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Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center Tops Out In The Financial District

The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center has topped out in the World Trade Center complex as steel assembly continues. The 138-foot-tall Financial District structure is designed by REX with Davis Brody Bond Architects as the executive architect and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Recent photos from Three World Trade Center and atop Greenwich Street reveal the scope of the performing arts center’s frame. The V-shaped diagonal members and cubic outline is clearly visible.

Progress on the main entrance is also moving along steadily. The grand staircase has not been fully assembled yet, but the steel members that support the bottom of the steps are partially in place. To the east is a sloped triangular surface topped with sheet metal, most likely awaiting the placement of steel and concrete. The final marble cladding will then be installed directly above, as well as on the rest of the building’s exterior walls.

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