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Memory Foundations
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<p>Memory Foundations is the name given by <a href="/facts/Daniel_Libeskind/vL42PQPV">Daniel Libeskind</a> to his <a href="/facts/Site_plan/f2PnHmcY">site plan</a> for the <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_(2001%E2%80%93present)/fEFWPGkg">World Trade Center</a>, which was originally selected by the <a href="/facts/Lower_Manhattan_Development_Corporation/17GuQbKG">Lower Manhattan Development Corporation</a> (LMDC) to be the master plan for rebuilding at the <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_site/c9xgaWJH">World Trade Center site</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a> in February 2003. </p><p>Memory Foundations placed a large <a href="/facts/National_September_11_Memorial_%26_Museum/g0lKrXlD">memorial</a> to the <a href="/facts/Casualties_of_the_September_11_attacks/BADU0jpY">victims</a> of the <a href="/facts/September_11_attacks/PfWQcQNx">September 11, 2001, attacks</a> 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 <a href="/facts/One_World_Trade_Center/o35h6ac9">One World Trade Center</a>, a 1,776-foot (541 m) spire. Also included would be the <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_Transportation_Hub/SBXaR7xX">World Trade Center Transportation Hub</a>; the <a href="/facts/National_September_11_Museum/g0lKrXlD">National September 11 Museum</a>; a <a href="/facts/Performing_Arts_Center_(Manhattan)/kG1lJaeL">Performing Arts Center</a> designed by <a href="/facts/Frank_Gehry/tSunALsf">Frank Gehry</a>; and various parks and public spaces. </p><p>The actual design (the one which is constructed) involves a different design and arrangement of buildings. The original plan aimed to fully replace the 10,000,000 square feet (930,000 m2) of office space lost on September 11, 2001, to memorialize the victims of the attacks, and to revive New York City's <a href="/facts/Economics/HYctA2Dn">economy</a> and <a href="/facts/Skyline/T3ygrjjm">skyline</a>. </p>