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  World Financial Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A view of the World Trade Center, World Financial Center, and Battery Park City from the Hudson River on August 26, 2000.
Part of the World Financial Center viewed from the World Trade Center.
The World Financial Center is a complex of buildings across West Street from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan in New York City, overlooking the Hudson River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Financial_Center   (294 words)

  
 Shanghai World Financial Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Shanghai World Financial Center (or Shanghai WFC) is a skyscraper that has been intermittently under construction in Shanghai, China.
It originally began construction in 1997, but work was temporarily interrupted by the Asian Financial Crisis in the late 1990s and later to accommodate design changes by the developer.
In the late 1990s the Japanese Mori Building Corporation had a fund shortage caused by the Asian financial crisis, which halted the project after the foundations were completed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shanghai_World_Financial_Center   (503 words)

  
 The World Financial Center | News
The North Bridge, the 400-foot pedestrian bridge connecting the World Trade Center to the World Financial Center was crushed during the attack and was replaced with glass windows facing east.
WFC Retail leases renewed – Brookfield announced on April 9, 2003 the renewal of two leases at the World Financial Center with Hallmark Gold Crown and the Kodak Colortek Image Store for a total of 4500 square feet.
WFC Arts and Events has presented free performing and visual arts programs in the Winter Garden, Courtyard Gallery, Plaza and public areas of the World Financial Center since 1988.
www.worldfinancialcenter.com /news/default.html   (760 words)

  
 World Trade Center Tribute
Ironically, the flag was stolen from a private yacht that was anchored in the Hudson river on the other side of the World Financial Center (which is next door to the World Trade Center complex).
The World Financial Center is just across the street from the World Trade Center complex, sitting between WTC buildings and the Hudson River.
The building on the right, 2 WFC, is the Merrill Lynch HQ, while the left tower, 3 WFC, is the world HQ of American Express.
www.visi.com /~jweeks/wtc   (765 words)

  
 Die Bank:Shanghai World Financial Center: Postmodern high-rise wonder
The postmodern Shanghai World Financial Center was designed by New York architects Kohn Petersen Fox Associates, who were also involved in other large-scale projects such as the California Bank Trust Building, the DG Bank Tower or the Buffalo Airport Terminal building.
The Shanghai World Financial Center is due to open in 2007, coinciding with the full-scale opening of the Chinese financial sector, which must be completed under WTO rules by 2007 as well.
The Shanghai World Financial Center was originally planned to stand 460 meters or 94 stories tall on completion and be the tallest building in the world.
www.die-bank.de /index.asp?issue=102004&art=352   (2072 words)

  
 WNYC - Music - World Financial Center Series returns to Lower Manhattan
For nearly 15 years, the World Financial Center's Arts and Events Program has been an invigorating presence in the once culture-starved Lower Manhattan, with its freewheeling blend of visual art, dance, and music performances.
The Center, with its glass-encased public atrium, Winter Garden, reopened to the public on September 17, after a season-long hiatus due to damage suffered in the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Located at 220 Vesey Street, the 10-story Winter Garden atrium, the centerpiece of the World Financial Center complex, was gutted by falling steel beams and other wreckage as the World Trade Center's north tower collapsed.
www.wnyc.org /music/articles/6298   (642 words)

  
 MORI BUILDING : Office Space in China : Shanghai World Financial Center
In the heart of Pudong is the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, where Mori Building is investing all of its development know-how and expertise in the construction of the Shanghai World Financial Center.
In addition to intelligent office space that offers the highest level of quality and functionality, the Shanghai World Financial Center is also a mixed-use complex that will feature a five-star luxury hotel, sophisticated urban retail space, numerous tenant amenities and conference space, an open "green" area, and an observatory located on the 100F.
When completed, Shanghai World Financial Center will soar some 492 meters and stand not only as a symbol of 21st century Shanghai but also of Asia's emergence on the global financial scene.
www.mori.co.jp /overseas/shanghai/en_index.html   (146 words)

  
 Education World® : Financial Planning Center : TUITION: IMPOSSIBLE?
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www.education-world.com /a_fin/fin003.shtml   (1327 words)

  
 World Financial Center celebrates tenants' return - Brief Article Real Estate Weekly - Find Articles
In an encouraging trend Downtown, firms are returning to the World Financial Center after an eight-month hiatus prompted by last fall's terrorist attacks.
As of March 28, 2 World Financial Center was 30% occupied.
Service from the Hoboken Rail Terminal to the World Financial Center will be increased from every 30 minutes to every six minutes during the morning and evening rush hours, Monday through Friday.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_42_48/ai_87081063   (864 words)

