Juan Manuel Sotillosnueva York
I wanted to return to New York and visit once and for all the new zero zone, where in the sadly remembered twin towers a large complex is being built.Last year, just this May, they inaugurated what is now the highest building in all the United States, the "One World".Over the years I have gone to the big apple many times.The last time before 11-S it was in December 2000, when I last got up to the southern tower of the World Trade Center.On its 107th floor the observation point "Top of the World" was located.I returned in 2003.The twin towers were no longer...
Since then I have stepped on another city, half a dozen times, which has allowed meto observe once again new york from the top.
No doubt the experience does not disappoint.You can take the entrance ticket through the web www in advance.OneWorldobservatory.com, where you can select Spanish as a language.32 euros is the normal price of one day, being able to reach 37 depending on the chosen hour.
Depending on the day and time there will be more or less tail, both to take entrance and to access the elevator that carries in a volley to the 102.The entrance is already triumphal, because in less than a minute it is seen passing before the eyes, as the story and life of New York projected on the walls of the elevator.The Summum is already when you get out of the cabin.On another big screen you can see some thickening images of the current New York as a step prior to the apotheosis of getting on the screen and starting to observe the wonderful real view that offers such a spectacular place.At one point in the visit it will run into an impressive glass floor that, in real time and with powerful cameras and a no less powerful zoom, you see what happens down there, having those real images under your feet.All experience.
Colosal Vista de 360º
From there, there is time to go around and round to see and observe the 360 degrees of vision offered by the 102 circular observation floor.A suggestion that went well for me: climb between one and two hours before the sunset to be able to see New York by day, a spectacular sunset, and the city at night.Because if the big apple is impressive day, it is still less surprising and extraordinary to see the "capital of the world" at night.
'Oculus', de Calatrava
Impressive is the "Oculus" building of the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, which was inaugurated just a couple of months ago, although it is not yet completely finished, as the works of the intermodal station that will house inside.Still unfinished, it is the WTC-World Trade Center station that will connect with 11 subway lines, even with the train that reaches New Jersey, and also includes leisure areas with a shopping center and restaurants.
They say it is the most expensive subway station in the world.The truth is that of the 2.Ooo million dollars that was going to cost and said it would be built in five years, it cost almost 4.000 million and it has taken to build twelve years.The New York Times came to write that it is a "exorbitant waste symbol".As a lover of the urban architecture that I am, I like its forms and I like the building, against many other opinions that punish it with insults and words like those of the New York Post: "The ugliest station in the world"...In any case, like or not, it will serve more than 200.000 visitors and daily travelers.
In large round panels composed of television screens that form a circle, the "City Press", you can attend the explanations of a "speaker" that will tell you how to take the pulse to the city with different activities.Right there you can eat, have a drink, and of course!, Make some purchase.As a climax, when lowering, at the exit counters you can buy a paper and digital photo with all New York behind the back.Yes gentlemen, this is America!
Eight years of works
The "One World" building began to be built in the Zero Zero in New York on April 27, 2006, ending on November 3, 2014 and opening the public officially in May last year.This unique building, the work of the architect David Childs, already known by other emblematic constructions such as the Willis Tower of Chicago and the Dubai Khalifa BurjHigh of the world.Vesey Street (North), Fulton (South), West (Este) and Washington to the West, are the streets with which this great and elegant construction limits.Although it has 104 plants, it really has 94.Next to it are large pools as a memorial in which the names of each and every thousands of victims of the 11-S attacks of 2001 are recorded in its impolite black marble.
The "World Trade Center" complex, in addition to the September 11 memorial, will have five other skyscrapers located on Greenwich Street.Undoubtedly, the new zero zone has become a forced visit to every trip to New York...
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