There will be no restaurant atop 1 World Trade Center, but there will be concessions, and Danny "Shake Shack" Meyer would like a piece of the action. more ›

Even if you think it looks a little short (damn you, perspective!), it is hard to deny that One World Trade Center is starting to really show its height. And at some point around 2 p.m. today it is set to become the tallest building in town as steel columns go into place, giving the rising tower a height of 1,271 feet, higher than the observation deck at the Empire State Building (1,250 feet). more ›

One World Trade Center hit a milestone at the end of January when it passed the 90th floor and became the most expensive building in the world. Now, with construction passing the 93rd floor, it'll soon hit another milestone: in the next few weeks, it will pass the Empire State Building to become the tallest building in NYC. more ›

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly sat down to talk to Esquire's Scott Raab before the last round of bad press hit and the transcript has hit the transom. While the interview has some interesting factoids—Kelly plays calypso drums! And TiVos Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert every night, which must be awkward!—the meat of it comes at the end when he talks about the NYPD's concerns with the 9/11 Memorial. Specifically that it might be an attractive place to kill yourself in a city that already has a reputation as a suicide destination. more ›

On the heels of a report that One World Trade Center is now the world's most expensive building, costing an estimated $3.8 billion, the Post now says a delay with the skyscraper's underground loading dock "can’t be finished in time for [Conde Nast] and other tenants to use the planned 13 cargo bays to move in equipment to build out their space... As a result, the PA is scrambling to construct a temporary, above-ground loading dock with just five bays. The unexpected change in plans will add 'tens of millions' of dollars to the cost of building 1 WTC, sources said." And the temporary PATH station is at fault! more ›

As One World Trade Center has passed the 90th floor of its construction, it's reached another milestone: It's now costing more than $3.8 billion. The Wall Street Journal reports that it's the "world's most expensive new office tower, according to people familiar with the matter. The new figure [is] up $700 million from the latest public estimate." more ›

Earlier today, we shared this moody photograph of the Manhattan Bridge in the morning fog. The Twitter account showcasing the building at the World Trade Center, @WTCprogress, just Tweeted this photograph, "For today, check out the morning fog from the 84th floor of T1 - overlooking Jersey and downtown NYC." more ›

Like other public spaces in New York City, it's perfectly legal to take photos at the National 9/11 Memorial. And, like other public space in New York City, some cops will try to tell you otherwise. Meredith Dodson, a Georgia native who relocated to Bed-Stuy six months ago, visited the memorial on September 22nd, and had such a disturbing encounter with an NYPD officer that she was reduced to tears. more ›

One Texas restaurant employee decided to honor the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks by serving a Muslim customer a burger with a "Happy 9/11" drawing on the box. more ›

The Tribute in Light, which features 88 separate beams of light shooting from the WTC into the sky, has become perhaps the most beloved and evocative of 9/11 memorials. If the sky around the city is clear of clouds, the annual Tribute will be able to be seen from at least 60 miles away. You can still catch the Tribute until sunrise tomorrow, but keep in mind that the project takes weeks of preparation and hundreds of thousands of dollars to construct—so if you want to keep seeing the memorial every year, you may want to consider helping out. more ›

This week, we spoke with Tom McCarthy, the Battalion Chief of the 13th Battalion in Washington Heights. He opened up to us about his personal story of the haunting events of September 11th for the first time in public, as well as his frustrations with the politicization of the day. He told us one thing in particular that has been stuck in our heads all day: "Don't forget, on September 11th, 2001, it was just another day. And now it has become "9/11" or "the events of 9/11." He continues: "It has become something big, unmanageable, not easy to understand. On that particular day it was just the worst catastrophe, but it was just one more while dealing with lots of catastrophes. The life it has taken on since has been distorted, or deformed." more ›

With nearly wall-to-wall coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks' tenth anniversary, the images from that day are being replayed over and over again. You can see old footage at the Internet Archive. And here are a few images from our readers from that day. more ›

The NYPD has flooded the city with checkpoints and bomb detectors as they search for suspects in a "specific, credible but unconfirmed threat" involving car bombs to coincide with the tenth anniversary of 9/11. According to the Daily News, officials are now nervous that the terror threat suspects may be posing as construction workers to get close to tomorrow's memorial service. Currently, they are searching for three missing vehicles, including two belonging to Tully Construction in Queens, which is doing roadwork on West Street near WTC. more ›

FDNY Battalion Chief Tom McCarthy recounts his personal story of the haunting events of September 11th: "On that particular day it was just the worst catastrophe, but it was just one more while dealing with lots of catastrophes. The life it has taken on since has been distorted, or deformed." more ›

There's an impromptu 9/11 memorial on Fifth Avenue this morning using cups, chalk, and good old NYC sidewalk. A sign explaining the installation, which starts at 14th Street and continues for almost ten blocks up the avenue, says that a group called "Illegal Art" has marked each of the 110 floors of the World Trade Center in chalk, heading north for 1,368 feet, the height of the taller of the two towers. "Passersby, like yourself, are encouraged to walk the height of the once standing buildings along 5th Avenue and write any words that express your feelings or experience related to 9/11." more ›

Sunday, as you might have heard, is the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The official NYC 9/11 memorial service at the site of the attack is not open to the public, but it will be broadcast on TV and radio, and you can bet the boob tube will be wall-to-wall 9/11 (on VH1, the ten-year-old Concert for New York City will be rebroadcast at 4 p.m.). A little of this goes a long way, so you'll want to get out of the house at some point and at least take a walk. If you haven't yet figured out what to do with yourself all day, here are some good options: more ›

Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the official 9/11 Memorial Flag. A press release explains, "The symbols on the flag evoke what was lost on September 11th and what still endures. The 40 yellow stars represent the fatalities from United Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The five-sided figures represent the Pentagon, where 125 people died. At the center of the flag are the Twin Towers, where the greatest loss of life occurred that day." more ›

Mayor Bloomberg is gearing up for this Sunday's tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks by heralding downtown's turnaround. At an Association for a Better New York breakfast this morning, he proclaimed, "As we look back on the past decade, and as the picture of what has happened here comes into sharper focus, I believe the re-birth and revitalization of Lower Manhattan will be remembered as one of the greatest comeback stories in American history. And I believe it will stand as our greatest moment to those we lost on 9/11 and to our unshakeable faith in the moral imperative of protecting and preserving a free, open, democratic society." more ›