  
 Lower Manhattan : News | World Financial Center, Filling Up Fast
Companies large and small are returning to the World Financial Center -- or setting up shop for the first time -- thanks to reasonable rental rates, generous government incentive programs, a commitment to contributing to the area's recovery, or simply the belief that downtown continues to be a great place to do business.
Leading the way are large multinational firms like OppenheimerFunds, which returned to the World Financial Center in October, bringing with it 550 employees.
The World Trade Center Job Creation and Retention Program (JCRP), a city-state initiative established to encourage businesses with 200 or more employees to remain in, return or relocate to Lower Manhattan, made the World Financial Center location an economically attractive one for OppenheimerFunds.
www.lowermanhattan.info /news/world_financial_center__11233.asp   (1233 words)

  
 CB Richard Ellis - 3 World Financial Center, Office Building, New York, NY
Three World Financial Center is connected to the rest of the World Financial Center complex through a courtyard, leading to the Winter Garden.
Three World Financial Center is located at the North end of the four unique office towers.
The value of this transaction to you depends on tax and other factors which should be evaluated by your tax, financial, and legal advisors.
www.loopnet.com /profilechooser.asp?LID=14035250&LL=true&STID=cbre   (212 words)

  
 Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai
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The foundation stone was laid on August 27, 1997, but a fund shortage on the Japanese side caused by Asian financial crisis halted the project, and nothing had since been done to the projected structure.
A widespread rumor in the world news media said the tower will surpass Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building at completion, but is not true.
www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=130957   (519 words)

  
 3 World Financial Center
A covered bridge used to connect 3 WFC to the World Trade Center (the North Bridge with 60 meters of clear span) across West Street.
3 World Financial Center Building and the Winter Garden were damaged during the collapse of World Trade Center towers.
The damage to 3 World Financial Center from the collapse of World Trade Center.
www.wirednewyork.com /wfc/3wfc/default.htm   (245 words)

  
 New York City Tours - World Financial Center
Located directly across the street from the original World Trade Center complex, these structures rose a few years later on landfill that was created with the excavation of the Twin Towers.
It would also provide new housing for those that would soon be working in the new towers, and it would open up a magnificent riverside promenade that would take advantage of the stunning sunsets and bring much-needed nightlife to an area that previously closed down after sundown.
The World Financial Center is a memorable part of your New York Party Shuttle Sightseeing tour.
www.newyorkpartyshuttle.com /world_financial_center.html   (483 words)

  
 Shanghai World Financial Center
When it is completed, the Shanghai World Financial Center will stand as the tallest building in the world.
The project is located on a key site in the Lujiazhui financial and trade district in Pudong, which the Chinese government has designated as an Asian center for international banking and commercial interests.
The rapid development of the zone has inevitably resulted in a disjunctive urban fabric to which the design of the tower reacts in its great monolithic simplicity.
www.kpf.com /Projects/mori.htm   (357 words)

  
 World Financial Center - Performing Arts Venues - New York Magazine
The cluster of financial offices, shops, and restaurants is, literally, a glassed-in mini metropolis: Thousands of workers shuffle through its opulent, tri-color marble corridors daily.
Their collapse on 9/11 closed the WFC buildings for several months, and the Winter Garden for a year.
A new eastern entrance also was built where there formerly had been a pedestrian bridge to the World Trade Center.
www.newyorkmetro.com /pages/venues/233.htm   (470 words)

  
 Shanghai World Financial Center - Projects - MORI BUILDING
Its nerve center, where people from around the world will gather at the birth of a dynamic new mixed-use vertical city, will be the Shanghai World Financial Center.
The Mori Building Group, utilizing expertise to manage urban developments acquired through its projects in Japan and China, is aiming for completion in early 2008.
Towering 101 stories high, 492 meters tall, this building will offer not only offices with leading-edge specifications but also the worldfs highest observation platform, a five-star hotel, sophisticated commercial spaces, and conference facilities where global corporations can present their ideas and achievements to the world.
www.mori.co.jp /projects/shanghai/en_index.html   (154 words)

  
 World Financial Center - Part II
World Financial Center - Part II Published: April 9, 2006
Before entering Jin Mao tower, I noticed (obviously) that the Shanghai World Financial Center is much taller than the last observation
It is not a short building already, but it is only at its very early stage in the 101 floor plan.
home.wangjianshuo.com /archives/20060409_world_financial_center_part_ii.htm   (481 words)

