New York’s $4-billion transit hub
Workers put some finishing touches on the new transportation hub at the World Trade Center. The first phase of the hub, called Oculus and designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, will open on March 3, 2016.
Rising from the ground where the Twin Towers once stood, the spiky World Trade Center Transit hub was intended to be a symbol of renewal. Instead, the $4-billion Oculus -- delayed by years and its budget bloated by cost overruns -- is being greeted as a symbol of excess.
