McCain and Obama in show of unity to mark 9/11 Sep 12, 2008
The first steel beams for a planned Freedom Tower at the site went in only this week. But while Senator Obama has steadily attacked the Republicans' handling of security issues, pocketbook concerns, especially the state of the housing market, are the top election issue. (The Australian)
Rivals show unity on 9/11 Sep 12, 2008
The first steel beams for a planned Freedom Tower at the site went in only this week. Job offers' for McCain and Obama. (iAfrica.com)
US marks seventh 9/11 anniversary Sep 11, 2008
"In smoke-filled corridors and on the steps of the Capitol; at blood banks and at vigils - we were united as one American family. "We will put aside politics and come together to renew that unity, to honour the memory of each and every American who died, and to grieve with the families and friends who lost loved ones," it said. Their appearance is to be followed by another in the evening at a Columbia University forum to discuss their views on public service. The ceremony in downtown Manhattan... (BBC News)
iCrete - High Tech Concrete Gives Strength to the Freedom Tower Sep 11, 2008
With its technology, the iCrete System produces a stronger, more cost effective, environmentally safe concrete for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center in New York City. NEW YORK, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- (With permission from the pages of Concrete Today magazine, September 2008) -- One of the problems concrete contractors were faced with in a pour the magnitude of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center was controlling the heat generated in the core of the concrete, along with the... (PR Newswire)
Students remember, reflect on Sept. 11, 2001 Sep 11, 2008
Not all of Ground Zero will be built into a memorial; the Freedom Tower, three other grand WTC towers, retail development, the WTC Transportation Hub and a performing arts center will also be built on the current ruins. Page 1 of 2. (The Daily Campus, CT)
Freedom Tower's first column laid Sep 11, 2008
The first two foundation columns have been put in place for the Freedom Tower that will replace the World Trade Center in New York ... Today the steel rises, the Freedom Tower rises from the ashes of September 11, and the people of New York and the people of America can be proud ... Mr Pataki said: "Today the steel rises, the Freedom Tower rises from the ashes of September 11, and the people of New York and the people of America can be proud.". (Yahoo News -- World Trade Center)
Red tape, greenbacks hold up reconstruction at Ground Zero Sep 8, 2008
Only an outcrop of steel columns that will serve as part of the foundation for the 1,776-foot-tall (541 meters) Freedom Tower peeks out from the concrete site known as Ground Zero ... Problems facing the Freedom Tower, which will one day dominate the reborn site, illustrate the obstacles slowing reconstruction at Ground Zero ... The blueprint for the Freedom Tower was only approved in 2005 after years of discussion and arguing. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
As Pentagon tribute opens, others years away Sep 8, 2008
The Port Authority later this month plans to release revised deadlines for the memorial, along with those for the 1,776 foot-high Freedom Tower, four other skyscrapers and a new transportation hub. With $530 million in federal, state and private funds already secured, the goal is to open the memorial to the public by Sept. 11, 2011. (USA Today)
AP photoConstruction continues on the Freedom Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The tower is one of five skyscrapers being built to replace the Trade Center. Sep 7, 2008
AP photoConstruction continues on the Freedom Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The tower is one of five skyscrapers being built to replace the Trade Center. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
JEFF EDELSTEIN COLUMN: Shame on us for lagging Freedom Tower Sep 7, 2008
info, as it pertains to the construction of the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero: "The Port Authority is making progress on the Freedom Tower." ... Construction of the Freedom Tower is expected to be complete by 2011, 10 years after the attacks of 9/11 ... However, preliminary construction on the Freedom Tower started on July 4, 2004, and crews have worked steadily since then to prepare the site. (The Trentonian, NJ)
> Firm has made its mark in New York, Chicago and Atlanta Sep 5, 2008
It was also selected to design Freedom Tower, which will rise on the World Trade Center site. The Chicago-based firm has completed thousands of projects around the world, including the Georgia-Pacific Center and the Equitable Building in Atlanta. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
China's tallest building to open in Shanghai Aug 29, 2008
The Freedom Tower being planned for the site will measure 1,776 feet when it's completed in 2011. From the Shanghai World Financial Centre's top-floor observation deck which Japanese property tycoon Minoru Mori says is the world's highest visitors have a dizzying view to ground level through transparent patches of flooring and a sweeping panorama of Shanghai. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
WINDMILLS OF HIS MIND: NYC mayor spins back his turbine idea for city... Aug 22, 2008