  
 World Financial Center New York City
The original plan called for creating a late twentieth-century version of Rockefeller Center, a new community that would be self-sustaining with its own schools, shops and restaurants.
Designed in 1985 by architect Cesar Pelli and completed in 1988, the towers that make up the Center are excellent examples of Post-modernist architecture in that they combine new ideas with traditional forms.
Having sustained major damage after the attacks of September 11, the World Financial Center is finally back to full operation.
www.newyorkpartyshuttle.com /new-york-attractions/world-financial-center-new-york.php   (779 words)

  
 The World Financial Center | Events Calendar
The World in New York perfectly emblematizes this concept, bringing together three renowned vocalists from very different parts of the world for a brilliant concert to kick of New Sounds Live’s eighth year at the World Financial Center.
Since fleeing Tibet on foot in 1989, Yungchen Lhamo has emerged as the leading Tibetan vocalist on the world stage with her a cappella performances that have enchanted audiences in more than 70 countries since she began touring professionally in 1994.
Ethel is four world-class string musicians who have come together to create a hot new sound that is bluesy, hard swinging, playful, and fueled by fiery passion, but ultimately defies categorization.
www.worldfinancialcenter.com /calendar/default.asp?typeId=1   (629 words)

  
 SkyscraperCity - Shanghai: Becoming the world's Third Financial Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Most interviewees believe that Shanghai would probably become the third global financial center in the coming years as China's economic power is growing day by day.
Until China loosens its capital controls, foreign financial services companies are not likely to set up a major regional operation in Shanghai, since they need a steady stream of capital flowing in and out of their offices.
Comprehensively, Shanghai possesses the qualities and quantities to be the real financial center matches Londond and New York, but there's still a long way to go, especially the system operation.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=286576   (1412 words)

  
 World Financial, Providing Gold Investments To The World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
World Financial is the leading provider of precious metals to households worldwide.
With over 27 years experience behind them, World Financial’s principles have been committed to providing you with the proper amount and mix of precious metals for your families needs.
World Financial Daily provides trusted World news to help investors stay informed of events that impact their portfolio.
www.worldfinancialdaily.com   (132 words)

  
 AMEX to return to World Financial Center - headquarters - Brief Article Real Estate Weekly - Find Articles
American Express recently will return to their headquarters at the World Financial Center after demanding that the city beef up security around the building.
The firm's headquarters in 3 World Financial Center housed 5,000 employees prior to Sept. 11.
Now everything is in place and we're ready to move back to the World Financial Center," said Judy Tenzer, a spokeswoman for American Express.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_19_48/ai_81139597   (301 words)

  
 Terminals
World Financial Center - Hoboken / 14th St.
World Financial Center - Hoboken / NJ Transit Terminal
World Financial Center - Port Imperial / Weehawken
www.nywaterway.com /ferry/terminals/world-financial-center.asp   (49 words)

  
 FBI arrests 48 brokers at Two World Financial Center - Nov. 19, 2003
The FBI swarmed on New York City's Two World Financial Center shortly after 3 p.m.
NBC reported the defendants scammed retail investors into thinking they were buying multimillion-dollar foreign exchange trades when it is not possible for those types of investors to participate in such deals.
A Reuters reporter on the 36th floor of Two World Financial Center witnessed FBI agents removing about 10 boxes from one company's office.
money.cnn.com /2003/11/18/news/companies/traders_arrested/index.htm   (425 words)

  
 Downtown NYC River to River Festival 2005
Located in the middle of Battery Park City, this commercial center extends south from Vesey Street to Albany Street.
The World Financial Center includes indoor and outdoor public spaces.
The World Financial Center Plaza is the first waterfront plaza built on the Hudson River, a landmark in open space design.
www.rivertorivernyc.com /info/wfc.htm   (183 words)

  
 World Financial Center Official Site .com ® - New York
The commercial, financial, and cultural center of the city, Manhattan has many famous landmarks, tourist attractions, museums and universities.
Located in Lower Manhattan's Battery Park City on the Hudson River, the World Financial Center is a unique focal point for private and public enterprises.
Four office towers house the world headquarters of prestigious international corporations, including American Express, Merrill Lynch, Dow Jones, and Deloitte & Touche.
officialsite.com /asp/OfficialSite.asp?RegionID=30&CategoryId=1&ListingID=2086   (181 words)

  
 Shanghai World Financial Center
I can confirm it - the building, Shanghai World Financial Center, which was held during the Asia Economic Crisis, starts construnction again.
As you can see, the building is just a little bit higher than a bus yet, but it has much more potential to grow than a bus.
It's a change to remind the world, "hey look, also we exist and we're not doing so bad either".
home.wangjianshuo.com /archives/20050916_shanghai_world_financial_center.htm   (546 words)

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