The columns appear as twin open-weave basket structures

The new glass pavilion being built outside the World Financial Center (WFC) in Battery Park City is beginning to take shape, and its two eye-catching columns were installed this week. Built with exposed steel-tubes, the columns appear as twin "open-weave basket" structures that are made of more than one mile of tubing in three sections. The final piece of each column is being installed next week, allowing construction of the structural steel frame to begin. The pavilion also will feature curved-glass walls and ceiling, and Italian-stone floors with radiant heating.

The 8,000-square-foot pavilion will be the western terminus of the new east-west underground pedestrian passageway, which spans one-half mile from the World Trade Center to the WFC. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the pavilion will open in fall 2013, and soon after will tie into the WTC Transportation Hub.

Read more about the ongoing WFC renovation here.

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