Four World Trade Center
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Four World Trade Center is a skyscraper
under construction as part of the new World Trade Center
in New York City
at 150 Greenwich Street on the east side of Greenwich Street, across from the original location of the Twin Towers
that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. Pritzker Prize
-winning architect Fumihiko Maki
was awarded the contract to design the building, which will be 947 feet (288 m) tall, making it the fourth tallest skyscraper planned on the World Trade Center site. The total floor space of the building is anticipated to include 1.8 million square feet (167,000 square meter) of office and retail space. The building's groundbreaking took place in January 2008, and it is scheduled to be completed by 2013. The structural engineer for the building is Leslie E. Robertson
Associates, New York City.
(Floor 4, 5, and 6) and the New York Board of Trade
(Floors 7, 8, and 9).
4 World Trade Center was the location of the Orange Juice Exchange scene at the end of the film Trading Places
. 4 World Trade Center was home to five commodities exchanges on what was at the time one of the world's largest trading floors. Among these was the New York Cotton Exchange
where the actual Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice contract was traded. The movie was filmed on the Nymex floor with Nymex people as extras.
(PANYNJ) plans to lease approximately 600,766 square feet (55,700 square meters) in 150 Greenwich for its new headquarters. PANYNJ was formerly headquartered in 1 World Trade Center before it was destroyed. The Port Authority signed a 30 year lease. The building will dedicate the space on the lower levels for use by retail
businesses and also provide access to an underground "retail and transportation concourse" which will be connected to the PATH
terminal at the site.
The city of New York also plans to lease 581642 square feet (54,036.3 m²) in the completed building.
(which is designed to echo the configuration of the site). From floors 48 through 63 the floor space will be 28,000 sq ft (2,600 square meter) in the shape of a trapezoid
, shaped so that it opens toward the tip of Manhattan Island and also triangulated to face One World Trade Center. The tower will include five levels of mechanical floors.
, while Silverstein Properties will be in charge of 2, 3, and 4 World Trade Center. The plan calls for the construction of 4 World Trade Center to move forward as planned. 200 Greenwich Street will be built to street level soon. However, given that international and American companies have expressed interest in office space at the World Trade Center (the publishing giant Conde Nast
has signed a lease to move its headquarters into One World Trade Center), it is likely that Tower 2 will be finished sooner rather than later. Construction of the retail and transportation portions of Tower 3 will proceed immediately, while construction of the actual office tower will start while Silverstein is obtaining $300 million in private financing and securing leases on one-fifth of the tower.
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
under construction as part of the new World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
at 150 Greenwich Street on the east side of Greenwich Street, across from the original location of the Twin Towers
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks. Pritzker Prize
Pritzker Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honour "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built...
-winning architect Fumihiko Maki
Fumihiko Maki
is a Japanese architect and currently teaching at Keio University SFC.- Biography :After studying at the University of Tokyo he moved to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and then to Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1956, he took a post as assistant professor of...
was awarded the contract to design the building, which will be 947 feet (288 m) tall, making it the fourth tallest skyscraper planned on the World Trade Center site. The total floor space of the building is anticipated to include 1.8 million square feet (167,000 square meter) of office and retail space. The building's groundbreaking took place in January 2008, and it is scheduled to be completed by 2013. The structural engineer for the building is Leslie E. Robertson
Leslie E. Robertson
Leslie Earl Robertson was one of the chief structural engineers of the World Trade Center in New York, which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks and was responsible for the design of the buildings' sway-reduction features...
Associates, New York City.
Original building
The original Four World Trade Center had 9 stories, was 118 ft (36 m) tall and was used just as an office building. Its major tenants were Deutsche BankDeutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...
(Floor 4, 5, and 6) and the New York Board of Trade
New York Board of Trade
The New York Board of Trade , renamed ICE Futures US in September of 2007, is a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange . It is a physical commodity futures exchange located in New York City. It originated in 1870 as the New York Cotton Exchange...
(Floors 7, 8, and 9).
