WTC Transit Station
I love the new transit station at the World Trade Center. The Calatrava-designed structure—building seems like too conventional a word to adequately describe it—brings some creativity and joy in the otherwise banal architecture of the new World Trade Center.
Part of the new WTC Transit Center, this newly opened, stark hallway leads to the main concourse.
An interstitial hallway from another planet. I was able to capture it before all the screens, ads, and shops littered the space with corporate logos. This was one of my favorite shots from this year.
Inside the Oculus
The Oculus is sublime. One of my favorite indoor spaces in the city. It works far better from the inside than it does the outside, where its proportions disappoint. Because the main concourse is several stories underground, it seems vast when you’re standing inside it.
The path Station at the WTC, adjacent to the concourse.
The main concourse at the WTC Transit Station, designed by Calatrava.
Looking up at the World Trade Center's transit station.
The main concourse in the WTC Transit Center, just after opening but before the retail stores have moved in.
WTC Transit Center detail, where the walls and ceiling all meld together.
WTC Transit Center struts that converge at the ceiling.
The Fulton Center
The Fulton Center, the main transit hub on Fulton Street, where four subway lines converge, has the lovely “sky catcher” skylight. I wanted to capture the dimensionality of it, along with the wrapping staircase, before the guards reprimanded me (which they did). It makes me happy that we still have a commitment to public art and innovative design.
The oculus in the Fulton Transit hub. Mirrors guide light into the oculus and the station below.
The oculus in the Fulton Transit hub. Mirrors guide light into the oculus and the station below.
As I walked toward the WTC site, I stopped in St. Paul’s, the church Washington visited after his inauguration. Great views of the site are afforded from the cemetery there.
View From St. Paul’s Cemetery
As I walked toward the WTC site, I stopped in St. Paul’s, the church Washington visited after his inauguration. Great views of the site are afforded from the cemetery there.
The World Trade Center from the cemetery at St. Paul's.
The new transit center at the World Trade Center. Three WTC is under construction on the left, the transit center is beside it, then 1 WTC and 7 WTC are on the right.
Outside the Oculus
Some shots from the plaza. I do respond to the wings on the Oculus—the asymetric fans that swoop from the top. But, the overall scale of the oculus when I walk around it somehow diminishes its stature.
WTC and the wing from the transit station on a pleasantly cloudy day.
Reflection of WTC 1 in another WTC building.
Remembering 9/11, a flower is placed on a name at the memorial.
WTC Transit Center wing.
The edge of the WTC Transit Center's wing creates an arc over the plaza below.
WTC Transit Center wing detail.
1 World Trade Center. In my opinion, the best angle this building has to offer.
The sunstruck WTC Transit Center.