Vehicular Security Center

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Vehicular Security Center
Entrance, seen in September 2018
Map
General information
Status Completed
Location 150 Liberty Street
Manhattan , New York City
Country United States
Coordinates 40°42′37″N 74°0′49″W  /  40.71028°N 74.01361°W  / 40.71028; -74.01361
Construction started November 10, 2011 ; 12 years ago  ( November 10, 2011 )
Completed 2013 ; 11 years ago  ( 2013 )
Opened 2017 ; 7 years ago  ( 2017 ) (Liberty Park completed)
Cost $667 million
($903 million in 2023 dollars [1] )
Owner Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Height 25 ft (7.6 m) (above street-level)

The World Trade Center Vehicle Security Center and Tour Bus Parking Facility , or simply the Vehicular Security Center ( VSC ), is a secure complex for truck delivery and underground parking at the World Trade Center in Manhattan , New York City . [2] [3] The entrance to the VSC is located at street-level along the southern edge of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on Liberty Street . The VSC is connected via tunnels that feed the entire 16-acre (65,000 m 2 ) WTC complex, linking the security checkpoint at its entrance with the buildings and services at the complex requiring vehicular services. Underground garages provide parking for tenants, visitors, and tour buses. [4]

Liberty Park , an elevated 1-acre (4,000 m 2 ) park, is on the roof of the VSC. [5] St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church , which was destroyed during the September 11 attacks , was rebuilt in Liberty Park above the VSC. [6] [7]

In 2010 a ship from the eighteenth century was found during excavation work at the site. The ship, believed to be a Hudson River sloop , was found just south of where the Twin Towers used to stand, about 20 feet (6.1 m) below the surface. [8]

Five World Trade Center is planned to be built adjacent to the southern edge of the VSC and Liberty Park, on the site of the former Deutsche Bank Building . [9] It was approved in February 2021. [10]

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  2. ^ "Port Authority Board Awards Major Contract to Bring WTC Vehicle Security Center to Street Level" . Port Authority of New York and New Jersey . 2010-09-30 . Retrieved 2014-06-24 .
  3. ^ "How to Terror-Proof the New World Trade Center" . Gizmodo . 2011-09-09 . Retrieved 2014-06-24 .
  4. ^ "World Trade Center Construction Fact Sheets - August 2011" (PDF) . Port Authority of New York and New Jersey . 2011 . Retrieved 2014-06-24 .
  5. ^ "Elevated Park at Trade Center Site Comes Into View" . New York Times . 2013-11-20 . Retrieved 2014-06-24 .
  6. ^ Rosenfield, Karissa (2013-11-26). "Elevated Park Planned for World Trade Center" . ArchDaily . Retrieved 2014-06-24 .
  7. ^ "Liberty Park Funding Approved by Port Authority" . Curbed NY . 2013-12-13 . Retrieved 2014-06-24 .
  8. ^ Dunlap, David W. (July 14, 2010). "18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site" . The New York Times . Retrieved November 9, 2022 .
  9. ^ "10 Years After 9/11, Deutsche Bank Tower Vanishes" . New York Times . 2011-01-12 . Retrieved 2014-06-24 .
  10. ^ Hilburg, Jonathan (February 12, 2021). "KPF's 5 World Trade Center tower officially approved" . The Architect's Newspaper . Retrieved August 8, 2022 .