When the first design for the new World Trade Center was being drawn up years ago, architects proposed turbines on the upper floors of the center's main skyscraper, the Freedom Tower. They were to create 10 to 20 percent of the building's energy. (The Drudge Report)
Catholic Memorials road scholars visit New York City Aug 14, 2008
As Americans, we hope to have a memorial site soon, as well as the Freedom Tower. Some sort of memorial should be done properly and soon, said Kane. (Rsolindale Parkway Transcript, MA)
8 cool attractions of the future Aug 1, 2008
From NYC's Freedom Tower to a cruise ship with its very own Central Park. AP fileThe 69-floor (1,776-foot, with antennae) Freedom Tower, left, in downtown Manhattan's skyline, will anchor Lower Manhattan ... Freedom TowerWhere: New York, N.Y.See it in: Around 2012When you're trying to reimagine the world's most recognized skylineand memorialize the terrorist attacks of 9/11change can be slow. (MSNBC -- Travel)
WPCS announces $8M in new business Jul 15, 2008
Domestically, the contracts include one from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to do wireless design consulting for the new Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center and eight wind energy infrastructure projects from Global Energy Concepts LLC of Seattle for the deployment of wireless meteorological towers. Internationally, WPCS' subsidiaries won contracts from McDonald's Corp., Chancellor State College, Livingston College, Beavis & Bartels and the Kippa-Ring Shopping Center in... (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Politicians Get Real About Ground Zero Rebuilding Jul 6, 2008
After agreeing to build and lease the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, the authority privately has investigated turning control of it to the private sector. New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine last week expressed concern that no over budget projects at ground zero take away from funding for a rail tunnel and other transit funding for New Jersey. (WNBC.com, NY)
WTC OR BUST: WHY CAN'T WE BUILD? Jul 5, 2008
Why, then, will it take 13 years to build the Freedom Tower. The Port Authority calls for "construction professionals" to be brought in to straighten the mess out. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Ground Zero rebuild plan scrapped Jul 2, 2008
It is unclear if the centrepiece Freedom Tower will now be scaled back. The tower, intended as a replacement for the destroyed Twin Towers, had been scheduled for completion in 2006 and then 2011, but the latest estimate is 2013. (BBC News -- Americas)
GROUND ZERO: GRIM TRUTH Jul 2, 2008
Indeed, it still refuses to accept responsibility for paralysis prior to 2006, when it took control of the Freedom Tower. And anyone even vaguely aware of the PA's track record on such things can only look to the future and shudder. (New York Post -- Opinions)
* Agency wants new World Trade plan Jul 2, 2008
The Freedom Tower and other skyscrapers planned for ground zero arent expected to open until 2013 at the earliest ... 3m Freedom Tower to be ready for occupancy this year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Newspaper says rebuilding at 9/11 site runs late Jul 2, 2008
Although Port Authority officials publicly acknowledged the daunting problems on Monday, they were also eager to convey the sense that some progress was being made on the centerpiece, the 1,776-foot-tall Freedom Tower, as well as on three other office towers, the transit hub and the foundations for the memorial. "The World Trade Center site is being rebuilt, will continue to be rebuilt, and it will be completed," Christopher O. Ward, executive director of the Port Authority, was quoted as saying... (Xinhuanet, China)
World Trade Center Plans Scrapped Jul 1, 2008
At one point, the plan called for the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower to be completed by 2006. Steel has just risen above street level for the tower, last estimated to open in 2013. (Fox News)
No Accountability For Rebuilding At Ground Zero Jul 1, 2008
APAn artists rendering of the "Freedom Tower" (left) and Towers 2, 3 and 4 (Greenwich Street) as part of the proposed model for former World Trade Center site, in New York City skyline. No Accountability For Rebuilding At Ground Zero. (WNBC.com, NY)
WTC rebuilding faces delays, report to show: source Jun 30, 2008
The paper reported that The Freedom Tower, an office tower controlled by the Port Authority and under construction, had been targeted for completion by the end of 2011 ... The projects the Port Authority is building are: One World Trade Center, the Freedom Tower, and The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, according to the authority's Web site ... One World Trade Center, the Freedom Tower, in an undated illustration. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Now we're the can't-do society? Ugh Jun 29, 2008
Its replacement -- the Freedom Tower -- should have been a sign of our determination and grit right after Sept. 11. But it is only now reaching street level. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
NYC: Many 9/11 injury plaintiffs not seriously ill Jun 26, 2008
Construction continues on the Freedom Tower foundations at the World Trade Center site on Friday. Slideshow. (Yahoo News)
