NEW YORK - The street-level plaza on the eastern side of One World Trade Center took shape this morning following an all-night concrete pour, providing access to the tower’s first entrance.

Construction workers spent 14 consecutive hours pouring 1,250 cubic yards of concrete on the eastern side of the tower, bringing it to street level - the equivalent of six miles of New York City sidewalk.  The pour, which began in the rain, was the largest done to date for One World Trade Center.  It formed the base of a large fountain on the plaza level, as well as concrete boxes where Swamp White Oak trees will be planted.

More than 125 trucks delivered the concrete to the site.  The section of One World Trade Center plaza has already risen five stories underground to get to grade.  The building’s core already rises more than 100 feet above ground.

The concrete pour forms what will be a landscaped plaza area around part of the tower’s perimeter.  The eastern part of the plaza will provide street-level access to one of four tower entrances, with the eastern entrance scheduled to be used by The China Center, which signed a lease for space in the tower earlier this year.