by Lionel Bascom — July 26th, 2007 — 1 comment
The plan is to erect 43,000 tons of steel in the next year to build the skeleton of the Freedom Tower.
“Progress at the Freedom Tower is moving rapidly forward,” according to a story on the website, AM New York. “Contractors have poured nearly 10,000 cubic yards of concrete for the building’s foundation and erected the initial structural steel columns for the tower, which will rise 1,776 feet and be completed in 2010,” according to AM New York Five towers will eventually rise at the new World Trade Center.
‘ “The board also approved a $46 million project to build supportive walls for the museum, memorial and original World Trade Center site slurry wall. The support structure will allow museum visitors to see the original wall, which keeps the Hudson River from seeping into the site.
The board also approved a $13 million project to install 3-foot concrete-filled steel posts around some LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airport terminals to prevent vehicles from crashing into or driving explosives inside the buildings.
The first posts will be constructed by the end of the year around LaGuardia’s Marine Air Terminal and Newark’s Terminal B.
The authority will eventually construct posts around all 16 of the agency’s owned and leased terminals.
The attack on Glasgow airport earlier this year didn’t prompt the project, said authority Executive Director Anthony Shorris, “but obviously Glasgow reminds the importance of moving this forward.” ‘
9:14 PM in Uncategorized, The Construction, World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News
Moving forward allows one to feel temporarily positive about the future. It never guarantees that this activity will lead to success. Instead, vigilance toward achieving a positive goal could very well meet with extreme disappointment. In such a case, an alternative focus may lead to interestingly creative nuances and renewed vision.
Progress in any endeavor directly relates to the energy placed on defeating obstacles, whether those be physical, monetary, or within one’s human psyche. Therefore, this focus on rebuilding a secure new World Trade Center obviates the threat of future terrorist activity and provides each witness with renewed, albeit vigilant hope.
Jeanne · July 26th, 2007 at 9:47 pm