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Rebuilt NYC Trade Center to Let Sun In (TRANSIT HUB)
YAHOO NEWS ^ | 1/22/04 | AMY WESTFELDT,

Posted on 01/22/2004 12:07:26 PM PST by finnman69

NEW YORK - A rebuilt transit hub under the World Trade Center site linking ferries, commuter trains and 14 subway lines will feature natural light shining 60 feet underground, officials familiar with the design said.

The design by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava also features open-air, mechanical walkways and architectural recognition of the 2001 attacks.

Calatrava was to present final drawings Thursday for the $2 billion transit station that New York and New Jersey officials say will be comparable to city landmarks like Grand Central Terminal.

Calatrava, who has designed buildings around the world including the stadium for this summer's Athens Olympics, is adding his design to several related projects introduced in recent weeks for the 16-acre site.

Architects David Childs and Daniel Libeskind last month presented models of the Freedom Tower that would replace the twin towers, and designers Michael Arad and Peter Walker last week offered drawings of a memorial.

Calatrava has had to receive Libeskind's approval for a design that would mesh with the architect's master plan for the site, and is working with New York's STV Group and DMJM & Harris to design a station to replace the one destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001.

According to preliminary documents filed with the Federal Transit Administration, the station would still be called the World Trade Center Transportation hub.

A temporary terminal that opened in November is taking more than 24,000 daily riders between New Jersey and Manhattan, said Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Greg Trevor.

The station had served 67,000 daily passengers before the attacks; the agency said the permanent hub should begin operating in 2006 and could handle more than 80,000 passengers by 2020.

Calatrava's design will feature a glass-and-steel entrance and will let daylight shine 60 feet below ground to its four train platforms, according to the Port Authority, which is in charge of the rebuilding.

It will have an open plaza and mechanical walkways that connect passengers to ferry service at the World Financial Center and other walkways that link the terminal to 14 downtown subway lines.

The design will also restore a mass transit network in lower Manhattan "in a manner that recognizes the horror and heroism of Sept. 11, 2001," Trevor said. He did not elaborate, but said besides improving downtown mass transit, "the World Trade Center transportation hub must be an architectural icon that will inspire generations to come."

Construction could begin by the end of the year, and the new hub should be finished in 2009, the same year the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower is scheduled for completion.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 911; architecture; calatrava; freedomtower; wtc
Likely this will be the best piece of new architecture at Ground Zero.

Calatrava is a SOLID architect who makes some of the most beautiful modern buildings ever conceived.

1 posted on 01/22/2004 12:07:29 PM PST by finnman69
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2 posted on 01/22/2004 12:08:32 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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check out his work here:

http://www.calatrava.com/

All amazing.
3 posted on 01/22/2004 12:10:19 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, left, next to the model of transit hub he designed linking ferries, commuter trains and 14 subway lines to the World Trade Center site during a news conference to unveil the plan, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004 in New York. Calatrava has designed buildings around the world including the stadium for the Athens Olympics this summer, is adding his design of the transit hub to several visions introduced in recent weeks for the 16-acre site. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
4 posted on 01/22/2004 12:11:39 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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5 posted on 01/22/2004 12:15:45 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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Here is a Calatrava building ,the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Just so you know change the 2 B to 4 B. Mark my words

http://www.mam.org/site/buildingfuture.asp#
6 posted on 01/22/2004 12:23:00 PM PST by UB355
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I don't doubt that this will be a real pleasant place to trudge through on my way to the office, but they had better figure out a way to keep the water out of the bathtub. That stuff can screw up a nice transit hub, like if it corrupts the wall and the Hudson floods into the hole, flooding the subways and PATH tunnels.

"glurg"
7 posted on 01/22/2004 12:29:49 PM PST by big gray tabby
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I sure hope they budget some money to keep all those windows clean. Heated in the winter and cooled in the summer rather than vice versa as is usually the case would be a nice touch, too.
8 posted on 01/22/2004 12:38:36 PM PST by KellyAdmirer
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I like the City in a Pyramid design shown on Extreme Engineering. That would have really po'ed the bad guys.
9 posted on 01/22/2004 12:40:31 PM PST by Naspino (Write in Naspino/J'Lo in 2004. Immigration Policy: Keep the Latin Hotties And Throw Back The Rest.)
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It's very pretty but is it easier to get out of? I'm no engineer but some clear hand rungs on the outside might give people a chance if another disater should occur.
10 posted on 01/22/2004 12:53:26 PM PST by CindyDawg
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