I have visited the World Trade Center site a few times as I ve passed through the area. As others have said, it is a construction site - fences and wood boards are up. There are posters describing the construction and the events of that one terrible day in 2001. Take photos, but please, do so respectfully. Take photos simply to document to yourself the magnitude of what happened, and what the transition looks like. I have taken photos of the cranes, trucks, the PATH trains running through the new station, things like that, just as a reminder of just how massive this is.Taking photos is not offensive. It is a way to permanently keep memories. That said, do not take wide-smiling, posed group shots or otherwise make light of the site. That is what would be offensive.Treat it as you would a cemetery. Quietly and respectfully take photos of things that somehow have significance to you.I hope this is helpful. Enjoy your visit, and thank you for asking.
I lost my sister at Ground Zero and have visited it numerous times. It is something to see and I m glad that you feel the need to see it. Everyone should, but I hope your intention is to pay homage to the individuals that lost their lives that day and not to think of it as cool place to get pictures. Once again, I m glad you want to see it, but I just hope your intentions are good ones.
Brigitte, its a construction site at the moment, therefore, there is nothing much to see. However, you can check the Earthcam website for view the construction site in progress at the link below.http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/grou��There is also a museum, located on Vesey Street between Church and Broadway, where you can view models of the complex when it is completed in about 3 to 4 years.http://nativenewyorker10454.blogspot.com��I hope this information is very helpful.Good luck
It s a construction site. So if you want a picture of a construction site, go ahead.What s offensive is when tourists take a pictures of themselves, arm in arm, with a sh1teating grin on their faces in front of the chain linked fence.
More interesting would be to visit the church at the northeast corner of Ground Zero [St. Paul s, I think it is]. They have [or at least HAD] very moving info about the 9/11 attacks.
Well it won t be offensive, and there s nothing much to see their just to let u know. But it would be nice going to there. Good luck!