One World Trade Center

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• 1 World Trade Center 55 percent leased

  While construction crews continue to put the finishing touches on the new World Trade Center, the city's newest skyscraper is still looking for new tenants.Developers, however, aren't worried about the future for the area's real estate. In fact, this was   Read more »

• World Trade Center spire fully installed Friday

  A tall, heavy spire was fully installed atop One World Trade Center on Friday, bringing the New York City structure to its symbolic height of 1,776 feet.Loud applause and cries of joy erupted from construction workers assembled below as the huge, silver   Read more »

• Spire hoisted to top of One World Trade Center

  A 408-foot spire that will make One World Trade Center the tallest in the Western Hemisphere was moved into place Thursday to cheers from dozens of construction workers on the ground.Construction workers draped a huge American flag from the side of the s   Read more »

• LI man survives Boston Marathon bombings, 9/11 attack

  BOSTON -- Apart from the nightmares, John Kane figures he's lucky to be alive.The Levittown resident was working near the World Trade Center when the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks occurred. Nearly 12 years later, he finished Monday's Boston Marathon just mi   Read more »

• 9/11 memorial to charge visitors $2 for online reservations

  The National September 11 Memorial has begun to charge visitors planning to make online reservations for their visit, officials said Sunday, but the $2 service charge won't apply to relatives of those killed in the terrorist attacks.The memorial, in the   Read more »

Around the web

• Port Authority releases photo of One WTC workers at dizzying heights

  workers install final sections on top of One World Trade Center on May 10. / Port Authority of NY & NJ The spectacular photo, taken on May 10th, shows the brave iron workers installing the final sections on top of One WTC, with New York City sprawled beneath   from CBS News Read more »

• Port Authority Tweets Photo From 1,700 Feet Atop One World Trade Center

  Authority tweeted out a photo of workers 1,700 feet up. Click the image below to see it full size. You can follow the progress of the World Trade Center via @WTCProgress. Workers 1,700 feet up on the One World Trade Center spire (credit: Port Authority)   from CBS New York Read more »

• DSM Dyneema Congratulates Slingmax on Crowning of Freedom Tower

  World Trade Center gets its spire with Slingmax roundslings using Dyneema® DSM Dyneema LLC (DSM Dyneema), the manufacturer of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE) fiber, branded as Dyneema®, and world leader in life protection materials and   from Street Insider Read more »

• Path says ‘eye’ do

  said Tara Stacom, a vice chairman of Cushman & Wakefield, which is the leasing agent for the connected One World Trade Center. The Westfield Group will lease and operate the retail and venue space. While still in the works, the expectation is that Westfield   from New York Post Read more »

• Editorial: Don't let Trade Center be an armed camp

  the Wall Street area. The idea was to create a round-the-clock neighborhood held together at its core by a bustling new World Trade Center. packed with workers, sightseers, diners, dog-walkers, bike-riders shoppers and stroller-pushers. What the neighborhood   from amNewYork Read more »