World Trade Center redesign

Two finalists
The final design for the World Trade Center site will be based on one of two concepts.

World Cultural Center THINK Design team One of three concepts Twin towers of open lattice rise above and around the World Trade Center footprints without touching them. Cultural amenities include a conference center, a performing arts center, an open amphitheater, and educational space. Eight midrise office buildings with a total of 8.5 million sq. ft. Large reflecting pools around both towers double as skylights for retail and transit space below. Memorial: Sept. 11 museum fitted into lattice in the space where the planes hit.

Gardens of the World Studio Daniel Libeskind Glass spire rising 1,776 feet high houses the ''Gardens of the World.'' Office towers, underground malls and street level shops, hotels, a performing arts center and restaurants would also be included in the site. Transportation Center brings Lower Manhattan the central facilities that exist in Midtown. Memorial: A ''Heroes Matrix'' shows the paths and names of rescuers on Sept. 11. The ''Wedge of Light'' casts no shadows from 8:46 a.m., when the first airplane hit and 10:28 a.m., when the second tower collapsed.

SOURCE: RenewNYC