The Rising

The Twenty-Year Battle to Rebuild the World Trade Center

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The never-before-told inside story of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center — an epic tale of business, politics, and engineering by the man who spent two decades working to make it happen

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11 destroyed the World Trade Center, New Yorkers and Americans faced a critical set of questions: What should be done with the site? Could the towers be replaced? And how best to memorialize those lost on that day? For Larry Silverstein, a lifelong New Yorker who had signed a lease for the properties just a few months before the attacks, the answer was clear: America had to rebuild as quickly as possible.

In The Rising, Silverstein recounts in vivid detail his long battle to construct…

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September 10, 2024

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LARRY SILVERSTEIN is the founder and Chairman of Silverstein Properties, Inc., a Manhattan-based real estate company that has developed, owned, and managed over 40 million square feet of office, residential and retail space. Silverstein is a member of the New York Bar and a Governor of the Real Estate Board of New York, having served as its chairman. He served as Vice Chairman of the New York University Board of Trustees and is the founder and chairman emeritus of the New York University Real Estate Institute. He lives in New York with his wife of almost 70 years, and has three children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.