inc.



What is being built? :
In July of 2001, Larry Silverstein, a very  prominent developer of New York 
real estate,  leased the World Trade Center  complex from the Port Authority 
of NY & NJ. Specifically, 7 WTC, the only WTC Tower  that is completely built 
and operating, is a glass office tower that creates  “openness” in space and 
helps to create more interaction between co-workers.  Towers 2, 3, and 4 
will spiral in rising heights with each other from 974 sq.  ft. to 1,200 sq. ft., 
which will equal 200 stories.

Tower 2: Located  at 200 Greenwich  and designed 
by Norman Foster (Foster & Partners).  The tower uses site planner Daniel
 Libeskind’s  “wedge of light” concept, which will feature a glazed crystalline 
form and diamond-shaped summit.  It will be the  second tallest tower on 
the site, rising to 1,270 ft. and topped by an 80-ft. antenna.

Tower 3: Located  at 175 Greenwich and designed by Richard Rogers  
of Rodgers Stirk Harbour  + Partners.  The tower’s corners are column-free,  
which will provide 360-degree panoramic views. It will be the third tallest 
building on the site.



Tower 4: Located  at 150 Greenwich and designed by Fumihiko Maki 
(Maki & Associates). The tower is being  constructed in the minimalist, 
angular design, which will complete Libeskind’s  master plan of the 
descending spiral to the memorial.  The tower will have 64 stories 
and will rise to 975 ft.



Tower 7: Its  construction has already been completed and the tower 
opened in May 2007, being  52-stories high and 1.7-million sq. ft. 
office tower.  It is the first certified “green building”  whose construction 
has been officially completed and features noteworthy  artwork by Jeff Koons 
and Jenny Holzer.



Timeline/History of the Project:
     -1970’s:  Port Authority owned the WTC complex.
     -1980: Silverstein developed  a plot of land across the street from the 
       North Tower and built a 1.9 million  square-foot skyscraper, which was 
       the original 7 World Trade   Center.
     -1990’s: WTC became prime  property; at this time, Governor Pataki 
       and Mayor Giuliani spurred commercial  revival in Manhattan.
     - July 2001:  Silverstein Properties signed a 99-year lease for WTC complex.
     - September 11, 2001:  Terrorist attacks destroy WTC complex.
     - Post-9/11: Silverstein’s WTC Towers  (2, 3, & 4) will be built by the 
       firms of Foster and Partners and Adamson  Associates (1 WTC and 
       new transportation terminal will be under the control of the Port 
       Authority). The  Port Authority also has control over the building of 
       Tower 5 and it will be  built on the former Deutsche Bank property at 
       130 Liberty Street (please see  the section of Port Authority of NY & NJ 
       below for more information on the  Tower’s construction).
     - 4 phases: 1st phase is to  reinforce slurry walls, engineering and 
        surveying work will take place,  materials will be delivered and the 
        original box beams of the Twin Towers must  be protected; 2nd phase – 
        ended March 31, 2007; 3rd phase – design development  
        ends July 1, 2007; 4th phase – actual groundbreaking and the start of 
        construction of Towers 2 & 3 by 2008. 
     
Completions and Milestones:


- 7 WTC is already 2/3 or 1.1 million sq. ft. of it is leased/ 70% occupied.

- February 18, 2008: Port Authority completes excavation for Towers 3 & 4.
- The Freedom Tower (1 WTC) is have steel been raised almost to street 
   level and the building's foundations and footing are almost complete.

Funding:
Court decisions require  insurers to pay Silverstein and the Port 
Authority $4.6 billion towards the  construction of the WTC buildings.

News:
- 7 WTC is the first NYC  office tower to receive a gold rating for 
environmental stability from the U.S.  Green Building Council. In fact, 
WTC 7 is the first “green building” in New York City.



Significant Aspects of Buildings: 
- Silverstein Properties,  Inc. development has chosen to make the Towers 
“green buildings,” in which the  structures are made healthier for occupants. 
These buildings help to conserve  energy, water and raw materials; improves 
air quality; reduces solid waste; and  it cost less to build and operate.


Based on information from the Silverstein Properties website from 7/6/09.



Port Authority of NY and NJ



What is being built?:
1 WTC: This tower is also referred to as WTC Tower 1 and is  the property 
of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. It will be 3.5  million sq. ft. 
of space that will consist of offices, an observation deck,  world-class 
restaurants, parking and broadcast and antennae facilities. Below  ground, 
there will be tenant parking and storage facility, as well shopping,  PATH 
and MTA train transportation access. The towers will rise to an elevation  
of 1, 776 ft. and will be 102- stories high. The architect is David M. Childs,  
FAIA of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, N.Y. 

WTC Memorial: The entire Memorial will consist of the Memorial  Plaza; 
Memorial Museum;  Waterfalls; Visitor Orientation and Education Center; 
Chiller Plant Shell; and  River Waterlines.  The WTC Memorial, also  
known as “Reflecting Absence,” will consist of 2 massive voids sized over 
the footprints of where the original Twin   Towers stood, with waterfalls 
cascading down the sides. The names of all those who lost their  lives 
on September 11th, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and  
Pennsylvania, as well as the February 1993 WTC bombing victims, will be  
inscribed around the edges of the waterfalls. The Memorial Plaza  will 
occupy 8 acres of land with 300 oak trees. 

WTC Memorial Museum: The museum will have interactive exhibitions;  
personal artifacts and memorabilia; oral histories; a resource center; and  
areas of reflection. It will be located underground with views of the slurry  
walls and access to bedrock.

