'4 월드트레이드센터' 준공식

9.11테러의 비극을 딛고 뉴욕의 새로운 아이콘이 마침내 문을 열었다.


무너진 쌍둥이빌딩 자리에 세워지던 ‘월드트레이드 센터’의 첫 번째 타워가 13일 준공식을 가졌다. 9.11테러가 일어난지 꼭 12년 2개월만의 대역사다.


이날 완공된 빌딩은 ‘포(4) 월드트레이드센터’로 977피트(298m) 높이의 72층 빌딩이다. 그라운드 제로엔 ‘원(1) 월드트레이드센터’를 포함, 7개의 부속 건물이 오는 2020년까지 들어설 예정이다.


이 중 가장 먼저 문을 연 ‘포 월드트레이드센터’의 완공식 축하 연설에서 마이클 블룸버그 뉴욕시장은 “오늘은 뉴욕시의 역사적인 터닝포인트다”라고 의미를 부여했다.


월드트레이드센터 프로젝트를 진두지휘한 래리 실버스타인 회장도 “엄청난 자부심을 갖는 순간”이라며 “우리의 임무는 9.11테러로 잃은 친구들과 이웃들, 동료들을 추모하는 동시에 더 나은 뉴욕의 비전을 위해 힘을 불어넣는 것”이라고 강조했다.


실버스타인 회장은 “1200여명의 근로자들이 320만시간의 노동력을 합쳐 완공한 것이 오늘의 빌딩”이라며 관계자 모두에게 감사를 전했다.


포 월드트레이드센터는 일본의 건축가 마키 후미히코가 설계한 것으로 이날 리본커팅식에는 9.11테러로 희생된 가족이 있는 두명의 근로자가 함께 해 눈길을 끌었다. 그중 한사람인 커뮤니케이션 매니저 제시카 쉔홀츠머피는 “난 뉴욕을 사랑한다. 이 건물은 잃어버린 것에 대한 보답”이라고 감격어린 소감을 피력했다.


포 월드트레이드센터는 뉴욕뉴저지항만청의 본부를 비롯한 사무공간과 상점들이 입주할 옞덩이다.


한편 ‘원 월드트레이드센터’는 내년 중 완공될 예정이다. 첨탑까지 1776피트(541m)인 이 건물이 완공되면 시카고의 윌리스 타워를 제치고 미국 최고의 마천루라는 타이틀을 갖게 된다.


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4 World Trade Center


4 World Trade Center (also known by its street address, 150 Greenwich Street) is a skyscraper that is part of the new World Trade Center complex in New York City. It opened to tenants and the public on November 13, 2013. It is located on the southeast corner of the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where the original nine-story 4 World Trade Center stood. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki was awarded the contract to design the building, which will be 978 feet (298 m) tall. As of 2013 it is the second tallest skyscraper in the rebuilt World Trade Center, behind One World Trade Center, although 2 World Trade Center and 3 World Trade Center are planned to surpass the building's height upon completion. The total floor space of the building is expected to include 1.8 million square feet (167,000 square meters) of office and retail space. The building's groundbreaking took place in January 2008.


Original building (1975–2001)


The original 4 World Trade Center was a 9-story low-rise office building completed in 1975 that was 118ft(36m) tall and in the southeast corner of the site, in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The building's major tenants were Deutsche Bank (Floor 4, 5, and 6) and the New York Board of Trade (Floors 7, 8, and 9). The building's side facing Liberty Street housed the entrance to The Mall at the World Trade Center on the Concourse level of the WTC. It was damaged beyond repair as a result of the September 11 attacks and was later demolished to make way for the construction of the new skyscrapers, Four World Trade Center and Three World Trade Center. 4 World Trade Center was home to five commodities exchanges on what was at the time one of the world's largest trading floors (featured in the Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places). The new Four World Trade Center and Three World Trade Center will stand where 4 World Trade Center formerly stood.


Planned occupancy


(PANYNJ) plans to lease approximately 600,766 square feet (55,700 square meters) in 150 Greenwich for its new headquarters. PANYNJ was formerly headquartered in 1 World Trade Center before it was destroyed. The Port Authority signed a 30 year lease. The building will dedicate the space on the lower levels for use by retail businesses and also provide access to an underground "retail and transportation concourse" which will be connected to the PATH terminal at the site. The city of New York also plans to lease 581,642 square feet (54,036.3 m2) in the completed building.


Planned layout


The above-ground portion of the building dedicated for retail use (which consists of the ground floor, the three floors immediately above the ground floor as well as the two floors below ground), the building will accommodate offices using two distinct floor shapes. From floors 7 through 46, the typical floor space is 36,350 square feet (3,376 square meters) in the shape of a parallelogram (which is designed to echo the configuration of the site). From floors 48 through 63 the floor space will be 28,000 sq ft (2,600 square meters) in the shape of a trapezoid, shaped so that it opens toward the tip of Manhattan Island and also triangulated to face One World Trade Center. The tower will include five levels of mechanical floors. The New York Power Authority selected UTC Power to provide 12 PureCell Model 400 fuel cells to will be used to provide electricity, water and heat. Combined, the systems will rank as one of the largest installations of fuel cells in the world, according to the developer. The upper floors of the building have no interior columns.


Construction


Groundbreaking took place in 2008. The building reached street level in November 2009. The safety cocoon was installed December 2010. The first glass was installed May 2011. In November 2010, three PureCell fuel cells were delivered at the World Trade Center site which together will provide about 30% of the tower’s power. The structural engineer for the building is Leslie E. Robertson Associates, New York City.


On February 16, 2012, one of the building's construction crane cables snapped while lifting steel, causing the steel to fall 40 stories from the building, landing on a flat bed truck. No injuries were reported. Construction on the building eventually resumed after the accident.


As of June 14, 2013, the construction history at the 4 World Trade Center site included:
Final interior fit-out through fall 2013
Utility work is active along Liberty Street (inside the work site fence line)-all fencing to be removed when the building opens
TCO achieved November 13, 2013
Steel topped out at floor 72 on June 25, 2012.


In September 2013, it was announced that all construction fencing surrounding WTC 4 will be removed, instead of minimal removal only providing a pathway to and from the street and doors of the building. The removal of all fencing will provide pedestrian access to the Memorial Plaza, the surrounding streets, and eventually the other 5 WTC buildings.

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