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www.pantagraph.com Pantagraph Monday, September 11, 2006 7 REMEMBERING 11,2001 Jk I lUv nnn ilding after Sept 11 OWNERDEVELOPER: Silverstein Properties LEAD ARCHITECT David Childs Center site has been plagued with contentious negotiations over ownership, financing and design, causing numerous delays and revisions, especially with the Freedom Tower and the World Trade Center Memorial. Five years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, redevelopment and memorial projects are inching forward in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. The complex task of rebuilding the World Trade Freedom Tower evolution The tallest of five planned skyscrapers has undergone three redesigns and two ceremonial The LMDC government agency chose Daniel Libeskind's design, but the project was later taken over by architect David Childs. Key voices in ground zero negotiations Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Owns World Trade Center site; controlled by governors of both states I.UUU lO i 1.7 million Tower 2 1 VI50feet 1 SCft- I 200 Greenwich; SI2E.2.4 Freedom Tower Freedom lower OWNERDEVELOPER: Silverstein Properties LEAD ARCHITECT Norman Foster, London i jiin i Larry Silverstein 1 02 stories, 1,362 feet (1,368 with railing) 3V1 Private W-itiA develoDer Feb.

27, 2003 LkYM who leased 's. I I I r- 950 to wn. I 52 Stories. il Tower 3 1,050 741 feet i 175 feet 2.0 t' Greenwich million i World V. jl Trade 5 I v''- v-w iV-t 'f i I NtV Libeskind's selected master plan includes 1,776 -foot skyscraper OWNERDEVELOPER: Silverstein Properties LEAD ARCHITECT: Richard Rogers, London, Tokyo, Spain OWNERDEVELOPER: Port Authority LEAD ARCHITECT: Santiago Calatrava, Spain (including 2.6 million sq ft.

spire) If UP V'" 1950 to 300,000 I f'TnXX I Toward 1,000 SO. ft. Arts Center i trade center six weeks before it was destroyed; builder of Freedom Tower, developer of the three other towers; paid $10 million monthly in rent for the vacant site Lower Manhattan Development Corp. (LMDC) Chose rebuilding plan for WTC site, ran memorial design competition, 'distributed $2.7 billion in federal housing grants; approved ground zero building designs; will go out of business fall 2006 OWNER DEVELOPER: Port Authority Silverstein -4' transportation IL 1 "V- OWNERDEVELOPER: Silverstein Properties LEAD ARCHITECT: Fumihiko Maki, Tokyo Properties LEAD ARCHITECT. David Childs, Skidmore, Owings MerrillNew York Dec.

19, 2003 Libeskind and Childs' -j compro- mise i design World Tlrada; lX 1 million OWNERDEVELOPER: Center Memorial V-'CA sqft.y LMDCWTC Memorial Foundation LEAD ARCHITECT: Frank Gehry, Los Angeles New York Gov. George Pataki Holds most OWNER DEVELOPER: Port Authority World Trade Center site master plan LEAD ARCHITECT: Daniel Libeskind, BerlinNew York size: 16 acres unveiled OWNERDEVELOPER: I 900 feet ill I mivimnm 1 1 IU A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Port AuthoritWTC Memorial Foundation LEAD ARCHITECTS: Michael Arad, New York; Peter Walker, Berkeley, Snohetta, Norway (Visitors Center) size: 8 acres NOTE Designs for Towers 2, 3, 4, 5, the Performing Arts Center and the Memorial Visitors Center have not been released; drawings are schematic The memorial consists of two pools of water set above the tower footprints with cascading waterfalls. The memorial museum will be underground. Future World Trade Center site plan (Design as of Sept. 5, 2006) June 29, 2005 Childs' redesign power in redevelop- ment having appointed half the board members for both the LMDC and the Port Authority World Trade Center Memorial Foundation Private nonprofit foundation created to raise money for and operate memorial, museum and performing arts center Sept.

11 families Successfully evicted two planned museums and lobbied to move victims' names on memorial from underground to street level; remain concerned about tower footprints and recovery of human remains World Trade Center site today 1 World Trade Center North Tower 2 WTC South Tower 1,362 feet Engine Co. 10Ladder Co. 10 flrehouse Reopened Nov. 2003 1,368 feet 7 World Trade Center Opened May 2006 Underground subway tunnel Completed September 2002; station to be built around final site plan i i i Temporary a station entry lu Jm i 7 WTC It Buildings destroyed Sept. 11, 2001 The various construction projects on the World Trade Center site have acheived varying levels of progress.

