The American Flag flies at the World Trade Center Site. The Slurry Wall that held back the Hudson River on September 11th can be seen on the far right. Photo taken on October 4, 2004. I fought back so many tears while taking this photo. I was working at the Ronald Reagan Building on Pennsylvania Ave in DC on the morning of September 11th, 2001. From my office window I saw the black smoke coming from the Pentagon. I will never never forget that day and the incredible shock and extreme sadness. In Oct 2004 I visited New York City for the first time, and walked the entire circumference of Ground Zero - construction and rebuilding was going on. When I first saw the huge hole where the towers once stood, I was stunned to see how very large the area was...and my eyes filled with tears. I was tired and not in very good shape, but I insisted on walking around the entire circumference of the WTC site. I guess it was my small way of honoring the victims of that tragic and terrible day. The building under construction in the background is the new World Trade Center #7 (the old #7 was severely damaged by the attacks on September 11, 2001, and also collapsed). The new #7 World Trade Center was completed in 2006. The building to the left of #7 World Trade Center is the Verizon Building located at 140 West Street, and is bounded by Barclay, Washington, and Vesey Streets. The south and east facades of the Verizon Building were heavily damaged in the September 11, 2001 attacks, from the collapse of the adjacent 7 World Trade Center, as well as the collapse of the Twin Towers. By late 2005, the restoration of the Verizon Building was complete. The building to the right of #7 World Trade Center is the 90 Church Street Station Post Office building, built in 1935. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. It suffered moderate damage from the September 11, 2001 attacks, including damage to its facade, broken windows, and major water damage. It was also extensively contaminated with asbestos, lead dust, fungi, fiberglass dust, mercury, and bacteria. There was no major structural damage. During recovery efforts at Ground Zero, the United States Postal Service worked to return individual pieces of mail found by rescue workers to the addressees. In August 2004, the Church Street Station Post Office reopened, and mail is once again being processed there.

Well head in Greenock Park The parks and open spaces include include Wellington Park and Well Park in the heart of the town (these were both the gift of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart). Address: Well Park, Well Category: A Date Listed: 13th May 1971 Listing No: 106 Full Description: Scots Renaissance dated 1629 surviving from demolition of Greenock Mansion House: short columns supporting a pyramid top. References: C. & D. Arch. v. III 486 (il) Millar, Castles and Mansions of Renfrewshire (il) Greenock itself ... In the earlier part of the 17th century Greenock was a fishing village, consisting of one row of thatched cottages. A century later there were only six slated houses in the place. In 1635 it was erected by Charles I. into a burgh of barony under a charter granted to John Shaw, the government being administered by a baron-bailie, or magistrate, appointed by the superior. Its commercial prosperity received an enormous impetus from the Treaty of Union (1707), under which trade with America and the West Indies rapidly developed. The American War of Independence suspended progress for a brief interval, but revival set in in 1783, and within the following seven years shipping trebled in amount. Meanwhile Sir John Shaw - to whom and to whose descendants, the Shaw-Stewarts, the town has always been indebted - by charter (dated 1741 and 1751) had empowered the householders to elect a council of nine members, which proved to be the most liberal constitution of any Scots burgh prior to the Reform Act of 1832, when Greenock was raised to the status of a parliamentary burgh with the right to return one member to parliament. Greenock was the birthplace of James Watt, William Spence (1777-1815) and Dr John Caird (1820-1898), principal of Glasgow University, who died in the town and was buried in Greenock cemetery. John Galt, the novelist, was educated in Greenock, where he also served some time in the custom house as a clerk. Rob Roy is said to have raided the town in 1715.