As the unofficial chroniclers of the World Trade Center rebuilding, Joe Woolhead, Judith Dupré and Mike Marcucci talk about the obstacles and highlights of documenting - through film, photography and books - the 16-acre site on a daily basis ov

Episode 4: The Mayor: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton

Sep 15th, 2021 53m 10s

Michael Bloomberg was sworn in as Mayor of New York City just four months after 9/11, and for the next 12 years, he oversaw much of the area’s and the city’s remarkable recovery. He was one of the earliest proponents of Downtown’s transformatio

Episode 2: The Architects: The Master Plan Daniel Libeskind, WTC Master Plan architect

Sep 15th, 2021 53m 6s

How do you rebuild a city within a city after the devastation of the worst terror attacks on American soil? Architect Daniel Libeskind won a star-studded international competition to lead the design process for the world’s most emotionally char

Episode 9: The Artists: Capturing History Through Creativity, Marcus Robinson, Kerry Irvine, Joohee Park, Lady Aiko, Risa Boogie, Cristina Martinez, Komikka Patton

Sep 15th, 2021 53m 10s

Before any companies moved into the new World Trade Center towers, a small group of artists set up makeshift studios in raw space overlooking the site. From this rare perch, they began to capture and document the massive construction project be

Episode 10: The Final Project: Completing the Vision Robert Whitlock, KPF; Maria Masi, Brookfield Properties; Marty Burger, Silverstein Properties; Dawanna Williams, Dabar Development Partners

Sep 15th, 2021 53m 1s

Architect Robert Whitlock, and developers Maria Masi, Marty Burger and Dawanna Williams talk about 5 WTC, the only residential tower proposed for the WTC site. Featuring 1,325 apartments, including 330 that will be permanently affordable, this

Episode 8: The Tastemakers: Culture on Campus Leslie Koch, President, Perelman Center for the Performing Arts

Sep 15th, 2021 53m 3s

Leslie Koch offers a guided tour of the under-construction performing arts center, which will be the next building to open at the WTC site. She discusses the importance of arts and culture to Lower Manhattan and to a city that is just now begin

Episode 5: The Residents: 24/7 Live, Work, and Play Neighborhood Jessica Lappin and Catherine McVay Hughes

Sep 15th, 2021 53m 3s

Jessica Lappin, President of the Alliance for Downtown New York, and Catherine McVay Hughes, a 33-year resident of Lower Manhattan and former chair of Manhattan Community Board One discuss their experience living and working in Lower Manhattan

Episode 1: The Developer: Never Bet Against New York Larry Silverstein, World Trade Center developer

Sep 15th, 2021 53m 7s

Larry Silverstein purchased the Twin Towers at the age of 70 on July 24, 2001, only to see the complex destroyed in the 9/11 terror attacks. He has devoted the rest of his life to rebuilding the Trade Center. Despite many major obstacles over t

Episode 11 – Reflecting Absence- Michael Arad, 9/11 Memorial architect; Bill Dacunto, Silverstein Properties

Sep 15th, 2021 53m 1s

How do you create a place of remembrance in the heart of a bustling city? Michael Arad was a young, unknown architect when he beat out 5,200 others to win a competition to design the National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center. He talks ab

Episode 6: The Design Team: How It’s Built Sean Johnson, Carlos Valverde, and Duan He, 3 WTC project executives; Michiko Ashida, 4 WTC design director

Sep 15th, 2021 54m 46s

The people who built the new office towers for Larry Silverstein offer a behind-the-scenes look at the design, engineering and construction challenges of overseeing 3,000 daily construction workers build a $20 billion project in the heart of Am

Episode 3: The Tenants: “To Leaders with Vision, Your Office is Ready” Mary Ann Tighe, CEO of CBRE’s New York Tri-State Region

Sep 15th, 2021 53m 5s

Over 15 million square feet of New York’s newest office space were destroyed on 9/11, forcing a mass exodus of office tenants from Downtown to other parts of the city. Mary Ann Tighe talks about what it took to convince companies to return to t

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Top of the World- Lessons from rebuilding the World Trade Center- Teaser

Sep 2nd, 2021 1m

Top of the World- Lessons from rebuilding The World Trade Center. As we pass the 20th anniversary of 9/11, this 11-part podcast series features the people behind the historic rebuilding of the new World Trade Center. They share their lessons fr