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  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Freedom Tower Officially New York's Tallest Building. America: F**k Yeah!

    Nearly 11 years after terrorists took down the World Trade Center towers, the structures' replacement is now the tallest building in New York City.As of 2:09 p.m., the Freedom Tower became the tallest building in the Big Apple -- and the third tallest building in the world.Two constructions workers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2012

    'The Sphere' To Leave Battery Park

    "The Sphere" -- a sculpture that survived the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center -- will leave Battery Park at the end of the month, according to the Associated Press. The sculpture sat in the plaza between the two towers and became a memorial after it was recovered from the rubble. Despite an o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Port Authority Can't Account for $1.7 Billion in Budget

    As the Port Authority continues to deal with the fallout from the results of an audit that called the organization "dysfunctional" and "bloated," its board members are now trying to figure out why $1.7 billion in costs for the World Trade Center project weren't included in the PA's original budget. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Preliminary Audit Deems the Port Authority a "Dysfunctional Organization"

    A preliminary audit commissioned by the board of the Port Authority has found that the institution is "a challenged and dysfunctional organization suffering from a lack of consistent leadership, a siloed underlying bureaucracy, poorly coordinated capital planning process, insufficient cost controls ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    "Twin Towers" on Sixth Avenue About a Mile Apart

    Steven Thrasher​Yesterday, we wrote about how from the middle of Sixth Avenue in the West Village, you can get a view that is eerily reminiscent of what the Twin Towers looked like from the same spot a decade ago. The optical illusion is created by the pairing of the Trump SoHo Tower and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    One World Trade and Trump SoHo Recreate Twin Towers View on Sixth Avenue

    Steven Thrasher​Crossing Sixth Avenue at 11th Street this afternoon, it was impossible not to notice. At its current stage of construction, One World Trade appears to be the same height and size as the Trump SoHo Tower. Together, the two create a view that looks eerily like the pre-9/11 World ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Mike Bloomberg Contemplates Motorcycle

    This is something of a still life, but with people! Yesterday, our inscrutable Mayor Bloomberg was down at the World Trade Center, where a really fancy (and big!) motorcycle designed by Paul Teutul Jr. of American Chopper fame was unveiled as a tribute to the reconstruction of the World Trade Center ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 31, 2011

    CAT AND MOUSE

    Take a wild ride with the NYPD's drug squad

  • Voice Choices

    August 24, 2011

    Barriers

    Take a wild ride with the NYPD's drug squad

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Atheists Don't Want World Trade Center Cross at the 9/11 Memorial

    ​Atheists groups have been particularly vocal about what they do and don't want with regard to 9/11 memorials, whether they be street signs in Red Hook (Seven in Heaven Way) or displaying the World Trade Center cross at the 9/11 Memorial. The American Atheists have filed a lawsuit, which names ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    President Obama Visits Ground Zero: A Report from the Scene

    C. S. Muncy​It was a brilliantly sunny day in Lower Manhattan when President Obama visited Ground Zero around lunchtime. It wasn't as cloudless as September 11th, 2001, but the similarity was uncanny enough to make many of the reporters waiting on line comment about how alike the two days felt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    The World Trade Center: 'Ill-Conceived, a Needless Expense, and an Ecological Threat'

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 19, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 16 The World Trade Center by Sally Helgesen Governors Rockefeller and Cahill came together to congratulate each other, themselves, "the people," David Rockefeller, the Port Authority, the business commun ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 15, 2010

    Leftover Crack

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 19, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 16 The World Trade Center by Sally Helgesen Governors Rockefeller and Cahill came together to congratulate each other, themselves, "the people," David Rockefeller, the Port Authority, the business commun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2010

    Barack Obama in India, New York Times

    ​President Barack Obama kicked off his Asia trip in India today with a speech at the Taj Mahal Palace, the very same hotel attacked by terrorists two years ago, as a symbolic gesture "absolutely" meant to send a message. Obama has made a priority of strengthening ties with India and other Asia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2010

    Happy Now? Koran Burned at 'Ground Zero'

    via Animal​Bucky Turco of Animal New York was at the scene and comes in with the exclusive: some idiot, desperate for press (but not that one!) went ahead and destroyed a Koran blocks from the World Trade Center site. Here's the story, via Animal, so far, firsthand and without any of the unavo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    WTC 18th-Century Ship Discovery: A New York Media Personality Test

    ​New York media outlets are like high-schoolers in a crowded lunchroom -- a circle of nerds, a coterie of posers, cool kids, laid-back social floaters, and, of course, the junkies. Every so often, stories significant enough to report but light enough for playful interpretation truly reveal med ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2010

