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The Fulton Center on Broadway between John and Fulton
streets, encased in glass and steel, will serve up to 300,000
subway riders a day, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(MTA) said in a statement.
The project was funded largely through $847 million in grants
from a special Congressional appropriation in the wake of the
Sept. 11, 2001 attacks that toppled the twin towers of the World
Trade Center and destroyed many surrounding structures.
“This building stands as a testament to the strength and
resilience New York showed on 9/11 and every day since,” said
MTA Chairman and Chief Executive Thomas F. Prendergast in the
statement. “And it stands as a testament to what smart
investments in infrastructure can do to improve a city, a state,
and even a nation.”
Opening of the transit hub is the latest step in the rebuilding
of lower Manhattan. Last week, the first tenants of the new One
World Trade Center began moving into the 104-story tower built
on the site of the 2001 attacks. And an extension of a New York
City subway line to the northern end of lower Manhattan on the
far West Side is set to open soon.
The Fulton Center will contain nearly 66,000 square feet of
retail and commercial space, the MTA said.
(Reporting by Kevin Murphy in Kansas City.)
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