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What is the building next to Ground Zero?
Trade
When you visit the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero, you’ll probably notice a large white building with steel, wing-shaped tips reaching toward the sky. That’s the Oculus, a transportation hub and shopping mall built alongside the One World Trade Center.
Is there a building where the twin towers were?
One World Trade Center (also known as One World Trade, One WTC, and formerly Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
How many floors did the Twin Towers have?
110
Throughout their existence, the twin towers had more floors (at 110) than any other building.
Which is the tallest building at Ground Zero?
As the tallest of four new office towers at the site, the “Freedom Tower” (in the words of New York’s Governor George Pataki) would represent New York’s (and the country’s) triumph over terrorism.
What did they do at Ground Zero after 9 / 11?
New York is recovering from the ruins left after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. One by one, the buildings rise. As New York removed debris from ground zero, architect Daniel Libeskind proposed a sweeping master plan in 2002 with a record-breaking skyscraper that became known as Freedom Tower.
Is there still rebuilding at Ground Zero in New York?
Ground Zero rebuilding still continues in New York, 20 years after 9/11 Nation Sep 9, 2021 12:05 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades after its destruction in the Sept. 11 attacks, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex remains incomplete.
When did the cleanup at Ground Zero end?
Cleanup and recovery at Ground Zero, as the World Trade Center site became known after 9/11, continued every day around the clock for the better part of a year. An official ceremony in May 2002 marked the end of those efforts.