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Antenna Spat May Cost WTC Site 'Highest Tower' Title

Kevin Spak — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:07:40 CDT

The owners of the One World Trade Center tower are feuding with the tower's architects over the 408-foot antenna that will protrude from its roof, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Port Authority and developer Douglas Durst want to dispense with an ornamental white shell that was originally supposed to...

Freedom Tower Now NYC's Tallest ... Sort Of

Kevin Spak — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:38:31 CDT

It’s a momentous day in New York today: The World Trade Center is once again the city's tallest structure. The skeleton of the still-under-construction "Freedom Tower" will today surpass 1,250 feet, the AP reports, making it just a hair higher than the Empire State Building. But the title comes...

Freedom Tower Gets New Name: 1 World Trade Center

Nick McMaster — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:19:23 CDT

The Freedom Tower is gone, and it hasn’t even been built yet, the New York Daily News reports: The Port Authority announced today that it would change the name of the building being constructed at Ground Zero to 1 World Trade Center. The new, or old, name is “easiest for...

Merrill Quits Talks to Move to Ground Zero

Jim O'Neill — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:33:00 CDT

Years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, the project to rebuild Ground Zero took another blow as struggling brokerage Merrill Lynch—projected as an anchor tenant for one of four planned office buildings—ended talks with the Port Authority and developer Larry Silverstein, reports the New York Times...

WTC Project Years Behind, Billions Over

Peter Fearon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:59:31 CDT

The problem-plagued World Trade Center rebuilding project will be completed years behind schedule and up to $3 billion over budget, reports the Wall Street Journal . Construction of the various elements of the $15 billion complex—which includes a sprawling 9/11 memorial, office towers, a performing arts center, and a transportation...

WTC Blueprints Found in Trash

Nick McMaster — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:50:04 CDT

A vagrant sifting through a trash can found confidential blueprints for the Freedom Tower, the New York Post reports. Though the documents are not complete, they contain sufficient information, such as the thickness of the building’s concrete core and schematics of the ventilation system, to facilitate a potentially devastating terrorist...

Ground Zero Excavation Slow, Pricey

Matt Cantor — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:37:06 CST

Ground Zero in New York City is a magnet for patriotism, skepticicm and frustration; underground, it continues to be a very costly challenge. Excavation preparatory to rebuilding is moving so woefully slowly that New York's Port Authority has accrued late fees of $300,000 a day since Jan. 1, with...

Trade Center Insurance Settled

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:35:27 CDT

The five-year battle over insurance claims for the World Trade Center was resolved this afternoon, reports the New York Times . The seven insurers disputing the claims settled; $4.55 billion will go towards rebuilding ground zero, which will accommodate the Freedom Tower and three large office buildings.