# Current Status at Ground Zero?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-at-ground-zero/321231
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 12, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-at-ground-zero/321231 "2005-09-12T12:44:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-at-ground-zero/321231/1 "2005-09-12T12:44:15Z")
Over the weekend, what with Sunday being 9/11 and all, there were a number of 9/11 themed documentaries, especially on the Discovery Channel and similar. Unfortunately, none really showed what was going on right now at Ground Zero.
I know there’s a new plan for the building that will eventually replace the Twin Towers, and I believe WTC 7 is under construction, but I’m curious to see what’s actually going on there and what time lines (if any) exist on future construction.
Where can I find such information???
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-at-ground-zero/321231/2 "2005-09-12T13:00:42Z")
There’s an interesting article on it [here](http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--sept11-rebuilding0910sep10,0,5943170.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork).
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> On Monday, a day after a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the attacks, work is starting on one major project: a $2.2 billion transit hub that replaces a temporary station that opened in 2003.
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> The Freedom Tower has suffered more setbacks and missed deadlines than other plans for the space, which include four more office towers, a memorial surrounded by a grove of oak trees, a performing arts center, and separate museums devoted to Sept. 11 and to freedom.
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> City police this May forced rebuilding officials to order a third design of the building after police expressed concerns that it was not secure enough to withstand a potential terrorist attack. After breaking ground on July 4, 2004, with a 20-ton inscribed granite cornerstone at the site, developers now say that cornerstone will have to be moved several feet to be part of the redesigned Freedom Tower.
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> Development officials complained that police came forward at the last minute, while police said they had spoken up for months. The tower, which had first been scheduled to be “topped off” \_ with its steel structure in place \_ by 2006, is now set to open in 2010 or 2011.
The main “Freedom Tower” design website is [here.](http://www.renewnyc.com/plan_des_dev/wtc_site/new_design_plans/freedom_tower/default.asp) See especially the “WTC Site Overview” to the upper right.
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### Author:  [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-at-ground-zero/321231/3 "2005-09-12T16:15:03Z")
> [@Lips\_Obsession](#):
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> Over the weekend, what with Sunday being 9/11 and all, there were a number of 9/11 themed documentaries, especially on the Discovery Channel and similar. Unfortunately, none really showed what was going on right now at Ground Zero.
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> I know there’s a new plan for the building that will eventually replace the Twin Towers, and I believe WTC 7 is under construction, but I’m curious to see what’s actually going on there and what time lines (if any) exist on future construction.
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> Where can I find such information???
Going on right now? Virtually nothing.
I work across the street from Ground Zero and I am blessed with a panoramic view of it from te 33rd floor. In the past year, there has been very little activity whatsoever. There are always construction workers milling around and performing renovations to the buildings on Vesey street, but other than occasional demolition, the WTC site is very quiet.
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### Author:  [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-at-ground-zero/321231/4 "2005-09-14T12:44:03Z")
Are there any active web cams trained on the WTC site anymore? I know there were for a while after 9/11…
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-at-ground-zero/321231/5 "2005-09-14T12:49:47Z")
[http://www.earthcam.com/cams/newyork/groundzero/camera2.php](http://www.earthcam.com/cams/newyork/groundzero/camera2.php)
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-at-ground-zero/321231/6 "2005-09-14T14:03:24Z")
They finally got approval to demolish the Deutsche Bank building across the street. The PATH rail station is operational. Repairs to 7 WTC are proceeding, seeming quickly. It looks like they are shoring up what will be the new foundations for whatever design will be built on that spot.
**Maeglin** , next time I’m in my home office (2 WFC), I’ll wave to you up on 33. You’ll have to look down, though. I’m on 15. Probably won’t be back until spring. Hopefully no walking down the howling wind canyon of Vesey on bitter Feb mornings this year.
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### Author:  [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-status-at-ground-zero/321231/7 "2005-09-15T13:33:37Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> They finally got approval to demolish the Deutsche Bank building across the street. The PATH rail station is operational. Repairs to 7 WTC are proceeding, seeming quickly. It looks like they are shoring up what will be the new foundations for whatever design will be built on that spot.
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> **Maeglin** , next time I’m in my home office (2 WFC), I’ll wave to you up on 33. You’ll have to look down, though. I’m on 15. Probably won’t be back until spring. Hopefully no walking down the howling wind canyon of Vesey on bitter Feb mornings this year.
Definitely shout me out, **D\_Odds**. I’m in WFC 3. Lunch at PacRim.
And I get the pleasure of walking down the howling canyon. Only now there is no more scaffolding, so I can get rained on, too.