WTC Transportation Hub: The hub will reintegrate transportation back 
into connection with the WTC, providing access between the World  
Financial Center’s  Winter Garden, PATH and the MTA New York City’s 
Fulton Street   Transit Center.  The Hub will have advanced signal 
systems, fare-collection equipment, and  climate-controlled areas.  
It will be  800,000 sq. ft., making it the third largest Transportation Hub 
in NYC and  supported by 900 tons of steel.      

Tower 5: The tower is located on 130 Liberty Street and is being 
constructed by the architectural firm of Kohn Pederson Fox. It will stand 
where the remains of the Deutsche Bank was previously  located, which 
was damaged during the terrorist attacks of September 11,  2001.  
In September 2006, the Port  Authority of NY & NJ took control over the 
construction of this tower.  This tower was originally supposed to serve  
as the investment banking headquarters for JPMorgan Chase & Co., but 
might now be made into a luxury hotel and residential building.

For further
information on the Deconstruction of 130 Liberty, 
please click on the following links:
http://renewnyc.com/plan_des_dev/130liberty/

http://www.lowermanhattan.info/
construction/project_updates/130_liberty_street__77170.aspx



WTC Vehicle Security Center: It will serve as part of the WTC area police 
and security plan for screening of buses, trucks, and cars entering the 
WTC site and its facilities.


October 2, 2008 
Assessment of WTC Rebuilding

Timeline/ Completion Status of Project:
WTC Freedom Tower: 20,000 tons of steel have been cut and 
assembled; 2,315 tons of steel  erected; more than 33,000 cubic yd. of 
concrete poured; concrete core and steel  for tower both above street 
level (now 105ft. above); and almost all  construction contacts either 
awarded or out to bid.

- Abatement and Deconstruction Progress of Tower 5  as of June 2009: 
Abatement  Status:
- Abatement is complete on all floors through and including the 4th floor.
- Floors 2 and 3 should be abated by mid-June. The first  floor and certain 
   areas of the basement should be complete by end of this month.
- The building facade has been removed down through and including the 
   6th floor, and is scheduled to be removed through the 3rd floor by 
   July 1, 2009.
- Bovis, the contractor, has indicated that the facade will  be removed 
   entirely by mid July 2009.

Deconstruction  Status: 
- Below are the Implementation Plans for Decontamination and Deconstruction: 
http://www.renewnyc.com/content/pdfs/130liberty/090218Implementation
Plan.pdf 
-Environment,  Health, and Safety Plan and Emergency Action Plan:  
http://www.renewnyc.com/content/pdfs/130liberty/090217_Bovis_EHSP.pdf 
-Bovis  estimates that deconstruction will resume in mid-July 2009 and that it 
will  take 6 months to complete.

WTC Memorial and Museum: 5,100 cubic yards of concrete poured for the  
Memorial’s below-grade foundation.  More  than 4,300 of 8,650 tons of 
structural steel has been fabricated and 1,691 tons  of steel delivered to the 
job site.  Also,  123 of 181 steel reinforcing bars, known as tiebacks, have 
been installed in the Memorial slurry wall area. 

WTC Transportation Hub: 1,300 tons of steel erected for the South Hub 
Mezzanine level and 22,000 tons of steel have been acquired for the Hub.  
So far, all of the 47 Santiago Calatrava-designed  steel arches that form 
the East-West Connector have been installed and the  installation of the 
roof for the Connector will commence shortly.  All 440 mini-piles to 
underpin the over 1,000  foot long MTA 1 train line have been installed. 

WTC Vehicle Security Center: The contract has been awarded for the 
construction of  the basement and foundation. Advanced, preliminary 
design and engineering has  started to take place.

Safety/ Security Features:
- WTC Freedom Tower: The safety systems exceed code requirements; 
elevators are housed in a protected central  building core; there is a 
protected tenant collection point on each floor;  dedicated stair use for 
firefighters; extra-wide pressurized stairs; concrete-protected sprinklers, 
emergency risers and communication systems; and enhanced emergency 
communication cabling.



Significant Aspects of the Buildings:

1 WTC: The  tower, along with the other WTC Towers, will be a series of 
“green buildings” that are environmentally friendly, making  it the most 
environmentally sustainable project of its magnitude in the  world.  The 
energy performance exceeds  code requirements by 20%; fuel generates 
4.8 million watts per hour; the waste  helps generate electricity; and 
cooling systems use reclaimed rainwater.  
- The Freedom  Tower will also have a television  antenna that will make 
the building reach 1,776 ft., marking the year of America’s 
Independence  - 1776.   The Freedom Tower  will have a 3 ft. thick 
concrete core and 3 double-wide emergency staircases  located 
throughout the building.  There  will be a public observation deck on 
the 100th and 101st  floors, with a Skyline Restaurant on the 102nd floor.



WTC Transportation Hub: It will serve 250,000 pedestrians-a-day and 
millions  of annual visitors.  The Hub will have advanced signal systems; 
state-of-the-art fare collection equipment; and  climate-controlled 
passenger platforms.  The Hub will have 500,000 sq. ft. of first-class retail.



Education and Performing Arts Centers:
- The Port Authority of NY  & NJ, in partnership with the Lower Manhattan 
   Development Corporation  (LMDC), are in control of developing the 
   Education & Performing Arts  Centers. 
- Designed by the Norwegian  architectural firm, Snøhetta, the Visitor 
   Orientation Education Center (VOEC) will  provide visitors with an 
   entrance to the Memorial Museum  and Hall and serve as an information 
   center. 
- The Performing Arts Theater  will be located north of the WTC Memorial 
   and be built between the Freedom Tower and the World Trade Center 
   PATH Station.

Based on the information from the following websites: 
Lower Manhattan  Development Corporation; 
National  September 11 Memorial & Museum at the WTC; 
Port Authority of NY & NJ; Silverstein Properties – WTC as of 7/6/09.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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