4 World Trade Center was the location of the Orange Juice Exchange scene at the end of the film Trading Places
Trading Places
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film, of the satire genre, directed by John Landis, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. It tells the story of an upper class commodities broker and a homeless street hustler whose lives cross paths when they are unknowingly made part of an elaborate bet...
. 4 World Trade Center was home to five commodities exchanges on what was at the time one of the world's largest trading floors. Among these was the New York Cotton Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
The New York Cotton Exchange was a commodities exchange founded in 1870 by a group of one hundred cotton brokers and merchants at 1 Hanover Square in New York City.- History :...
where the actual Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice contract was traded. The movie was filmed on the Nymex floor with Nymex people as extras.
Planned occupancy
After completion, the Port Authority of New York and New JerseyPort Authority of New York and New Jersey
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a bi-state port district, established in 1921 through an interstate compact, that runs most of the regional transportation infrastructure, including the bridges, tunnels, airports, and seaports, within the Port of New York and New Jersey...
(PANYNJ) plans to lease approximately 600,766 square feet (55,700 square meters) in 150 Greenwich for its new headquarters. PANYNJ was formerly headquartered in 1 World Trade Center before it was destroyed. The Port Authority signed a 30 year lease. The building will dedicate the space on the lower levels for use by retail
Retail
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
businesses and also provide access to an underground "retail and transportation concourse" which will be connected to the PATH
Port Authority Trans-Hudson
PATH, derived from Port Authority Trans-Hudson, is a rapid transit railroad linking Manhattan, New York City with Newark, Harrison, Hoboken and Jersey City in metropolitan northern New Jersey...
terminal at the site.
The city of New York also plans to lease 581642 square feet (54,036.3 m²) in the completed building.
Planned layout
The above-ground portion of the building dedicated for retail use (which consists of the ground floor, the three floors immediately above the ground floor as well as the two floors below ground), the building will accommodate offices using two distinct floor shapes. From floors 7 through 46, the typical floor space will be 36,350 square feet (3,376 square meter) in the shape of a parallelogramParallelogram
In Euclidean geometry, a parallelogram is a convex quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. The opposite or facing sides of a parallelogram are of equal length and the opposite angles of a parallelogram are of equal measure...
(which is designed to echo the configuration of the site). From floors 48 through 63 the floor space will be 28,000 sq ft (2,600 square meter) in the shape of a trapezoid
Trapezoid
In Euclidean geometry, a convex quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides is referred to as a trapezoid in American English and as a trapezium in English outside North America. A trapezoid with vertices ABCD is denoted...
, shaped so that it opens toward the tip of Manhattan Island and also triangulated to face One World Trade Center. The tower will include five levels of mechanical floors.
Future
Since the Port Authority's proposal on May 11, 2009, the building has been the only other one on the site to have its construction continue as planned. New plans agreed upon on March 25, 2010, dictate that the Port Authority will take control of the sites for One World Trade Center and 5 World Trade CenterFive World Trade Center
Five World Trade Center, also referred to by its street address 130 Liberty Street, is a planned World Trade Center building in New York City. It will be located on Site 5 of the new World Trade Center complex, but not fully part of the main plot of land as the other four buildings. At one time,...
, while Silverstein Properties will be in charge of 2, 3, and 4 World Trade Center. The plan calls for the construction of 4 World Trade Center to move forward as planned. 200 Greenwich Street will be built to street level soon. However, given that international and American companies have expressed interest in office space at the World Trade Center (the publishing giant Conde Nast
Condé Nast Publications
Condé Nast, a division of Advance Publications, is a magazine publisher. In the U.S., it produces 18 consumer magazines, including Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Vogue, as well as four business-to-business publications, 27 websites, and more than 50 apps...
has signed a lease to move its headquarters into One World Trade Center), it is likely that Tower 2 will be finished sooner rather than later. Construction of the retail and transportation portions of Tower 3 will proceed immediately, while construction of the actual office tower will start while Silverstein is obtaining $300 million in private financing and securing leases on one-fifth of the tower.
External links
- 150 Greenwich Street - Official site
- Tower 4 Design Update (video)
- Images of 150 Greenwich Street (images)