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WTC developer announces construction of city's tallest hotel tower
Photo credit: Rendering for Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences New York, Downtown (Silverstein Properties)
The developer behind some of the skyscrapers at World Trade Center announced Wednesday it is creating the city's tallest hotel and residential building in lower Manhattan.
Silverstein Properties, which is developing four of the World Trade Center buildings, got $950 million in financing from British firm The Children's Investment Fund Management for the 82-story tower at 30 Park Place that...
Read more »Spire hoisted to top of One World Trade Center
Photo credit: The 408-foot spire can be seen from the Brooklyn Promenade. (Getty Images)
Crane operators hoisted the final pieces of the spire atop One World Trade Center on Thursday, helping to fill the void in the New York City skyline left by the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Once a beacon is installed, the tower will stand 1,776 feet high, making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, though still well short of the world's tallest structure.
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