The World Trade Center Today Is Now a Part of Daily Life

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25 years after the September 11th attacks, lower Manhattan is thriving.  Its population has tripled while media and tech firms have moved in, making the Financial District the envy of other U.S. downtowns.

In 2001, lower Manhattan was shattered. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks killed close to 3,000 people and reduced the World Trade Center to rubble. The Twin Towers’ shocking collapse inflicted such trauma that many wondered if the Financial District could ever recover.

Now we approach the 25th anniversary of this tragic event.  The World Trade Center today is now a part of daily life.

A Piece of the World Trade Center Arrives

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A 4-foot, 215-pound piece of steel rectangle arrived on the flatbed of a Department of Public Works truck July 19th in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. The piece of steel will be permanently installed at Memorial Pond (dedicated in 2003 in memory of four residents killed in terrorist attacks 9/11).

Those in attendance greeted the steel by taking pictures of it. By noon, it was in the firehouse, where it will stay until officials decide where to place it at the pond.

 The pond is behind Borough Hall and adjacent to Muni Field.

The final phase of the pond project — the creation of a waterfall — is in progress and will be completed in time for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, officials have said. A commemorative ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the pond.

Learn more about this symbol of healing story here.

The More Trade, the More Opportunities

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The new World Trade Center in Tijuana is glass enclosed, has eight floors and 200,000 square feet of office space.

Its purpose:

“We want to open Tijuana to the world and the world to Tijuana,” Gregorio Goldstein, CEO of the Tijuana World Trade Center.

Learn more here.