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NOVA; Engineering Ground Zero
08/24/2011
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- Series
- NOVA
- Program
- Engineering Ground Zero
- Program Number
3811
- Series Description
Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974
- Program Description
NOVA presents an epic story of engineering, innovation, and the perseverance of the human spirit. With extraordinary access granted by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, "Rebuilding Ground Zero" follows the five-year construction of the Freedom Tower and the World Trade Center Memorial. NOVA captures the behind-the-scenes struggle of architects and engineers with the pressures of a tight schedule, the demands of practical office space and efficient, "green" architecture, and the public's expectations of a fitting site for national remembrance. In September 2011, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, this program will culminate with the topping off ceremony at the Freedom Tower and the opening of the memorial.
The program features interviews with 1 WTC architect David Childs; Chris Ward, the Port Authority’s executive director; Mayor Michael Bloomberg, chairman of the 9/11 Memorial Foundation; and Michael Arad, the man behind the breakthrough concept for the 9/11 Memorial.
A NOVA production by part2 pictures LLC and Docere Studios, Inc. in association with NHK for WGBH
- Duration
00:56:40
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Science
- Citation
- Chicago: “NOVA; Engineering Ground Zero,” 08/24/2011, GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A3336D4E70E04238A1A10C4123A1B3B2.
- MLA: “NOVA; Engineering Ground Zero.” 08/24/2011. GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A3336D4E70E04238A1A10C4123A1B3B2>.
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