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The monumental cultural commitment in Manhattan that commemorates the victims of 9/11

The multidisciplinary space of 12 thousand square meters, which will house all types of artistic expressions, is located in a neighborhood with more residents than before the attacks and surrounded by new skyscrapers. "Not a day goes by without me thinking about 9/11 and the responsibility we have with that community," declared one of the center's artistic directors.

  • 05/10/2023 • 08:31

With a double function, to redefine the area of Lower Manhattan as a cultural destination and to offer a gesture of reparation to the victims of the attacks on the Twin Towers, in the coming days the Perelman Performing Arts Center will be incorporated into the cultural life of New York , a multidisciplinary space of 12 thousand square meters distributed on several levels that will house all types of artistic expressions. The Perelman Performing Arts Center, conceived to bring life and attract people to a devastated and mourning place, finally arrives at Ground Zero - as the place where the Twin Towers occupied before being torn down by a terrorist group on September 11 is called. September 2001 - very different. The place is surrounded by new skyscrapers and located in a neighborhood with more residents than before the attacks, where the museum and memorial dedicated to the victims stands out. Projected in the first stage by the architecture firms Gehry Partners LLP and Snøhetta, it was finally the architects JoshuaRamus and Davis Brody Bond who designed the box-shaped cultural center that bears the name of billionaire Ronald Perelman, who donated 75 million dollars to The construction of this space, which in total required an investment of 500 million dollars.