Editing World Trade Center site (section)

===Criticism of progress===
An episode of [[CBS]]'s ''60 Minutes'' in 2010 focused on the lack of progress at Ground Zero, particularly on the lack of completion dates for a majority of the buildings, the main tower, [[One World Trade Center]] (previously known as the Freedom Tower)'s having undergone three different designs, and the delays and monetary expense involved.  Investor [[Larry Silverstein]] said the Port Authority's estimated completion date for the entire site was 2037, and billions of dollars had already been spent on the project, even though Ground Zero "is still a hole in the ground". During an interview for the episode, Larry Silverstein said: "I am the most frustrated person in the world...I'm seventy-eight years of age; I want to see this thing done in my lifetime".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6220282.shtml |title=Developer: Ground Zero a National Disgrace – 60 Minutes: Eight Years and Billions of Dollars Later, Part of 9/11 Site is Still Just a Big Hole |publisher=CBS News |date=February 18, 2010 |page=1 |access-date=January 4, 2012 |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615073056/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6220282.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>  However, it was noted that in early 2011, all five office towers of the World Trade Center had begun construction.

The social center of the old World Trade Center included a spectacular restaurant on the 107th Floor, called [[Windows on the World]], and its Greatest Bar in the World; these were tourist attractions in their own right, and a social gathering spot for people who worked in the towers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ny.eater.com/2013/9/11/6547477/windows-on-the-world-new-yorks-sky-high-restaurant |title=Windows on the World, New York's Sky-High Restaurant |first=Greg |last=Morabito |date=September 11, 2013 |website=Eater NY}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/world-trade-center-observatory-views-photos_n_3001052.html |work=Huffington Post |title=PHOTOS: The Stunning Views Atop One World Trade Center |date=April 2, 2013}}</ref> This restaurant also housed one of the most prestigious wine schools in the United States, called "Windows on the World Wine School", run by wine personality [[Kevin Zraly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/windows-on-the-world-september-11 |title=Cocktails Before the Collapse |date=September 10, 2016 |website=esquire.com}}</ref> Despite numerous assurances that these local landmarks and global attractions would be rebuilt,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20010917/SUB/109170715# |title=Owner vows to reopen Windows On The World |publisher=Crain's New York |date=September 17, 2001 |author=Louise Kramer|access-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> the Port Authority scrapped plans to rebuild these WTC attractions, which has outraged some observers.<ref>{{cite news |journal=Gothamist |date=March 8, 2011 |title=WTC Scraps Windows on the World Plan |url=http://gothamist.com/2011/03/08/wtc_scraps_windows_on_the_world_pla.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313083936/http://gothamist.com/2011/03/08/wtc_scraps_windows_on_the_world_pla.php |archive-date=March 13, 2013}}</ref>