150 Greenwich Street

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name=World Trade Center Tower 4
"150 Greenwich Street"


caption="150 Greenwich Street, with 175 Greenwich Street to the left"
coordinates=coord|40.710409|-74.011933|display=inline
status= Under construction
groundbreaking=January 2008
est_completion=2011
use=Office
location=150 Greenwich Street New York City, New York, United States
roof= 975 ft (297 m)
antenna_spire=
top_floor=
floor_count=64
floor_area=1,800,000 sq ft (167,000 sq m)
architect=Fumihiko Maki
developer=Silverstein Properties
skyscraperpage_id= 7803|

150 Greenwich Street is the address for a new skyscraper being erected as part of the World Trade Center reconstruction in New York City. The office building has also been referred to as World Trade Center Tower 4 and will be on the east side of Greenwich Street, across the street from the original location of the twin towers that were destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Noted architect Fumihiko Maki was awarded the contract to design the building which will be 947 feet (288 m) tall, [ [http://www.renewnyc.com/displaynews.aspx?newsid=c96eb975-ecbc-4faf-94ec-250f0692a4e1 Designs for three World Trade Center Towers Unveiled] , "Lower Manhattan Development Corporation", URL retrieved September 7, 2006] which will make it the fourth tallest skyscraper on the World Trade Center site. [http://www.wtc.com/inner_page.aspx?id=47 150 Greenwich St., Maki and Associates, Architectural Fact Sheet - September 2006] , URL retrieved February 9, 2007] New revised plans state the tower will now rise a total of 975 feet (297 m). [cite web | accessdate=2007-11-08 | format=html | url=http://www.greenbuildingsnyc.com/?p=300 | title=LEED Gold Greenwich Street Towers to Break Ground at WTC in Early 2008 | date= 2007-09-11] 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. [Pogrebin,Robin, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/arts/design/03towe.html?ex=1304308800&en=dcd80498fe64115b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Richard Rogers to Design Tower at Ground Zero] , "The New York Times", (May 3, 2006), URL retrieved June 22, 2006] The building's groundbreaking took place in January 2008, and it is scheduled to be completed by 2011. The structural engineer for the building is Leslie E. Robertson Associates, New York City. ["Ground Zero Office Designs Hailed as Hopeful Symbols" in "Engineering News-Record", September 18, 2006, pg. 12]

Planned occupancy

After completion, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) plans to lease approximately 600,000 square feet (55,700 square meters) in 150 Greenwich for its new headquarterscite news | first=David W. | last=Dunlap | url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/answers-about-ground-zero-rebuilding/ | title=Answers About Ground Zero Rebuilding | work=New York Times | publisher=New York Times Co. | location=New York, New York | date=9 July 2008 | accessdate=2008-07-09] . PANYNJ was formerly headquartered in 1 World Trade Center before it was destroyed. 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 convert|600000|sqft|m2 in the completed building.

Planned layout

Above the 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 44, the typical floor space will be 36,350 square feet (3,376 square meter) in the shape of a parallelogram (which is designed to echo the configuration of the site). From floors 46 through 60 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 the nearby Freedom Tower. The tower will include five levels of mechanical floors.

Construction

Site preparation and excavation were carried out by the Port Authority and were completeted on January 12, 2008. Silverstein Properties has now taken over the 150 Greenwich Street site, and has begun construction on the tower. It is planned to be completed by 2011.

References

ee also

*List of tallest buildings in New York City

External links

* [http://www.wtc.com/about/office-tower-4/office-tower-4-about 150 Greenwich Street] - Official site
* [http://www.wtc.com/media/videos/World%20Trade%20Center%20Tower%204%20Design%20Update Tower 4 Design Update] (video)
* [http://www.wtc.com/media/images/tower-4 Images of 150 Greenwich Street] (images)
* [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7803 Skyscraperpage.com] - Diagram of building
* [http://www.freewebs.com/savenyc Rebuilding the Twin Towers]