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Lower Manhattan in New York

29 December 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, New York City Reading Time: 2 minutes

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Lower Manhattan (also known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York) is the southernmost part of Manhattan, the central borough for business, culture, and government in New York City, which is the most populated city in the United States with over 8.8 million residents as of the 2020 census. Lower Manhattan is defined most commonly as the area delineated on the north by 14th Street, on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by the East River, and on the south by New York Harbor. The Lower Manhattan business district, known as the Financial District (FiDi), forms the main core of the area below Chambers Street. It is a leading global center for commerce, housing Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. read more…

Tags: 14th Street, Battery Park, Downtown Manhattan, Downtown New York, East River, Financial District, Hudson, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York, New York City, One World Trade Center, United States of America, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, World Trade Center

20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks

11 September 2021 | Author/Destination: Knut Wingsch | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, New York City Reading Time: 36 minutes

The September 11 attacks, often referred to as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Wahhabi Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. read more…

Tags: 11. September 2001, 20. Jahrestag, 2001, 20th Anniversary, 9/11, Knut Wingsch, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York, New York City, NYC, September 11 attacks, United States of Aemrica, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, World Trade Center, WTC

World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City

1 August 2016 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Architecture, House of the Month, New York City Reading Time: 8 minutes

World Trade Center is a terminal station in Lower Manhattan for PATH rail service. It was originally opened on July 19, 1909, as Hudson Terminal, but was torn down, rebuilt as World Trade Center, and re-opened July 6, 1971. Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, a temporary station opened in 2003. This station serves as the terminus for the Newark – World Trade Center and Hoboken – World Trade Center routes. The main station house, the Oculus, opened on March 4, 2016, and the terminal was renamed the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, or World Trade Center for short. read more…

Tags: Hafenbehörde von New York und New Jersey, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NYC, PATH, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Port Authority Trans-Hudson, United States of America, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, World Trade Center, World Trade Center Transportation Hub

Theme Week New York City – National September 11 Memorial and Museum

14 March 2015 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, New York City Reading Time: 10 minutes

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is the principal memorial and museum, respectively, commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001 (which killed 2,977 people) and the World Trade Center bombing of 1993 (which killed six). The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, the former location of the Twin Towers (which were destroyed during the attacks). It is operated by a non-profit corporation, headed by Joe Daniels, whose mission is to raise funds for, program, own and operate the memorial and museum at the World Trade Center site. read more…

Tags: Ground Zero, Manhattan, National September 11 Memorial and Museum, New York City, NYC, Theme Week, Themenwoche, United States of America, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, World Trade Center

9/11 – 10th anniversary

11 September 2011 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Architecture, Living, Working, Building, Museums, Exhibitions, New York City, Events Reading Time: 10 minutes

This image contains all of the names of those who perished in the World Trade Center on 9/11. The names are from the CNN September 11 archive. The names that are highlighted in orange are those of fire fighters and police who died in the line of duty. Photo: Dzeni

Meanwhile the re-building of the new Word Trade Center make great progress. The Twin Tower foot prints on Ground Zero together with a Cultural Centre will form the 9/11 Memorial Plaza / National September 11 Memorial & Museum, surrounded by the WTC Tower’s 1 to 7. The One World Trade Center Tower (Freedom Tower) will become the heart of the ensemble. After completition the tower will reach a height of 1776 feet (541.3 m – the hight is a reminder to the Declaration of Independence from 1776). At that time it will be the highest building in the Americas and will rank as the N° 3 of the tallest buildings in the world for a few years. read more…