Quote:
Originally Posted by TowerDude
Also cool that the final set of stairs and elevator to the Cortlandt Street Subway stop right along the PAC are finally open too.
The one big missed opportunity for this building is that they couldn't figure out how to give it direct access to the WTC Transit Concourse.
|
Without Two WTC the layout of the street grid at the new WTC site still seems incoherent, specifically the unfinished Greenwich Street running north to south and dividing One WTC, the PAC and the memorial from the unfinished site of Two WTC, Oculus, 3 WTC and 4 WTC.
Hopefully over time they will find a way to manage the street grid to make it more intuitive and pedestrian friendly as well as replacing the previously planted trees that died, or if they don't want to risk that, adding planters like they did along the newly opened pedestrian sections along Fulton Street adjacent to the north side of the Oculus Plaza. The site around the PAC could also benefit from a few permanent art sculptures, much like the XO sculpture placed on the west plaza in front of One WTC.
Another article about the recent opening of the Metropolitan restaurant:
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news...owntown-110623
Quote:
That exploration includes a dish of Flushing-style oysters served with lemon, shiso and XO sauce; an Arctic char with uni beurre blanc, agrodolce cucumbers and citrus; an aged Long Island duck rubbed with a four-year mole, foie gras and peaches; and a marble mirror chocolate cake boasting strawberry jam.
|
Quote:
Drink-wise, the menu focuses on both classic and modern martinis that are concocted in a table-side cart. There are, of course, other cocktails as well, including an interesting Appletini made with green apple, sauternes and baking spices and a Catskills Old Fashioned featuring Overproof whiskey, New York malt and red bean caramel.
|
This is what the menu at the restaurant at the top of One WTC should have been more like imo, so it's a good thing they are at least having this kind of food and drink choice at least at some restaurant on the site.