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Make Way for Maki: WTC 4 Site Excavated

Rendering of the future lobby of Tower 4.
Maki & Associates (courtesy of Silverstein Properties).
Rendering of the future lobby of Tower 4.

The Port Authority has finished excavations in the bathtub for Tower 4 at the World Trade Center, making way for the Fumihiko Maki-designed, Larry Silverstein-developed, 64-story building.

The bi-state agency, which owns the site, said it is slated to finish excavations on the neighboring Tower 3 site in mid-February. The Port Authority missed its deadline of Jan. 1 to complete excavations on the two sites, and every day since, has owed Silverstein Properties $300,000 in penalties.  read more »