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The NYPD Is Building A Fortress Around The World Trade Center
Now that 1 World Trade has its spire, the city's gearing up for the building's opening next year, and it looks like security around it is going to be tight; the NYPD just unveiled its security plan for the area surrounding the World Trade Center, and they're creating an intense, fortress-like barrier to keep cars at bay. [ more › ]
9 Minutes Of Insane Vertigo-Inducing Video From 1WTC's Spire
When the final part of the spire was lifted and installed on to the top of One World Trade Center, the Port Authority attached a camera to the bottom. This means that with one click, you can get a view from the tallest point in New York City... Show More Summary
World Trade Center site sits empty as rivals lease up
The 408-foot spire that will crown 1 World Trade Center as the tallest building in the hemisphere was lifted last week to the top of the 104-story tower, the latest milestone in the $14 billion rebuilding of the trade center site. Down below, however, there is less to celebrate. Show More Summary
Vertigo-Inducing Photo Taken From 4 World Trade Center This Morning
This morning Redditor Talwin posted a photo that made our feet sweat, showing 1WTC (with the complete spire in place) from 4 World Trade Center. We contacted the poster who took the vertigo-inducing photo, and he's an ornamental iron...Show More Summary
Photos: 1 World Trade Center Spire Installed, Now WTC Is 1776 Feet Tall
This morning, crews officially placed the final pieces of the spire atop 1 World Trade Center—making the building the tallest in New York City (and the United States) at 1,776 feet. [ more › ]
Watch 1 World Trade Center Get Final Pieces Of Spire
After weather ruined Monday's attempt, the Port Authority is getting ready to lift the final piece of 1 World Trade Center's spire into place. One completed, the 408-foot spire will make the building 1,776 feet—America, fuck yeah. [ more › ]
9/11 Plane Wreckage Removed, No Human Remains Found Behind Buildings
Investigators have removed wreckage, believed to be the trailing edge flap of a plane that hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, from a narrow alley in lower Manhattan earlier today. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner...Show More Summary
New 9/11 remnants came from plane wing
The rusted metal aircraft part believed to be from one of the hijacked jetliners that slammed into the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11 attacks came from a wing, not landing gear, police said Monday. The five-foot piece is a trailing edge flap support structure, police said. Show More Summary
Last pieces of 1 World Trade Center
One World Trade Center already is New York's tallest building. And when the last pieces of its spire eventually rise to the roof, the 104-floor skyscraper that replaces the fallen twin towers will be just feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Show More Summary
Plane Landing Gear Found Downtown Does Belong To Boeing 767
The day after they said a piece of plane landing gear had been found between two buildings blocks from the World Trade Center site, the NYPD said the gear was indeed from a Boeing 767. However, it's unclear whether it's from one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. [ more › ]
9/11 Plane Landing Gear May Have Been Planted Between Buildings
The police are continuing to investigate plane landing gear—which they believe is from one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001—found between two buildings blocks from the WTC site. Police Commissioner...Show More Summary
NYPD finds landing gear from 9/11 plane
A piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the planes used in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center was discovered between the backs of two buildings in lower Manhattan, New York police said.
New boss at Silverstein Properties is old co-boss
World Trade Center developer Silverstein Properties is getting a new chief executive officer. The company announced that Marty Burger, 47, who has been co-CEO of the firm with founder Larry Silverstein, 81, since 2011, will hold the title exclusively by the end of the year, when Mr. Show More Summary
New Photos From Atop One World Trade Center's Observatory
One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in New York City—and it will have an observatory on its 102nd floor. The view from the space was unveiled today, with Port Authority chairman David Samson saying, "Just like the rejuvenation of lower Manhattan after 9/11, this building will rise and be a symbol to the world of New York City’s might and capabilities." [ more › ]
Plans for World Trade Center observatory unveiled
The company tapped last month to operate the observation deck atop One World Trade Center showed off plans for what the company expects will be the highest-grossing and most-visited such facility in the world the space Tuesday morning. Show More Summary
Sifting of WTC debris for 9/11 remains begins
The New York City medical examiner says it has started sifting construction debris from the World Trade Center site in an effort to find any human remains from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The work began Monday. It's expected to continue for about 10 weeks on Staten Island. Show More Summary
What to Expect From the New Restaurant at the World Trade Center Observatory
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey yesterday unveiled its renderings for the three-level, glass-enclosed tourist attraction that will cap off 1 World Trade Center beginning in 2014, City Room reports. The so-called "One World...Show More Summary
The Port inks $875M deal for WTC observatory
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has selected Legends Hospitality to operate the observation deck on the top of One World Trade Center in a 15-year lease that will net the bi-state agency $875 million. "Tourism has beenShow More Summary
New FEMA flood maps for NYC include WTC site
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released new advisory maps for Manhattan that include the World Trade Center site in the zone seen as most at risk for flooding during a powerful coastal storm. The maps released this weekShow More Summary
World Trade Center Site, 12:19 P.M.
Former Mayor David N. Dinkins and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg gathered on Tuesday for a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the bombing of the World Trade Center.