Firefighters memorial Opened June 20O ff I i-. 5WTC 130 Liberty Street, former Deutsche Bank building Decon- struction scheduled to be NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Has advocated for A. j-! itompleted 4 WTC 2007 PATH rail station Opened November 2003 June 28, 2006 Childs' refined design 6WTC 1 Marriott Hotel' (3 WTC) residential development; pushed to cut memorial costs Project financing Combined funding for building all five World Trade Center Towers About $6.55 billion $4.6 billion insurance policy $1.8 billion of insurance spent mmhMwmmmUmhmhi About $4.45 curreatJymroains to build Towecs 2.3. "a budget billion WTC Transportation Hub $2.2 billion (federal funds) Memorial visitors center $80 million (State of New York) World Trade Center Memorial About $745 million (LMDCPort AuthorityWTC Memorial Foundation) 7 World Trade Center $700 million (insurance, Liberty Bonds) DATE OF COMPLETION PROJECT NAME FREEDOM TOWER STARTING DATE July 4, 2004 April 27, 2006 Progress and setbacks of redevelopment and memorial projects 20TI Second groundbreaking First Freedom Tower groundbreaking, cornerstone laid TOWER 2 2012 TOWER 3 April 26, 2006: Port 2007 08 Authority and Silverstein agree to 2007-08 split responsibility for building the five towers 2007-08 May 5, 2005: Freedom Tower redesign announced to address security concerns Feb. 27, 2003: Daniel Libeskind's WTC site master plan design selected Nov.

30, created to oversee rebuilding of WTC site July 16: Libeskind and Larry Silverstein representatives agre'e to collaborate on Freedom Tower design; David Childs to lead project TOWER 4 20n '2011 June 23: Freedom Tower cornerstone removed from site and taken to Hauppauge, N.Y. Sept. 11, 2001: World Trade Center destroyed; 7 World Trade Center collapses; Pentagon severely damaged tbmMMSm 2009' tZZSoSil33 52bb zoo? July 6: Port Authority takes over building the memorial May 4: Politicians order WTC memorial redesign to cut costs from estimated $1 billion March 10, 2006: Families sue to stop planned start of memorial construction June WTC memorial design addresses budget and family concerns Sept. 28, orders International Freedom Center off of ground zero after pressure from families Jan. 6, 2004: Michael Arad's WTC memorial design selected GROUND ZERO RECOVERY WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL EFFORTS Sept.

11, 2009 March 13, 2006 May 28, 2002 TOWER 5 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER May 23, 2006 May 2002 WTC TRANSPORTATION HUB Specific date Tentative Late 2009 Sept. 6, 2005 i Sept. 2002 Nov. 23, 2003 Temporary WTC rail station opens Subway tunnel completed PENTAGON MEMORIAL PENTAGON Sept. 2008 June 15, 2006- Nov.

19, 2001- 1 1 1 1 Aug. 15, 2002 to Feb. 14, 2003 Employees move Nov. 5, 2003Firehouse across back into offices street from WTC site reopens Pentagon rebuilding begins four weeks ahead of schedule FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMORIAL June 10, 2006Firefighters memorial opens 2008 Sept. 2011 PENNSYLVANIA Flight 93 National lead architects: Memorial Paul Murdock Architects, L.

A. Other memorials Pittsburgh 219 Pentagon Memorial OWNER DEVELOPER: Pentagon Memorial Fund LEAD ARCHITECTS: Keith Kaseman, Julie Beckman, New York size: 2 acres OWNER DEVELOPER: National Park Service 3 (to) size: 2,200 acres Design features will be integrated with the preserved landscape Shanksville The park, to be located next to the portion of the building damaged in the attacks, will have 184 illuminated benches dedicated to each victim. WeMMMli' SOMERSET W.VA..t MARYLAND Associated PressCARRIE OSGOOD; World Trade Center site illustrationsANDY FOWLE SOURCES: Lower Manhattan Development Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Silverstein Properties; Pentagon Renovation Program; Pentagon Memorial Fund; National Park Service; FDNY Engine Co. 10Ladder Co. 10; AP reporting; ESRI.