World Trade Center Tour

The Port Authority of NY/NJ provided the following facts about the construction at the World Trade Center site:

NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM
-The memorial fountains are being constructed in the exact foot prints of the original World Trade Center twin towers
-800,00 gallons of water will circulate through the fountains
-Memorial Park will cover 8 acres, two times the size of new york city's bryant park
-604 trees will fill the park
-The trees are white swamp oaks and american sweet gum trees which will eventually soar to 150 feet.
-The museum is seven stories deep; built directly beneath the memorial
-Memorial Park projected to be open by: 9/11/2011
-Museum completion: 2nd quarter 2013

1 WORLD TRADE CENTER (FORMERLY THE FREEDOM TOWER)
-1,776 feet tall - 102 floors
-200,000 cubic feet of concrete
-1,000,000 square feet of glass exterior
-45,000 tons of structural steel
-2,600,000 square feet of office space
-Projected completion: 4th quarter 2013

WTC TRANSPORTATION HUB
-Estimated cost $3.2 billion
- 800,000 square feet
- Supported by 900 tons of steel
-$591 million worth of security infrastructure
-Will serve more than 250,000 pedestrians a day
-Will connects path service, plus 12 subway lines, and the Battery Park City ferry terminal
-Projected completion: 2nd quarter 2014