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Anticipated structure for St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. Photo: Courtesy of Tribeca Citizen
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, the only house of worship destroyed during the terrorist attacks on 9/11, held a groundbreaking ceremony last Saturday to start the rebuilding process.
The new Greek Orthodox Church designed by Santiago Calatrava is expected to be be completed by 2017. The new church will occupy the corner of an L-shape block bounded on the north end by Liberty Street and on the east by Greenwich Street.
Much of this block is already taken up by a large bulkhead being constructed over entrance ramps to a vehicle security center beneath the World Trade Center. The church and a landscaped open space known as Liberty Park will sit atop this bulkhead, a little more than 20 feet above street level.
In the evenings the beautiful new building will glow. No matter what religion you practice, or even if you practice no religion at all, it seems like we will have another instant architectural landmark on our hands here in Lower Manhattan.
-Thais Morais