<P> The World Trade Center site , formerly referred to as `` Ground Zero '' or `` the Pile '' immediately after the September 11 attacks , is a 14.6 - acre ( 5.9 ha ) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City . The previous World Trade Center complex stood on the site until it was destroyed in the September 11 attacks . The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ( PANYNJ ) , Silverstein Properties , and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation ( LMDC ) oversee the reconstruction of the site according to a master plan by Studio Daniel Libeskind . The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north , the West Side Highway to the west , Liberty Street to the south , and Church Street to the east . The Port Authority owns the site 's land ( except for 7 World Trade Center ) . Developer Larry Silverstein holds the lease to retail and office space in four of the site 's buildings . </P>
<P> The World Trade Center site , formerly referred to as `` Ground Zero '' or `` the Pile '' immediately after the September 11 attacks , is a 14.6 - acre ( 5.9 ha ) area in Lower Manhattan in New York City . The previous World Trade Center complex stood on the site until it was destroyed in the September 11 attacks . The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ( PANYNJ ) , Silverstein Properties , and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation ( LMDC ) oversee the reconstruction of the site according to a master plan by Studio Daniel Libeskind . The site is bounded by Vesey Street to the north , the West Side Highway to the west , Liberty Street to the south , and Church Street to the east . The Port Authority owns the site 's land ( except for 7 World Trade Center ) . Developer Larry Silverstein holds the lease to retail and office space in four of the site 's buildings . </P>
where is the new world trade center site
where is the new world trade center site
Lower Manhattan in New York City
Lower Manhattan in New York City