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Rebuilding the World Trade Center
 Websites presented in alphabetical order America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero 
 This companion to a PBS program that first aired in September 2002 concerns the clean-up efforts following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Includes an illustrated description of the engineering for the clean-up, images of artifacts, video clips, essays on the future of the site, and information about the making of the documentary. http://www.pbs.org/americarebuilds/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond, U.S. History By Place Last updated Aug 15, 2005 Daniel Libeskind
A biography of the architect, information on his projects, and an essay about and images of his award-winning World Trade Center design study. http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 15, 2005 The Danish Jewish Museum
This Copenhagen museum, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, uses the space of the Royal Boathouse to house a collection documenting the history of Denmark's Jews. The site features an illustrated overview of the collection, a glossary, a brief bibliography, and links to related sites. In English and Danish. http://www.jewmus.dk/?language=uk Topics: History, Judaism, Museums, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Jun 15, 2004 Denver Art Museum
Features information about the activities and exhibits of this museum, which holds collections of European, Asian, American Indian, and Latin American art. Also includes a website for children, a report on interpretive experiments, and information about the museum's expansion project ("the Frederic C. Hamilton Building, a geometric explosion of glass and titanium designed by Daniel Libeskind"). http://www.denverartmuseum.org/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Nov 11, 2006 NIST and the World Trade Center
"In response to the [Sept. 11, 2001] WTC tragedy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a 3-year building and fire safety investigation to study the factors contributing to the probable cause (or causes) of post-impact collapse" of the towers. This website presents the 2005 findings and safety improvement recommendations of this nonregulatory federal agency, along with background, computer simulations, and images. Website continues to be updated with briefings, reports, and related material. http://wtc.nist.gov Topics: Architecture, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 1, 2009 Sacred Ground
Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline program that "tells the inside story of the first stormy year in the struggle to design the Freedom Tower, the signature skyscraper to rise on the site where the World Trade Center once stood." Provides essays and slide shows on the designs, profiles of stakeholders, information about the architects, a chronology of the project, video clips, a bibliography, and related links. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sacred/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Oct 14, 2004 Selected Design for the World Trade Center Site
This site introduces the new World Trade Center site design: the Freedom Tower, designed by Daniel Libeskind and revised in collaboration with David Childs. Includes dozens of slides of architectural plans, and architectural factsheet, and a rebuilding timeline. From the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC). http://www.lowermanhattan.info/rebuild/new_design_plans/ Topics: Architecture by Place, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Nov 14, 2006 World Trade Center Dossier
This collection on the World Trade Center and Ground Zero features a photo archive, information about the original model of the World Trade Center created by the architect Minoru Yamasaki, and details about exhibitions (such as one "examining the history of the complex in its conception, design, and construction ... and their destruction on the morning of 9/11"). Also includes a few related links. From the website for New York's Skyscraper Museum. http://www.skyscraper.org/WHAT%27S_UP/WTC_DOSSIER/wtc.htm Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 2, 2008 World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition
"The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) administered the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition. Through this competition, the jury selected a design for a single memorial that remembers and honors all loss of life on September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993." The site features images of the 5,201 submissions, which came from 63 nations and 49 states, and detailed information about the seven finalists and the winning entry, "Reflecting Absence." Also includes press releases. http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/ Topics: September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 12, 2005 |
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