World Trade Center & 9/11 Memorial
Two reflecting pools now sit in the exact footprints where the Twin Towers stood until September 11, 2001.
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The original towers were the world's tallest at completion; the 2001 attacks killed 2,606 people here and collapsed the entire complex. The rebuilt site pairs a memorial and museum with One World Trade Center, which at 1,776 feet is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
What to look for
- The two square reflecting pools marking where the North and South Towers stood
- One World Trade Center rising to 1,776 feet
- The rebuilt rapid transit hub and the elevated park on the site
The memorial, museum, transit hub, and elevated park have all opened; One World Trade Center opened in November 2014.
World Trade Center & 9/11 Memorial is one of 38 sights worth the detour in New York, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the New York pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in New York
- Statue of LibertyFrance's gift to the U.S.: a crowned, robed woman raising a torch over New York Harbor, long read as a welcome to immigrants arriving by sea.
- Empire State BuildingRide up to the 86th- or 102nd-floor deck and look straight down on Midtown Manhattan.
- Wall StreetUnder 2,000 feet of pavement that stands in for all of American finance — named for a wall that hasn't existed since 1699.
- The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art)1.5 million works under one roof, from Sumerian stone to modern American rooms — a day here barely scratches it.
- Central ParkThe most visited urban park in the US — an estimated 42 million visits a year — built by hand on the razed land of a Black settlement, Seneca Village.
- Brooklyn BridgeCross the East River on the bridge that was the world's longest suspension span when it opened in 1883 — on a promenade raised 18 feet above the traffic.