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Old Posted Feb 5, 2022, 10:36 PM
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It's coming up on almost a year since the eastern entrance to One World Trade Center was fully completed and the elevated eastern plaza was repaved, stairways at the northern portion of the plaza to connect to the lower surface of Vesey Street were finished, and all the trees on the eastern plaza were planted.

Assuming the eastern plaza of One World Trade Center isn't open within the next three months, it might take until the Performing Arts Center is open in 2023 for it to be accessible to the public.

When the eastern plaza is open, it will be another small step to recovery. Just like Greenmarket hadn't been at the WTC from September 12, 2001 until Summer 2017, there hasn't been an open eastern plaza to a main WTC tower in Lower Manhattan since September 11, 2001.

The eastern plaza is slightly larger than the walk-able area of the western plaza and it is rumored on business insider that the eastern plaza will also become the main entrance (currently the elevated plaza adjacent to West Street is the main entrance for observatory visitors).

It is not out of question that one day outdoor concerts could again be held on the eastern plaza just as they were on the original eastern plaza near the base of the old 1 WTC, especially considering the proximity of this new eastern plaza to the Performing Arts Center.

In the mean time, this is the default image (taken in January 2022 by Shinji Yoshida) that currently displays for One World Trade Center on google maps:
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