DOWNTOWN DEBACLE Jun 24, 2008
PORT AUTHORITY CONTINUES TO DISAPPOINT IN GROUND ZERO PROGRESS - New York Post. By next Monday, Gov. Paterson wants a frank assessment of Ground Zero progress, costs and timetables. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Tallest Building in USA Proposed for Philadelphia ... Jun 21, 2008
Confirm your registration to report abuse Posted by joboggi 10:31 PM, 06/20/2008 A local developer took the first step yesterday toward building the tallest skyscraper in America when City Councilman Darrell Clarke introduced legislation for zoning changes needed at the 18th and Arch streets location Huh, the Freedom Tower will be 1776 feet high in NYC. You may remember the World Trade Center. Confirm your registration to report abuse Posted by argonne 08:17 PM, 06/20/2008 This is the most... (The Drudge Report)
How fancy can hotels go? St Regis arrives in KL Jun 21, 2008
With world famous New York-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architecture firm (who designed the Freedom Tower in New York and Burj Dubai in UAE) designing the building, we are assured that their expertise will match our shared vision of building a state-of-the-art tower in creating a new icon to complement the Petronas Twin Towers, says Carmen. SOM is one of the top three architectural firms in the world, she adds. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
DA probing firm connected to Yanks' new park Jun 21, 2008
3 billion new Yankee Stadium -- being built across the street from the team's former home in the Bronx -- is a focus of the probe, as is the Freedom Tower, the 102-story skyscraper being built to replace the destroyed trade center at ground zero, the official said ... Testwell conducted tests for concrete poured at the Freedom Tower between April and September 2006, said Steve Coleman, spokesman for the site's owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ... Coleman wasn't sure how much... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Official: DA Probing NYC Concrete Testing Firm Jun 21, 2008
The person said the probe concerns the Yankee Stadium project, the Freedom Tower skyscraper at ground zero, and possibly a dozen other projects. Testwell officials aren't immediately returning messages. (WNBC.com, NY)
FREEDOM TOWER COULD BE SOLD: PA Jun 19, 2008
June 19, 2008 -- The Port Authority admits that "all options are on the table" for the Freedom Tower, which the agency is trying to sell to private developers ... PA spokesperson Candace McAdams confirmed seeking outside "investors" to Bloomberg News, adding, "We want to make sure we have the best value for the Freedom Tower and downtown. Part of that process is we are in discussions with people. All options are on the table." ... But it's unclear what purpose that would serve for the Freedom... (New York Post -- Business)
Goldman Sachs 2Q Earns Fall but Beats Expectations Jun 18, 2008
Goldman Sach's headquarters, left, towers over construction cranes working above the Freedom Tower. Goldman Sach's headquarters, left, towers over construction cranes working above the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center on Friday, June 13, 2008 in New York. (ABC News -- Wire)
CMY Capital and MRCB in St Regis deal Jun 13, 2008
SOMs portfolio of over 800 design awards includes the Freedom Tower, which is the redevelopment of the World Trade Centre in New York, and the Burj Dubai, the worlds tallest tower, in the United Arab Emirates. The sustained demand for luxury accommodation, the renowned Malaysian hospitality, combined with the legendary bespoke service of the St Regis brand, and the unrivalled location of this hotel in the exclusive urban centre of KL Sentral, will make this property an extremely attractive... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
The Ground Zero Grind Jun 12, 2008
Some things are moving ahead including the Freedom Tower, steel is now at street level, and substructural work but other key elements are stalled or delayed. For instance, the iconic wildly designed PATH station is radically over-budget and now well behind schedule with further "refinements" to the widely-admired building to be made. (WNBC.com, NY)
Factory Orders Post Surprising Increase in April Jun 4, 2008
In this May 19, 2008 file photo, construction workers install steel bars on the foundation of the Freedom Tower in New York. Construction spending fell again in April as home building continued a more than two-year-long slide. (ABC News -- Wire)
Freedom Tower in New York to get tenant from China Jun 3, 2008
A Chinese real estate company has signed a nonbinding deal to lease space in the Freedom Tower, making it the first private company to agree to occupy the 102-story skyscraper now under construction at the former World Trade Center site. The Beijing Vantone Real Estate Company plans to build the China Center, a combination chamber of commerce and cultural center, on floors 64 through 69 of the Freedom Tower, at the southeast corner of West and Vesey Streets ... The Freedom Tower, which will rise... (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Signing of Freedom Tower beams set for Sunday Jun 3, 2008
