Editing Memory Foundations (section)

[[File:New York City skyline sunset World Trade Center.jpg|thumb|Final design]]

'''Memory Foundations''' is the name given by [[Daniel Libeskind]] to his [[site plan]] for the [[World Trade Center (2001–present)|World Trade Center]], which was originally selected by the [[Lower Manhattan Development Corporation]] (LMDC) to be the master plan for rebuilding at the [[World Trade Center site]] in [[New York City]] in February 2003.<ref>{{cite press release|title=THE LOWER MANHATTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY ANNOUNCE SELECTION OF STUDIO DANIEL LIBESKIND: MEMORY FOUNDATIONS AS DESIGN CONCEPT FOR WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE|url=http://www.renewnyc.com/displaynews.aspx?newsid=41c07ff1-9b1a-41a2-866b-8aa8148b6736|publisher=[[Lower Manhattan Development Corporation]]|website=RenewNYC.com|date=February 27, 2003|accessdate=September 8, 2016}}</ref>

Memory Foundations placed a large [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum#Memorial|memorial]] to the [[Casualties of the September 11 attacks|victims]] of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001, attacks]] at the center of the World Trade Center. Surrounding the memorial was to be five large office buildings arranged in an ascending spiral upward from the southeast of the site. The spiral would culminate in the complex's tallest building, the [[One World Trade Center]], a {{convert|1776|ft|m|sing=on}} spire. Also included would be the [[World Trade Center Transportation Hub]]; the [[National September 11 Museum]]; a [[Performing Arts Center (Manhattan)|Performing Arts Center]] designed by [[Frank Gehry]]; and various parks and public spaces.<ref>{{cite book | last=Goldberger | first=Paul | title=Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York | publisher=Random House Publishing Group | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-58836-422-7 | url=https://archive.org/details/upfromzeropoliti00gold | url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/upfromzeropoliti00gold/page/6 6]–7 }}</ref>

The actual design (the one which is constructed) involves a different design and arrangement of buildings.  The original plan aimed to fully replace the {{convert|10,000,000|ft2|m2}} of office space lost on September 11, 2001, to memorialize the victims of the attacks, and to revive New York City's [[Economics|economy]] and [[skyline]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Selected Design for the WTC Site as of February 2003|url=http://www.renewnyc.com/plan_des_dev/wtc_site/new_design_plans/Sept_2003_refined_design.asp|publisher=Lower Manhattan Development Corporation|website=RenewNYC.com|date=February 27, 2003|accessdate=September 8, 2016}}</ref>