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What is the white building at ground zero?

When you visit the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero, you’ll probably notice a large white building with steel, wing-shaped tips reaching toward the sky. That’s the Oculus, a transportation hub and shopping mall built alongside the One World Trade Center.

Where is the World Trade Center now?

New York City
The World Trade Center Transportation Hub opened to the public on March 4, 2016, and 3 World Trade Center opened on June 11, 2018….World Trade Center (2001–present)

World Trade Center
Status Mostly complete
Location New York City
Coordinates 40°42′42″N 74°00′45″WCoordinates: 40°42′42″N 74°00′45″W
Groundbreaking 2002

What was built in place of the Twin Towers?

April 27, 2006
One World Trade Center/Construction started

Is there still rebuilding at Ground Zero in New York?

Ground Zero rebuilding still continues in New York, 20 years after 9/11 Nation Sep 9, 2021 12:05 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades after its destruction in the Sept. 11 attacks, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex remains incomplete.

How long is the tour of ground zero?

TOUR DETAILS BOOK NOW. A 90-minute guided tour of Ground Zero, led by New Yorkers with personal connections to the events of 9/11. Includes visit to St. Paul’s Chapel, Firefighter’s 9/11 Memorial Wall, and the 9/11 Memorial.

When was the 9 / 11 Museum at Ground Zero built?

Construction of the underground National 9/11 Memorial Museum began in March 2006. The entrance features a glass atrium — an aboveground pavilion — where the museum guest is immediately confronted by two steel trident (three-pronged) columns salvaged from the destroyed twin towers.

When did the ground zero office building open?

By September 11, 2014, the omnipresent exterior elevator hoist was dismantled for the building’s official opening in November 2014. Over several months in 2014 into 2015, thousands of office workers moved into over 3 million square feet of office space. The observation area on floors 100, 101, and 102 opened to the public in May 2015.