World Trade Center
Walking by the World Trade Center building site every day, it's impossible not to take an interest in the progress of construction. It's still mostly a big hole in the ground, although that in itself is interesting because one of the reasons they haven't made more progress is that it took longer than expected to carve away the bedrock. That stage is complete now, and shapes of the underground layout have started to appear.
Some of the work can be seen from the PATH train that I take every day. There are cathedral-like concrete structures visible from the station, and the return route provides a good view of the western half from inside the pit. But these views are from the nearby World Financial Center towers, where my company has offices. When I don't need to go all the way to Princeton I can find a quiet desk there, and sometimes get a good look at the hole from above.
There is an official site that tracks the progress of the new buildings. They plan to have the new building complete in 2013. and everything done by 2014. Who knows if we'll be living here that long or if I'll continue to have access to this vantage, but I will try to post pictures of the developments as a regular feature.
posted 22.11.08
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