NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --There were sunshine and dry skies Thursday, but, still, water was leaking from the ceiling at the World Trade Center Oculus transportation hub. It also happened in May, but the ...
NEW YORK — Viewed from afar, past street level obstructions, the ascending white ribs of Santiago Calatrava’s Oculus resemble a fish skeleton. Moving closer it’s more like a prehistoric bird. No ...
The centerpiece of Santiago Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the spiny, bleach-white structure commonly known as the Oculus, was designed to evoke the image of a dove taking flight ...
As it turned out, Calatrava would play a vital role in rebuilding lower Manhattan. In early 2004, while presenting his proposal for a new transportation hub for the World Trade Center (later dubbed ...
When Spanish architect/engineer Santiago Calatrava first presented his vision for a transportation hub at the highly charged Ground Zero site, he described it as “the image of a bird being released ...
On the 15th anniversary of 9/11 yesterday, the skylights at Santiago Calatrava’s Oculus at the World Trade Center opened for the first time, allowing light to fill the massive space as a memorial to ...
In the spring of 2008, I travelled to Europe to report a Profile of Santiago Calatrava, the Spanish architect who had been appointed to design a new PATH station for the World Trade Center site. I’d ...
“It’s a civic monument to life, and to the courage of New Yorkers,” says Santiago Calatrava regarding his inspiration for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. The Oculus, which is a ...
Twelve years after Santiago Calatrava revealed his design for the World Trade Center Oculus, the PATH station finally opened to the public in March. Although not officially confirmed by the Port ...