The final steel beam was installed at the top of 4 World Trade Center Monday morning. The office building, located at 150 Greenwich St., is the first completed of four new buildings at the World Trade Center site.
The 977-foot, 72-story tower will open in the fall of 2013, making it the sixth highest building in New York City. It will accommodate stores, offices, and the Port Authority’s new headquarters.
The building’s developer, Larry Silverstein, joined local officials and construction workers in signing and raising the last beam, which weighed a whopping eight tons and was covered with an American flag. Silverstein was quoted in Crain’s New York saying that the event’s goal was “to give New Yorkers back the city terrorists tried to take away.”
Senior associate construction manager for the building Malcolm Williams said the design is simple and elegant. The floor plan has a focus on efficiency and productivity, and the lobby is twice the size of 7 World Trade Center. The building is minimalist in style and trapezoidal in shape, with a reflective black granite surface.
Architect Fumihiko Maki says in a video on the building’s website, “I feel very honored to participate in this exciting process of making something important for New York City.”
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