Relatives of 9/11 victims, first responders, and the public will be able to view and sign a steel beam for the Freedom Tower ... When the 1,776-foot-high Freedom Tower rises over the former site of the World Trade Center, it will be inscribed with the signatures of first responders and relatives of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001. (Yahoo News -- World Trade Center)
Freedom Tower Nets 1st Corporate Tenant Jun 3, 2008
NEW YORK -- The World Trade Center's Freedom Tower has its first corporate tenant: A Beijing real estate company. The site's owner says Beijing Vantone Real Estate Company agreed to preliminary terms to open a Chinese business center on five floors of the more than 1,000-foot tower. (WNBC.com, NY)
Mittal's steel to form backbone of NY Freedom Tower May 23, 2008
Mittal's steel to form the backbone of New York Freedom Tower- ET Cetera-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times ... Mittal's steel to form the backbone of New York Freedom Tower23 May, 2008, 1038 hrs IST, PTI ... LUXEMBOURG: Keen to contribute to healing the scar of September 11, engineers and steel workers at ArcelorMittal's plant here are quietly working to provide a firm and stable backbone to the iconic Freedom Tower at Ground Zero in New York. (India Times)
Wholesale inflation slows in April after March increase May 22, 2008
A construction worker carries a steel form across the foundation of the Freedom Tower on. Business Video. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Merrill restarts talks to move to WTC site: WSJ May 22, 2008
He also holds rights to several nearby sites, while the Port Authority also holds rights to the planned Freedom Tower. Merrill, Silverstein and the Port Authority could not be immediately reached for comment. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
April wholesale inflation slows but rising prices kindle worry May 21, 2008
Construction workers stack steel forms for the Freedom Tower in New York this week. Core inflation, which excludes energy and food, jumped by 0. (Boston Globe)
Pope's US tour: Reporter's diary Apr 22, 2008
We walked down a steep ramp to the bottom of the vast building site called "Bedrock", where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once used to soar into the sky, and where the foundations of the city's new Freedom Tower - due for completion in 2012 - are now being completed. A chill wind blew. (BBC News)
The Pope Prays at Ground Zero Apr 21, 2008
We walked down the ramp that brought us four stories below street level to the footprint of one tower of the World Trade Center, with a giant billboard above heralding the Freedom Tower, 2012, bordered by yellow cranes and cement foundation walls. In the ceremonial square, a single large pascal candle, used at Easter and funerals to represent new life and resurrection, stood above a small reflecting pool and a symbolic plot of earth. (Time.com)
Ground Zero Plans Found In Trash Apr 19, 2008
Homeless Man Turns In Confidential Freedom Tower Blueprints To Newspaper ... Work continues at the Freedom Tower construction site on Jan. 24, 2008 in New York ... Vertical construction of Freedom Tower begins at ground zero site. (CBS News)
NY tower plans found in rubbish Apr 19, 2008
The Freedom Tower will be the tallest building in New York. A homeless man has found confidential blueprints for New York's new Freedom Tower dumped in a city rubbish bin ... The Freedom Tower is being built at Ground Zero, to replace the World Trade Centre towers destroyed on 9/11. (BBC News -- Americas)
Homeless Man Finds WTC Plans in Trash... Apr 19, 2008
Two sets of confidential blueprints for the planned Freedom Tower, which is set to rise at Ground Zero. "> Saturday, April 19, 2008 Last Update: 03:30 AM EDT lect> TRASHY WTC SECURITY HOMELESS GUY FINDS KEY PLAN IN A CAN By JEREMY OLSHAN and KEVIN FASICK Loading new images... WTC Blueprints Found in Garbage Homeless man finds blueprints of the WTC Freedom Tower in New York street garbage can. April 18, 2008 -- It's a good thing Osama wasn't walking through SoHo yesterday morning. Two sets of... (The Drudge Report)
Report: NYC Freedom Tower plans found in trash Apr 19, 2008
The man brought the Freedom Tower plans to the New York Post, which says the 150-page schematic is marked: "Secure Document -- Confidential.". The documents are dated Oct. 5, 2007. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Freedom Tower's first column laid Apr 18, 2008
The first two foundation columns have been put in place for the Freedom Tower that will replace the World Trade Center in New York ... Today the steel rises, the Freedom Tower rises from the ashes of September 11, and the people of New York and the people of America can be proud ... Mr Pataki said: "Today the steel rises, the Freedom Tower rises from the ashes of September 11, and the people of New York and the people of America can be proud.". (Yahoo News -- World Trade Center)
One World Trade Center mock-ups survive blast and hurricane tests Apr 10, 2008
The building, also known as the Freedom Tower (at a symbolic 1,776 feet, when its mast is counted), will be the tallest in New York City and as the skyscraping phoenix on the site of ground zero, it may be the target of terrorist attacks, too. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is building 1 World Trade Center, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which designed it, said both mock-ups had performed well. (International Herald Tribune)
Soprano family values Apr 10, 2008
