World Trade Center developer Larry A. Silverstein hosted a celebration to mark the opening of 7 World Trade Center, the first office building to be rebuilt in Lower Manhattan and the first certified "green" skyscraper in New York City history.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: World Trade Center Developer Larry A. Silverstein hosted a celebration to mark the opening of 7 World Trade Center, the first office building to be rebuilt in Lower Manhattan and the first certified "green" skyscraper in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. history. Pictured l-r: artist Jeff Koons, Silverstein, Tishman Construction Corporation chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Daniel R. Tishman, Port Authority of NY & NJ executive director Kenneth J. Ringler Jr. and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill consulting design partner David Childs cut the ribbon during ceremony to mark the opening of 7 WTC WTC World Trade Center, see there , the last building to fall on 9/11 and the first to rise again. The ceremony was held in a new park across the street from 7 WTC, which was donated by Mr. Silverstein to the City of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . In the background is a sculpture by Jeff Koons, Balloon Flower, also donated by Silverstein. |
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