03764cam a2200529 i 4500 23592678 BJBSDDR 20260723120131.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 240306s2024 nyua r 001 0 eng 2024002646 9780525658962 (hardcover) 0525658963 (hardcover) 9780525658979 (ebook) 23592678 DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc n-us-ny 002 F 128.8 S587r 2024 974.7/1044 Silverstein, Larry, 1931- 49695 The rising : the twenty-year battle to rebuild the World Trade Center / Larry Silverstein. Twenty-year battle to rebuild the World Trade Center First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. 359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, facsimiles ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes index. "The never-before-told inside story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center - an epic tale of business, politics, and engineering by the man who spent two decades working to make it happen. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11 destroyed the World Trade Center, New Yorkers and Americans faced a critical set of questions: What should be done with the site? Could the towers be replaced? And how best to memorialize those lost on that day? For Larry Silverstein, a lifelong New Yorker who had signed a lease for the properties just a few months before the attacks, the answer was clear: America had to rebuild as quickly as possible. In The Rising, Silverstein recounts in vivid detail his long battle to construct a new World Trade Center complex and to revitalize the surrounding neighborhood while also memorializing the victims of the attacks. Silverstein made history in 2001 when he signed a 99-year lease on the 10.6 million square foot World Trade Center for $3.25 billion. For the next twenty years, he navigated warring political interests, byzantine city bureaucracies, and resistant insurance companies, as well as the many challenges of designing, engineering, and constructing several new towers in the heart of downtown Manhattan. More than once the entire project almost folded, but today the buildings are nearly complete and the neighborhood is once again a thriving hub that draws hundreds of thousands of people a day. The Rising is a vibrant portrait of the inner workings of New York City in the wake of its most profound tragedy, but it is also a master class in how to succeed in business despite all odds. Full of outsize characters and relentless adversity, this is a riveting book about a remarkable feat of vision and determination"-- Provided by publisher. Silverstein, Larry, 1931- 49695 Memorials New York (State) New York. Monumentos Nueva York (Estados Unidos) 38396 City planning New York (State) New York. Planificación urbana Nueva York (Estados Unidos) 9220 World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.) 49779 Centro Mundial del Comercio de Nueva York 49777 New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Edificios, estructuras, etc. 38426 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK llh 127786 127786 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2026-07-17 0 002 F 128.8 S587r 2024 00000202815 2026-07-17 16:45:00 1 2026-07-17 BK