Posted Nov 9, 2010, 2:53 AM
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http://www.observer.com/2010/real-es...e-springs-leak
Water Water Everywhere: WTC Reflecting Pools Filling Up as Site Springs a Leak
By Matt Chaban
November 8, 2010
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The weather has been miserable of late. When a Curbed tipster noticed water accumulating in the World Trade Center memorial, it follows that it could be taken for an oversized puddle. But according to a memorial spokesperson, the water is in fact testing of the reflecting pool's waterfalls, one of the signature features.
With barely 10 months before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, when the memorial is expected to finally open, looking at these pictures show there is a long way to go yet still not much left to do. Sure, the memorial will not be done-done by next September, but after all the in-fighting and hand-wringing over this project, each new milestone—like a couple dozen oak trees—is yet another reminder that the thing will finally get done.
Unless it all springs a leak, which kinda happened on Thursday. According to DNA Info, the retaining wall that holds back the Hudson—remember, they call it West Street for a reason—was having some technical difficulties, which allowed water from the river to seep into the construction site. The leak was contained by Friday morning, but Curbed noticed water still on the site yesterday.
Hopefully this is but a minor hiccup on the road to completion and not another rough patch come to unwind the entire redevelopment. There's been so much good news about the site of late, it's almost odd to hear about something going wrong.
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http://www.dnainfo.com/20101105/down...d-trade-center
Hudson River Wall Springs Leak Near World Trade Center
November 5, 2010
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A concrete wall that keeps the Hudson River at bay near the World Trade Center sprung a leak Thursday night.
The leak was noticed about 11 p.m. Thursday when 2 feet of water filled a construction pit near Vesey Street just west of West Street, said Steve Coleman, spokesman for the Port Authority.
The FDNY responded and contained the leak by about 1 a.m. Friday, Coleman said.
The water flowed through a small crack in a concrete retaining wall that was built to keep the Hudson River back during the excavation of a pedestrian tunnel beneath West Street, Coleman said. When the tunnel is complete, it will allow people to walk belowground between the World Financial Center and the World Trade Center.
Brookfield Properties, owner of the World Financial Center, is building the tunnel from the west side, while the Port Authority is building it from the east. The leak happened on the west side, an area under Brookfield’s control, Coleman said.
Because the tunnel does not yet go all the way through, there was no danger of the World Trade Center site flooding, Coleman said.
A spokesman for Brookfield Properties said the leak may have started because the grout the workers put in the wall did not fully seal it.
"It is my understanding that this is not all that unusual and a fairly minor issue," said the spokesman, Matthew Cherry, in an e-mail.
There were no injuries or traffic impacts, the Associated Press reported.
The Occupational Safety and Heath Administration may investigate the incident, Coleman said.
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One can see the "soaring stairs" and the "hovering elevator" in those renders, nice !
HOLY SHIT, WATER!!!!!!!
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