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Category Archives: Public Transport
Calatrava’s WTC Transit Hub Pared Down
Santiago Calatrava’s design for a transit hub at the World Trade Center site in Manhattan has been scaled back. On July 1, shortly after revealing that virtually all of the construction projects at Ground Zero were behind schedule and over budget, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced it was cutting out a signature element of Calatrava’s elliptical-shaped building: a hydraulic system that would allow its ribbed steel wings to open and close. The operable roof was intended to allow natural light and air into the building. Continue reading
Risky Business- Spaniard To Design WTC Transit Hub
Santiago Calatrava, the 52-year-old Spaniard picked earlier this month to design a big new train and subway station at the World Trade Center site, is a singular figure in the design world: a remarkably inventive architect who’s also a civil engineer and a sculptor. But is he a good fit for Ground Zero? Continue reading
Port Authority awards $86M contract in World Trade Center construction project
Share NEW YORK — The Port Authority took its first concrete step toward construction of Santiago Calatrava’s dramatic World Trade Center PATH and subway hub today, awarding an $86 million contract to a Long Island firm to provide the structure’s concrete floor slabs, beams and walls. Continue reading