| Prior to September 11, 2001, the 16-acre
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| | with oak trees, each void will feature
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| World Trade Center site was one of New
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| | rings of cascading water falling into
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| York City's most familiar landmarks.
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| | illuminated reflecting pools. The names
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| Following the tragedy, workers spent
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| | of the victims in New York City,
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| months clearing the debris and remains of
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| | Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, as
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| those who died in the attacks. On May 30,
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| | well as the February 1993 WTC bombing,
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| 2002, the last remaining piece of
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| | will be inscribed around the memorial
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| structural steel, which had come from the
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| | waterfalls.
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| South Tower, was ceremoniously draped
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| | A state-of-the-art museum will offer
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| with the U.S. flag and carried out. This
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| | student group travelers the opportunity
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| piece of steel has been recycled as the
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| | to enhance their experience. Visits will
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| bow of the new assault ship, USS New
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| | begin at an entry pavilion, as students
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| York. In addition, Honeybee Robotics
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| | encounter both the enormity of the loss
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| incorporated steel debris from the site
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| | and the triumph of the human spirit that
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| into cable shields built for the Mars
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| | are at the heart of 9/11. Students will
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| Exploration Rover mission.
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| | also be able to view a section of the
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| The main developer of the new World Trade
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| | massive slurry wall that held back the
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| Center site, Larry Silverstein, heads the
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| | Hudson River during the attacks.
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| group of visionary leaders committed to
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| | Construction on the memorial and museum
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| the redevelopment of the World Trade
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| | began in March 2006. The memorial is
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| Center site. Plans include six acres of
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| | scheduled to open Sept. 11, 2009, with
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| space, five new skyscrapers, the National
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| | the museum opening to follow in 2010. To
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| September 11 Memorial and Museum, a
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| | date, the September 11 Memorial and
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| retail complex, and a performing arts
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| | Museum has raised more than $300 million
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| center. When completed they believe it
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| | of its $350 million goal.
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| will create a more vibrant future for
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| | In addition to the Memorial Museum, the
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| downtown New York with superior
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| | cultural component of the new World Trade
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| commercialized space, a more convenient
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| | Center will include a 1,000-seat
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| transportation system, and a highly
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| | performing arts center at the northwest
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| commemorative destination for people who
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| | corner of Fulton and Greenwich Streets.
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| live, work, and visit the area.
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| | The modern-dance focused Joyce Theater
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| By 2012, completion of the five World
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| | will be the sole occupant of the center.
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| Trade Center office towers will mark a
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| | Although the theater will have the
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| major milestone in the project. Together,
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| | performing arts focus, the building may
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| with the recently opened 7 World Trade
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| | occasionally used for non-dance events,
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| Center to the north of the site and the
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| | such as the Tribeca Film Festival, which
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| rising Goldman Sachs global headquarters
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| | takes place each spring. Construction for
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| to the west in Battery City Park, the
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| | the project will not begin until 2010 or
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| downtown skyline will feature no fewer
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| | 2011.
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| than seven new corporate towers
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| | The retail area, occupying 500,000 square
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| comprising 14 million square feet of
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| | feet, will be interspersed throughout the
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| office space. An architectural landmark
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| | site, stretching from as far as the new
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| for New York City, 1 World Trade Center,
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| | Fulton Street Transit Center to the World
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| the Freedom Tower, will soar 1,776 feet,
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| | Financial Center. Developed by the Port
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| symbolic of the year 1776, when the
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| | Authority of New York and New Jersey,
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| Declaration of Independence was signed.
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| | with support from Silverstein Properties,
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| The Freedom Tower will become the tallest
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| | the retail space is expected to be
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| building in the United States and include
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| | completed by 2012. When completed, the
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| office space, an observation deck,
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| | site will be one of the largest business
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| world-class restaurants, and more. The
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| | districts in the United States.
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| tower is scheduled to open in 2011.
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| | More than 5.6 million visitors traveled
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| The National September 11 Memorial and
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| | to Lower Manhattan in 2006. They came to
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| Museum will serve as a moving and
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| | visit the World Trade Center site and to
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| important memorial to the 2,979 people
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| | reflect on the tragic events of September
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| who perished in the 9/11 attacks. It will
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| | 11, 2001. According to the Downtown
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| also serve as a poignant learning
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| | Alliance, the downtown business
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| experience for student group travelers.
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| | improvement district, that's only half of
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| The memorial's design, Reflecting
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| | those expected to head downtown once the
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| Absence, will consist of two voids on the
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| | National September 11 Memorial and Museum
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| footprints of the original Twin Towers.
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| | opens in 2010.
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| Surrounded by a landscaped plaza filled
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