WTC Transportation Hub design takes flight

摘要

After being buffeted for years by fiscal concerns and by diverse opinion and critique enveloping the overall rebuilding of New York's World Trade Center site, the site's Transportation Hub final design has been unveiled by architect Santiago Calatrava. A model of the design will be on display through Aug. 31 at the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute in New York, as part of an exhibition entitled, "Santiago Calatrava: World Trade Center Transportation Hub."rnThe Transportation Hub will serve the Port Authority's PATH bistate rapid transit line, and serve as an access point for numerous subway lines operated by MTA New York City Transit. The final design has emerged from a torturous political process launched in late 2003, as the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey selected Downtown Design Partnership, a joint venture of DMJM + Harris (now AECOM), STV Group Inc., and Parsons Transportation inrnassociation with Santiago Calatrava S.A. to design the facility, as part of the larger effort in lower Manhattan to rebuild on (and under) Ground Zero.