The station was rebuilt in 1953 and renamed Gare du Nord. Following the Brussels World's Fair in 1958, a major plan was devised to rebuild the Northern Quarter – the so-called "Manhattan Project". Work started to the west of the station, including the World Trade Center, in the 1960s. Bankruptcy in the early 1970s prevented the implementation of the scheme to the east of the station, including Rue d'Aerschot.