In the Studio: PAC NYC

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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September 2023 sees the opening of PAC NYC – the Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York. It’s the final building in the new piazza, situated on the site of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, which was destroyed on the 11th September 2001, when hijackers seized US passenger jets and crashed them into the Twin Towers, killing thousands of people. Jeff Lunden follows PAC NYC’s artistic director Bill Rauch and his behind the scenes team, as they get the specially built, flexible theatres ready for their opening season.

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0:29.0	I'm Jeff London and I'm standing in front of the waterfall pools at the World Trade Center in New York City,
0:37.0	a memorial to those who died in the terror attacks on September 11th, 2001.
0:43.0	And I'm looking across at the gleaming new Perlman Performing Arts Center,
0:49.0	a cube-shaped building clad in white and black marble.
0:53.3	It's the final piece of the redevelopment of the area
0:56.9	which was once known as Ground Zero,
0:59.8	right across from the 9-11 Memorial and Monument and in the shadow of One World Trade Center,
1:06.6	now the tallest building in the United States.
1:09.8	Over the next half hour, we'll be looking at the creation of this new performing art center,
1:15.6	also known as PAC NYC, and meeting some of the people who are bringing art into the heart of what was a place of tragedy and great loss.
1:27.0	It's September 13th, two days after the 22nd anniversary of 9-11 and politicians, philanthropists, and journalists
1:38.7	are gathering in the lobby of the Mayor Mike Bloomberg who also put up much of the money.
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