| This
concept plan creates
a large oval park
on a deck above West
Street, as well as
new public squares,
memorial sites, and
sites for a museum
and other important
low-rise cultural
buildings positioned
to be visible from
beyond the site. A
grand promenade extends
south along West Street
to Battery Park, lined
with trees or plants
to remember each of
the victims. By connecting
the proposed museum/cultural
facilities on the
site to Battery Park,
the promenade forms
a dignified, symbolic
connection of spaces
between the Statue
of Liberty, Ellis
Island and the World
Trade Center site.
The skyline is marked
by two 63-story towers
on the eastern portion
of the site along
Church Street.
Principal Features
of this Concept
Plan:
- Grand promenade
connecting
museum/cultural
facilities
on the site
to Battery
Park, and
via ferry,
Ellis Island
and the
Statue of
Liberty
- Cultural
and memorial
uses on
the western
portion
of the site
- 27.7 acres
of public
space, including
the grand
promenade,
new streets,
public squares,
arcades,
and an enclosed
galleria
- New streets
including
grand promenade
- West Street
tunnel from
Battery
Park to
Vesey Street
(local traffic
at surface)
- 6 towers
(2 at 63
stories,
4 at 32
stories)
- Two 1,500
foot high
skyline
elements
- Potential
residential
development
south of
Liberty
Street
- 19.4 acres
of new property
created,
on a deck
and grand
promenade
over the
submerged
express
lanes of
West Street
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