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The new Fulton Center complex is on track for 2014 completion
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The 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will be commemorated at the World Trade Center Memorial plaza this month. Since 2001, Lower Manhattan has undergone an unparalleled transformation, with more than $22 billion spent on scores of construction projects south of Canal Street.
Those projects span an incredible range of tangible progress. The City of New York continues its rebuilding efforts in infrastructure, roadway, parks, and piers improvements. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is on track for 2014 completion of the Fulton Center subway complex, among other downtown transit improvements. Private developers are converting and erecting dozens of new hotels and residential buildings from Tribeca to Greenwich South to the Financial District. And at the WTC site, both 1 WTC and 4 WTC topped out at 105 and 72 stories, respectively, in summer 2012 -- with construction continuing across the site.
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| 1 WTC topped out in August 2012 |
Following are highlights of some of the milestones and progress that have been made over the past year, along with features about the people and history behind the rebuilding.
For a scrolling timeline of the progress made downtown since September 2001, click here.
SEPTEMBER 2011
LMDC Announces Cultural Grant Recipients
USS New York Anchors in Hudson This Week
Hudson Street Traffic Pattern Shift
Bowling Green Gets First Touch-Screen Info Panel
OCTOBER 2011
Construction Restarted at 21 Ann/113 Nassau
A Walk Around the Battery with Pat Kirshner
New System Streamlines Street Works Projects
Downtown Landscape Grows Greener with Parks
DEC Audit Confirms LMCCC Air Monitoring Data
NOVEMBER 2011
World Financial Center Renovation Work Begins
Federal Plaza Renovation On Track for 2012 Opening
Keeping Track of Environmental Quality
New BPC Community Center to Open in Early 2012
Reconnecting to History Through Infrastructure
DECEMBER 2011
Urban Umbrella Opens on Broadway
Pier 42 Joins East River Waterfront Improvements
Governors Island Park Construction Starts in 2012
East River Pier 15 Opens
Fulton Street Rebuilding Gets Greener
JANUARY 2012
City Launches New Street-Closure Map
Renovation Begins at 87 Leonard Street
WTC VSC Excavation Ahead of Schedule
New Hotel Construction at 217 Pearl Street
FEBRUARY 2012
CB1 Hears Silverstein WTC Update
On Time at the Fulton Transit Center
Condo Conversion at 93 Worth Street
Hotel Under Construction at 49 Ann Street
Peck Slip Traffic Shifts and Lane Closures
MARCH 2012
1 WTC Starts to Shine on the Manhattan Skyline
CB1 Hears Updates on Five John Street Projects
NYPD Shares WTC Security Plan with CB1
Silverstein and Tishman Report on 4WTC Crane
Conrad Hotel Opens in Battery Park City
Anne Frank Center Opens on Park Place
East River Pier 35 Work Begins This Spring
APRIL 2012
8 Spruce Street Pedestrian Plaza Opens
City DOB Launches New Construction Sign Program
Entire WTC Site Nearly Up to Street Level
Yearlong Renovation of 50 Varick Street Underway
Battery Park Carousel Turntable Installation
New Hotels Checking In Downtown
MAY 2012
Bogardus Plaza Spring Upgrades in May
LMCCC Presents Latest Construction Logistics
Memorial Shares Construction and Cultural Updates
MTA Fastrack Full 2012 Schedule Posted
City Kicks Off Governors Island 2012 Season
6 Platt Street Hotel Foundation and Pile Work
East River Ferry Service Expands for Summer
One Year Left for Manhattan Bridge Cable Project
JUNE 2012
Pearl Street Playground Now Open
Steady Train of Milestones at New Fulton Center
Chambers Street One-Way Begins West of Broadway
Historic Collect Pond Park Gets a New Look
4 World Trade Center Tops Out
JULY 2012
3 Questions for Camilla Hammer, Battery Urban Farm
Brooklyn Bridge Construction Closures Revised
East River Esplanade Next Phase Set to Launch
Broadway Infrastructure Project Coming Next Spring
AUGUST 2012
Liberty Park and WTC Screening Center Take Shape
37 Warren Street Renovation Nearing Completion
Franklin Street Cobblestone Road Work Begins
Downtown Culture Pass Expands Benefits
Pike-Allen Pedestrian Mall Sections Now Complete
Three Questions for Joe Simenic, LMCCC
The New Fiterman Hall Opens
SEPTEMBER 2012
Bowling Green Pedestrian Improvements in September
New WFC Pavilion Columns Installed
September 11th Commemoration Event Planned
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