The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, known by its popular name the Oculus, is a train station and shopping concourse at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and opened on March 3, 2016. Its long white ribbed roof structure, which the architect compared to a bird released from a child's hands, spans a soaring interior hall of interlocking steel arches, though the design was modified from Calatrava's original retractable roof for security and cost reasons. The hub connects PATH commuter trains to New York City subway lines and ferry service and adjoins a roughly 365,000 square foot retail mall, and it links underground to Brookfield Place through a 600 foot passageway that cost 225 million dollars to build. Each September 11, the skylight at the top of the hall is opened for 102 minutes, the span of time between the first plane striking the World Trade Center and the collapse of the second tower.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountLower Manhattan, New York City, United States 1 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own accountTransport Terminal (Airport, Ferry, etc.) 1 Connections
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WikipediaWorld Trade Center Transportation Hub section, opening sentence
The World Trade Center Transportation Hub is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's formal name for the new PATH station and the associated transit and retail complex that opened on March 3, 2016.
lead paragraph, first sentence
World Trade Center station is a terminal station on the PATH system, within the World Trade Center complex in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City.
- Wikipedia "World Trade Center station (PATH)" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
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The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, known by its popular name the Oculus, is a train station and shopping concourse at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and opened on March 3, 2016. Its long white ribbed roof structure, which the architect compared to a bird released from a child's hands, spans a soaring interior hall of interlocking steel arches, though the design was modified from Calatrava's original retractable roof for security and cost reasons. The hub connects PATH commuter trains to New York City subway lines and ferry service and adjoins a roughly 365,000 square foot retail mall, and it links underground to Brookfield Place through a 600 foot passageway that cost 225 million dollars to build. Each September 11, the skylight at the top of the hall is opened for 102 minutes, the span of time between the first plane striking the World Trade Center and the collapse of the second tower.
Designed By: Santiago Calatrava, World Trade Center Transportation Hub section, second sentence
It was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and composed of a train station with a large and open mezzanine under the National September 11 Memorial plaza.
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