The Oculus - New York City
The Oculus and 1 WTC When the World Trade Center opened in New York City, in 1973, it was a massive office complex. It contained seven buildings, including the “Twin Towers,” and over 13.4 million square feet of office space. Underneath was a shopping mall and a transit hub that brought together six subway lines and the PATH trains to New Jersey. The attack on September 11, 2001 brought all of that crashing down. Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), from Wikimedia Commons Now, seventeen years later, most of the area has been rebuilt. There is a memorial and museum dedicated to those who lost their lives in 2001. Four new office buildings have been completed, including the new One World Trade Center , which at 1776 feet in height, is the tallest building in the western hemisphere. The new underground shopping mall has opened, and it will expand to occupy the bottom 3-4 floors of three of the buildings in the new World Trade Center complex. And the new transportatio...