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Rebuilding Ground Zero: How NYC Rose from the Ashes

Season 1 Episode 2 | 7m 30s

By 2010, construction of the One World Trade Center site stalled until a massive push from angry workers transformed Ground Zero into a symbol of resilience. From architect Michael Arad’s "Reflecting Absence" memorial and the underground museum guarding the original slurry wall, to the Mohawk ironworkers guiding the final beam into place, witness the decade-long rebuilding of Lower Manhattan.

Corporate funding for NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM "Shadows of the Past" and "The Future of Cities" was provided by Hudson River Trading. Major funding was provided by the American Express Foundation, Simons Foundation, The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Google.org (through the Tides Foundation), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Estate of Roland Karlen, Elaine and W. Weldon Wilson, and The Rockefeller Foundation. Support was also provided by Angela and Robert Kissane, the Ford Foundation / JustFilms, Roger and Susan Hertog, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Carson Family Charitable Trust, The Overbrook Foundation, Arthur G. Altshul, Jr. and Rula Jebreal, and by the following individuals and institutions: Fiona and Eric Rudin, Agnes Gund, Howard Morgan, The Burton P. & Judith B. Resnick Foundation, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin, Leon and Toby Cooperman, The Schwartz Family Foundation, Jessica & Jerry Seinfeld, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, The Walentas Family Foundation, the Gorman Family, Richard K. DeScherer, Nathalie Kaplan & David Einhorn, Marcie Pantzer, Susie Lopez, Ellin & Ron Delsener, Amy Cappellazzo & Joanne Rosen, Wendy Chaikin, Jonathan Haidt & Jayne Riew, and by public television viewers.
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