Tour Highlights

• The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that toppled the iconic Twin Towers and killed almost 3,000 civilians and first responders.


• The 9/11 Memorial, Reflecting Absence, by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker.


• Architect Daniel Libeskind's Memory Foundations entry that won the master plan competition for the redesign of the World Trade Center site.


• St. Paul's Chapel, built in 1766 and located just one block from the Twin Towers, survived the 9/11 attack with barely a scratch, and served as an important place of rest and recovery for construction workers, firefighters, police officers and others working on recovery efforts at Ground Zero.


• FDNY (Fire Department, City of New York) Memorial Wall at Ten House that pays tribute to the 343 firefighters who fell on 9/11.


• Police Memorial Wall in Battery Park City designed by Stuart Crawford. In a ceremony in October 2012, officers were honored who died in 2011 as a result of ailments relating to the rescue and recovery in the aftermath of 9/11. (Please note that during cold weather, we may not visit the Police Memorial).


• The American Express Eleven Tears Memorial by Ken Smith.


• The design, engineering and safety features of 1 World Trade Center, now the tallest building in New York City.


• The upcoming 9/11 Museum that houses important 9/11 artifacts including the Steel Tridents, the Last Column, the Survivor's Staircase and the 9/11 Cross.


• The Santiago Calatrava Transportation Hub with its soaring 150-foot-high ribbed white wings.


• The 9/11 boatlift operation that brought tens of thousands of people off the island of Manhattan to safety.


• David Rockefeller, the Port Authority and the history of the original World Trade Center.


• Architect Minoru Yamasaki designs the Twin Towers for the Port Authority.


• The many engineering innovations of the original Twin Towers including the slurry wall, tube frame construction, kangaroo cranesand sky lobbies. Plus, why the Towers collapsed on 9/11.