What’s really impressive is when you walk through where the tunnel boring machine had cut the 22-foot hole,” Patrick says, “And and then BOOM, you’re in this huge cavern. It’s this huge hole where the 72nd Street Station is going to be, and it just hits you how big, how much digging they had to do to get this cavern made. It’s just amazing.”
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Last month, workers completed the installation of the spire atop one World Trade Center — making it the tallest building in the western hemisphere. The event was covered by media across the globe as a monumental achievement that took over 10 years to complete.