As 9/11 Anniversary Nears, Guerrilla Cleaners Scrub the 'Sphere' Memorial
In the belief that it ought to appear as if someone cared about the city’s second-most-prominent 9/11 memorial — the “Sphere for Plaza Fountain” sculpture — a guerrilla cleaning crew took matters into...
View ArticleCITY ROOM; Sculpture From World Trade Center Gets a Bath but Needs a Home
In the belief that it ought to appear as if someone cared about the city's second-most-prominent 9/11 memorial - Fritz Koenig's "Sphere for Plaza Fountain" sculpture from the original World Trade...
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F.Y.I.; Answers to Questions About New York
Questions about a memorial beam beneath 1 World Trade Center and strange markings on the nearby streets.
View ArticleFamilies, Responders Get View of Exhibition Planned for 9/11 Museum
Victims' families and first responders were given an advance showing of the memorial exhibition that is planned for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum Foundation....
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For Some, Moving On From 9/11 Means Scaling Back
Some New Jersey towns, which lost residents during the 2001 attacks, are moving from large outdoor commemorations, to a personal “day of remembrance.”
View ArticleARTSBEAT; Families Take a First Look at September 11 Museum
The September 11 museum gave victims' families and first responders a preview Monday of the memorial exhibition that will eventually be the main attraction in the underground museum at the World Trade...
View Article3 Bidders Left to Run World Trade Center Observatory
The competition has been fierce because the observatory will be one of the highest and presumably most lucrative in the nation....
View ArticleMissing for 50 Years, a Bit of Cortlandt Street Will Return
In four months, workers will begin restoring one of the missing blocks of Cortlandt Street, between Church and Greenwich Streets, as Cortlandt Way, not entirely restricted but not exactly public,...
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Floodwater Pours Into 9/11 Museum, Hampering Further Work on the Site
The main floor of the National September 11 Memorial Museum, still under construction nearly 70 feet below the memorial plaza at the World Trade Center, filled with at least seven feet of water.
View Article9/11 Museum Memorializing One Catastrophe, Learning From Another
The damage caused by Hurricane Sandy at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum may motivate museum officials to build in measures to safeguard the collection....
View ArticleNew Glimpses of the Twin Towers' Past
Given what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, the exuberant language once used to market the World Trade Center, as reflected in a new edition of a book about the complex, is almost shocking in its...
View ArticleNational Network for First Responders Is Years Away
Planning delays, lack of money and limitations in technology have slowed the creation of a communications network for the police, firefighters and others.
View ArticleFire Hits World Trade Center Construction Trailers
The fire broke out about 11:30 a.m. but was contained without reaching any buildings and it injured no one, the authorities said....
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Guy F. Tozzoli, 90, Who Led Team That Built Twin Towers, Is Dead
It seemed, one article said, as if Mr. Tozzoli had personally willed the trade center into existence, outfoxing enemies, bullying colleagues and maneuvering around problems.
View ArticlePort Authority, With Eye on Income, Will Pick Firm for Trade Center Observatory
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is expected to approve a 15-year deal with Legends Hospitality Management that it says could yield the agency $875 million over the contract’s life....
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