MANUAL ADVANCE THE NEW WORLD TRADE CENTER (WTC) COMPLEX OCCUPIES 16 ACRES; CONSISTS OF FIVE BUILDINGS NAMED BY THEIR NUMBER, A MUSEUM, A MEMORIAL, A TRANSIT HUB AND A MALL. This is a neighborhood reborn, pulsing with energy offering a street- level experience. NEW YORK CITY’S NEW SKYLINE. One World Trade Center opened for business on November 3, 2014. The 104-story building, a joint venture between The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and The Durst Organization, is designed to be the safest commercial structure in the world and the premier commercial business address in New York. One World Trade Center, the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth tallest in the world. There are 70 elevators in the building ONE WTC offers 3 observation floors: 100,101 and 102. THE NEW GLASS GIANT MOVING DAY AT ONE WTC INSIDE ONE WTC ONE WTC OBSERVATORY OBSERVATORTY ONE WTC PORTAL 100TH FLOOR Reverently installing the spire… View from the highest point in Western Hemisphere Overview of the site from the top of the WTC this is looking south with 4 WTC visible in the upper left side of the image. The West Point Civil Military Club visit the construction site 2 World Trade Center Also known as 200 Greenwich Street, this office tower, designed by Norman Foster of London-based Foster + Partners, is slated to be 88 stories and 1,349-feet-tall, which will make it the second tallest of the World Trade Center buildings. While foundation work was completed back in 2013, it is unclear when the building proper will be finished. 3WTC-Cover 4 World Trade Center Designed by Fumihiko Maki of the Tokyo- based architectural firm Maki & Associates, 4 World Trade Center (150 Greenwich Street) was the first building to open in the new WTC complex. It tops out at 977 feet and 72 stories, and the architecture world absolutely loves the design. One critic called it “shimmering perfection," and the American Institute of Architects honored it in its annual awards. Tenants, which include the Port Authority. 4WTC 68 th FLOOR VIEW FROM 4WTC 7 World Trade Center Located just north of the World Trade Center, 7 WTC shares the complex's name, but is technically separate from the 16- acre development. Having opened in May 2006, it was the first tower rebuilt after the attacks. Standing 741 feet and 52-stories-tall and designed by a team from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it sits on the same site as the old 7 WTC. WTC TRANSPORTATION HUB GETTING THERE Together with the new MTA Fulton Transit Center, coming and going is fast & convenient. It’s the equivalent of having Grand Central, Times Square and Penn Station all in one place. The World Trade Center features direct, weather-protected access to 11 subways & PATH trains, and most of the City’s bus and ferry lines. The stunning new WTC Transportation Hub was designed by Santiago Calatrava. The second Mall at the World Trade Center, currently under construction, calls for roughly 365,000 square feet (33,900 m2) of retail space, which will once again make it the largest shopping mall in Manhattan. Although the new mall will only be spread over roughly one half of the original mall's footprint (due to the new space required for the WTC Museum, the mall will be double-level, whereas the original mall was a single-level mall. Three additional levels will also exist above-grade on the lower floors of Towers 2 and 3, and Tower 4 will house four above-grade levels. WESTFIELD MALL BROOKFIELD MALL In the shadow of One World Trade Center, the colossal skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, lies a newly renovated luxury mall that hopes to be a mecca for swanky shopping. BROOKFIELD MALL Brookfield Place connects underground to the rest of the World Trade Center and transportation hubs. 911 Museum Almost entirely underground, the 9/11 Museum holds a number of artifacts and exhibits connected to the site's history and the 2001 terrorist attacks. Artifacts in the haunting, hallowed space include the Survivors' Staircase, FDNY fire trucks, an ambulance, and the "last column." MUSEUM 911 MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM A tribute of remembrance and honor. Occupying eight of the 16 acres at the World Trade Center, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum are tributes to the past and a place of hope for the future. 911 MUSEUM 9/11 Museum 911 Museum 911 Museum Lady Liberty 911 Museum 911 Museum 911 Museum 911 Museum 911 STEEL RETURNED TO WTC The World Trade Center cross, also known as the Ground Zero cross, is a group of steel beams found among the debris of the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, New York City, following the September 11 attacks in 2001. This set of beams is so named because it resembles a Christian Cross. 9/11 Memorial The 9/11 Memorial is a large public plaza officially called "Reflecting Absence." It features rows of trees and benches around two recessed pools, which sit in the footprints of the Twin Towers. Water cascades down the sides and disappears into a second recessed area, the bottoms of which cannot be seen from the plaza.. The memorial opened to victims' families on September 11, 2011 and to the public the day after. WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIALL Tickets were previously needed to visit the memorial, but after the surrounding barriers were removed this spring, the public can now just walk in off the street. It is open at night and completely open to the public. 911 Anniversary Tribute WTC MEMORIAL LIGHTS The End Presented by Brenda Music Rocky Soundtrack.