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ground zero pics

In addition to the photo page I have set up for the “east bathtub”, I’ve added another one for pictures of ground zero as a whole. Slow progress…

ground zero construction delays

So as expected, the Port Authority announced today that construction at the World Trade Center site is behind schedule and over-budget, apparently because the original plans were unrealistic. There’s also 19 different government agencies and numerous other organizations involved in the site, with no central governing agency. Anyway, I am not going to try to […]

ground zero construction

ground zero construction Originally uploaded by derek7272

Taken April 2, 2008 from my kitchen. You can see the steel pillars for Freedom Tower at the very right of this photo, midway down. Beneath that is this silver roof; that is the new temporary PATH station that just opened this week. You can see people […]

freedom tower construction

freedom tower construction Originally uploaded by derek7272

Taken April 2, 2008 from a pedestrian overpass over West Street at Vesey Street. Looking south.

It’s hard to get a sense of scale looking at this picture, but look at the metal platform staircase on the right going down to the bottom of the bathtub […]

ground zero update

Latest photo, with some snow still on the ground from last week. If you look at the area in the upper left-hand corner, that is East Bathtub. Last week the Port Authority turned over that area, the planned site two office towers, to developer Silverstein Properties 48 days late, incurring $14.4 million in late fees. […]

freedom tower construction

freedom tower construction Originally uploaded by derek7272

latest pic. Also if you check this page you can see the progression of excavation at 4 WTC.

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4 wtc

This photo, taken Oct. 11, is of the southeastern corner of Ground Zero, Church and Liberty streets. It’s the future site of 4 World Trade Center aka 150 Greenwich St., a planned 64-story office tower designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. This is where most of the activity at Ground Zero seems to be occurring […]