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November 5, 2004
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The final beam is raised
Photo © Ramin Talaie |
Back on October 21, Tishman Construction
topped out the steel for 7 World Trade Center, the last of
the buildings at Ground Zero to collapse on September 11,
2001. 7 World Trade Center is the first building on the site
to be rebuilt.
The 750-foot tall, 1.7 million-square-foot building was designed
by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The original
building, designed by Emery Roth & Sons, stood 641 feet
tall, but contained more floor space than the new building,
which is narrower to accommodate a restored street. The original
building was completed in 1985 as an addition to the World
Trade Center complex.
The original building’s collapse also destroyed an electrical
substation that was housed in the base of the building. The
need to replace that power station hastened construction for
7 WTC, which was not a part of the master plan competition.
The new building will have a dense, two-foot thick concrete
core as well as the steel structure. The stairs, which will
be contained in the core, will be 20 percent wider than those
in the original building, and the staircase will be pressurized.
Larry Silverstein, the developer who holds the commercial
lease for the World Trade Center, has yet to find any tenants
for the new building.
Kevin Lerner
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