A new version of the World Trade Center's observation deck will soon rise at the Freedom Tower. See the virtual aerial tour. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
Candidate design Apr 7, 2008
It has since appeared on everything from organic food packaging, to the Freedom Tower cornerstone at the World Trade Center site in New York. You don't have to be a typographic historian to get the message. (International Herald Tribune)
TOWER OF BABEL: Saudi Prince plans mile-high skyscraper! Apr 1, 2008
None of the other skyscrapers under construction, including New York's Freedom Tower on the World Trade Centre site, will exceed 2,296ft. Scroll down for more. (The Drudge Report)
Police in WTC turf war Mar 29, 2008
Its concerns about the risk of truck bomb attacks against landmark sites forced the redesign in 2005 of the Freedom Tower after it said the 1,776-foot skyscraper's open lobby and proximity to West Street made it a likely terrorist target ... Highly prized target'Concerns about terror threats at the site have focused on the memorial and the Freedom Tower, but Balboni said Thursday, "The World Trade Center footprint could be the most highly prized target on the globe.". (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
DOWNTOWN UNRAVELING Mar 27, 2008
Yes, work is underway on the Freedom Tower and the memorial - but large questions linger about how they'll actually look when finished, compared with what the public's been led to expect. Eliot Spitzer at least had a handle on the Ground Zero agenda and commanded some respect from the principal players. (New York Post -- Opinions)
From Luxembourg to NYC, Freedom Tower steel's 4,700-mile journey Feb 25, 2008
NEW YORK -- The steel bound for the Freedom Tower at ground zero travels thousands of miles, from a plant in Luxembourg where columns are rolled through casting machines at temperatures approaching 2,340 degrees ... The jumbo steel columns foot by foot, ton by ton are forming the skeleton of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, designed just after the 2001 attacks to replace the destroyed World Trade Center ... Steel for the Freedom Tower comes first from Luxembourg, location of one of the world's only... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Gar-Bro joins Ground Zero rebuilding effort Feb 23, 2008
GAR-BRO Manufacturing Company was contracted to build two 4,000 pound concrete buckets that will be used to place concrete at the new Freedom Tower. The two buckets were shipped to in the construction of both of the original World Trade Center towers and GAR-BRO is honored to be able to contribute to the rebuilding at the Ground Zero site, said Dave Gehle, President of GAR-BRO.. (Heber Springs Sun-Times, AR)
The World's Tallest Towers Feb 20, 2008
Skyscrapers are still coming up in the U.S. and Europe--the Freedom Tower (417 meters) and Bank of America Tower (366 meters) in New York, the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago (424 meters) and the Phare Tower in Paris (300 meters) are just a few examples--but the planning system for skyscrapers in the West is complicated ... The Freedom Tower, which will finish in 2011, is designed to meet the U.S. Green Building Council's requirements for Gold Leadership in Energy and... (Forbes -- Business)
BUILD BECAUSE WE MUST Feb 19, 2008
The projects are SJP Properties' 11 Times Square at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street and the Port Authority's One World Trade Center, aka the Freedom Tower. (Yes, Freedom Tower structural steel is actually visible - the PA just doesn't want to make a big thing of it until it reaches street level ... 6 million-foot Freedom Tower). (New York Post -- Business)
Building at World Trade Center is a showcase of terrorproof technologies Feb 4, 2008
Indeed, the 1,776-foot high Freedom Tower, the anchor of the World Trade Center site, will in many ways simply be a larger version of the adjacent 7 WTC. The Chicago Spire, at 2,000 feet high, and Burj Dubai, soon to be the tallest building in the world at a staggering 2,700 feet, will also each have hollow concrete spines anchoring floors that will cascade and twist around them ... In addition to 7 WTC and the Freedom Tower, Larry Silverstein, the leaseholder of the site, is planning three more... (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Four Seasons Coming to Lower Manhattan Jan 30, 2008
The Freedom Tower is the tallest of the buildings, still under construction, at the trade center site. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) The Associated Press NEW YORK Jan 29, 2008 (AP) Font Size. (ABC News -- Wire)
Estabrook: Spitzer's ‘list' incomplete, inflated Jan 8, 2008
A 30 million bailout for dairy farmers, an increase in the number of charter schools, and continued construction of the Freedom Tower at ground zero; all began under Pataki. So, apart from the successes of pre-existing agencies, what has Spitzer done for New York. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Spitzer highlights state accomplishments Jan 6, 2008
Construction under way of the Freedom Tower and related buildings and development at ground zero in lower Manhattan after years of delay. More than 500 jobs retained or promised by business in New York or relocating to New York. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
