7 world trade center
I had the privilege today of covering the official opening of this building -- reborn with the work of 3,000 sets of hands.
For complete coverage of a Haitian immigrant's take on the emotional affair, read below, as seen in the New York Metro . . . http://ny.metro.us/
The following are shots I took of the 52-story, 1.7 million square-foot edifice and "Balloon Flower," a stainless steel sculpture outside.
WORLD TRADE CENTER A SYMBOL OF 'RESILIENCE'
by joshua rhett miller / metro new york
GROUND ZERO — As Irish tenor Ronan Tynan sang the closing lines of “God Bless America” yesterday during the official opening of 7 World Trade Center, scores of people joined his booming voice in a ceremony that brought some to tears.
"This is a great land,” Yolande Leger said with welling eyes. “I am a foreigner, but I am an American now. I love this country.”
Leger, a 49-year-old Haitian immigrant now living in Queens, said the “very emotional” ceremony was a fitting tribute to those who died on 9/11.
Developer Larry Silverstein, who built the original 7 World Trade 20 years ago, said construction continues “below grade” at the site of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, where workers are preparing its foundation so columns can be set onto concrete bases. Construction of Tower 2, 3 and 4 is set to begin as early as July 2007.
“What I’m really telling you is that if all works as scheduled, and there’s no reason to lose the schedule, we should have these buildings up and done, and the trade center completed by 2012,” Silverstein said of the $15 billion project.
Following his remarks, Silverstein unveiled “Balloon Flower (Red),” a stainless steel sculpture by artist Jeff Koons that adorns a triangular park in front of the building. A free, two-hour concert featuring Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega was then kicked off.
Earlier in the ceremony, Kenneth Ringler, executive director of the Port Authority, which owns the building, was moved when the crowd and students from nearby P.S. 234 and P.S. 89, sang “God Bless America.”
“As I was listening to Ronan and the children sing, it does send chills up your spine,” Ringler said. “[It was] so symbolic of the American resilience that we all live and enjoy and this building is so symbolic of that resilience.”
For complete coverage of a Haitian immigrant's take on the emotional affair, read below, as seen in the New York Metro . . . http://ny.metro.us/
The following are shots I took of the 52-story, 1.7 million square-foot edifice and "Balloon Flower," a stainless steel sculpture outside.
WORLD TRADE CENTER A SYMBOL OF 'RESILIENCE'
by joshua rhett miller / metro new york
GROUND ZERO — As Irish tenor Ronan Tynan sang the closing lines of “God Bless America” yesterday during the official opening of 7 World Trade Center, scores of people joined his booming voice in a ceremony that brought some to tears.
"This is a great land,” Yolande Leger said with welling eyes. “I am a foreigner, but I am an American now. I love this country.”
Leger, a 49-year-old Haitian immigrant now living in Queens, said the “very emotional” ceremony was a fitting tribute to those who died on 9/11.
Developer Larry Silverstein, who built the original 7 World Trade 20 years ago, said construction continues “below grade” at the site of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, where workers are preparing its foundation so columns can be set onto concrete bases. Construction of Tower 2, 3 and 4 is set to begin as early as July 2007.
“What I’m really telling you is that if all works as scheduled, and there’s no reason to lose the schedule, we should have these buildings up and done, and the trade center completed by 2012,” Silverstein said of the $15 billion project.
Following his remarks, Silverstein unveiled “Balloon Flower (Red),” a stainless steel sculpture by artist Jeff Koons that adorns a triangular park in front of the building. A free, two-hour concert featuring Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega was then kicked off.
Earlier in the ceremony, Kenneth Ringler, executive director of the Port Authority, which owns the building, was moved when the crowd and students from nearby P.S. 234 and P.S. 89, sang “God Bless America.”
“As I was listening to Ronan and the children sing, it does send chills up your spine,” Ringler said. “[It was] so symbolic of the American resilience that we all live and enjoy and this building is so symbolic of that resilience.”
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