    New York City Re-Opens Search for 9/11 Remains

    WTC debris at the Fresh Kills Landfill​On Friday, New York City is launching a planned three-month sifting operation at the Fresh Kill Landfill on Staten Island to search World Trade Center debris for human remains. In an e-mail to the families of victims, Consumer Affairs Commissioner Nazli ... More >>

  • News

    September 5, 2006

    Reprint: Terror Attack

    An eyewitness account of 9-11

  • Film

    August 1, 2006

    Good Soldiers

    A restrained Oliver Stone redeems an epoch-defining disaster—and rehabilitates himself

  • News

    December 6, 2005

    Still Dusted

    Clinton, Nadler call for investigation of EPA response to 9-11

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    Terror Attack

    Clinton, Nadler call for investigation of EPA response to 9-11

  • News

    September 6, 2005

    9-11 Conspiracists Invade Ground Zero

    The alt.truth crowd takes its message to the memorial service, ‘The New York Times’, and a great big punk concert

  • News

    June 28, 2005

    The Fire Next Time

    Skyscraper safety: the push for NY's high-rises to learn not to burn

  • News

    July 27, 2004

    The Dayton Discord

    'Undefended': A senator finally takes the government to task over the 9-11 findings

  • News

    July 20, 2004

    Dr. Clinton Versus the Ground Zero Cough

    'Undefended': A senator finally takes the government to task over the 9-11 findings

  • News

    June 29, 2004

    The Empire Strikes Out

    'Undefended': A senator finally takes the government to task over the 9-11 findings

  • News

    April 6, 2004

    Condoleezza Rice Testimony Tote Board

    'Undefended': A senator finally takes the government to task over the 9-11 findings

  • News

    September 9, 2003

    CityState

    'Undefended': A senator finally takes the government to task over the 9-11 findings

  • Books

    September 9, 2003

    Families of 9-11 Victims Rally Against Bush Warmongering

    'Undefended': A senator finally takes the government to task over the 9-11 findings

  • News

    July 15, 2003

    It Happened in Baghdad

    9-11, Oklahoma City—You Name It

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    The Witnessing Eye

    Artists Document the World Trade Center's Demise

  • News

    May 21, 2002

    Manhattan Project

    Rebuilding Effort Could Secure City's Future as Bourgeois Playground

  • News

    December 18, 2001

    Exhibit WTC

    Dividing the Artifacts of September 11

  • News

    November 27, 2001

    From the Margins Erased

    When the Towers Fell, Homeless People Disappeared. Their Friends Are Still Searching.

  • News

    November 6, 2001

    Terrorism and Free Trade

    On Eve of First WTO Meeting Since Seattle, Bush Pushes for 'Fast Track' While Activists Prepare to Agitate

  • NYC Life

    October 23, 2001

    Spore War

    Dozens of Americans Have Tested Postive for Exposure to Anthrax. Having a nervous Breakdown Yet?

  • News

    September 25, 2001

    Naming Names

    The New York Times Blacklists 13 Writers after WTC Report

  • News

    September 18, 2001

    Financial Fallout

    War Exemptions May Affect WTC Insurance Policies

  • News

    September 18, 2001

    A Memorial in Memorabilia

    War Exemptions May Affect WTC Insurance Policies

  • News

    September 18, 2001

    The Perils of Protest

    The Anti-Globalization Movement Alters Its Strategy

  • News

    September 11, 2001

    Terror Attack

    The Anti-Globalization Movement Alters Its Strategy

  • News

    September 11, 2001

    City Primaries Canceled

    The Anti-Globalization Movement Alters Its Strategy

  • News

    September 11, 2001

    Economic Terrorism

    Markets Fall as World Watches Cities Burn

  • News

    September 11, 2001

    Terrorism: Up Close And Personal

    Nashville Scene founding publisher Albie Del Favero finds himself an eyewitness to the worst terrorist attack in history

  • News

    March 6, 2001

    Trust Fund Trussed?

    World Trade Center Lease Deal Could Slash Housing Revenue

  • Film

    November 7, 2000

    Global Warnings

    Documenting Seattle's Festive Resistance

  • News

    February 15, 2000

    E-Bombs Away! Protest, Panic, and the Politics of Packet Monkeys

    Documenting Seattle's Festive Resistance

  • News

    November 23, 1999

    Attack of the Killer Kapitalists

    Protestors rally to oppose the world trade organization.

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