The World Trade Center site, also known as "Ground Zero" after the September 11 attacks, sits on 16 acres in Lower Manhattan in New York City. The World Trade Center complex stood on the site until it was destroyed in the attacks; Studio Daniel Libeskind, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Silverstein Properties, and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation oversee the reconstruction of the site. The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north, the West Side Highway to the west, Liberty Street to the south, and Church Street to the east. The Port Authority owns the site's land. Developer Larry Silverstein holds the lease to retail and office space in four of the site's buildings.
A general view shows the south pool waterfall as work continues on the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center site in New York July 28, 2011. The memorial is scheduled to be dedicated on September 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. REUTERS/Mike Segar.The memorial plaza with the North and South pool waterfalls are seen through a window in the One World Trade Center tower which is under construction.
A general view shows the south pool waterfall as work continues on the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center site in New York July 28, 2011. The memorial is scheduled to be dedicated on September 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. REUTERS/Mike Segar.The memorial plaza with the North and South pool waterfalls are seen through a window in the One World Trade Center tower which is under construction.
A general view of the south pool waterfall.
The memorial plaza with the North and South pool waterfalls are seen through a window.
Workers install stone and pavers on the main plaza area.
The south pool waterfall is tested.
A general view shows the south pool waterfall.
A general view shows the One World Trade Center tower.
A general view of the south pool waterfall and the under construction One World Trade Center tower.
Nearby buildings are reflected in the windows of the under construction World Trade Center tower.
A Port Authority of New York and New Jersey worker looks out from the 39th floor of the construction site of the One World Trade Center tower to the World Trade Center site.
