NEW YORK – Construction stopped at the World ... Among them were the foundation work on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower and the $2.2 billion transit hub being built at the trade center site.

“Today, we begin construction on the Freedom Tower,” Gov. Pataki said with his back to the massive Ground Zero “pit.” “We are going to soar to new heights and reclaim New York’s ...

NEW YORK – After months spent wrangling for control of buildings and money at ground zero, politicians and developers Thursday celebrated the start of construction on the Freedom Tower ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- As construction continues on the Freedom Tower at ground zero, some residents in Lower Manhattan say the noise is getting to be unbearable. Nick Oram lives above the ...

"I have instructed our construction team to mobilize ... Update: The Freedom Tower groundbreaking happened this morning, with NY Governor Pataki, NJ Governor Corzine, Mayor Bloomberg and ...

Continued from our behind-the-scenes look at World Trade Center construction in 4 WTC and the Santiago Calatrava Transit Hub with the NY Metro Chapter of the American Planning Association and the ...

One World Trade Center is still called the "Freedom Tower" in some circles, and that includes the hard hats responsible for raising it up into the NYC skyline. And judging by a couple of videos ...

The progress of the banking giant’s tower — slated to open in early 2010 — is in stark contrast to that of its long-delayed neighbor, the Freedom Tower ... of bureaucracy that the Port Authority of ...

Almost 10 years since terrorists destroyed New York City's World Trade ... monument to that effort, a tower meant to signify freedom and recovery, though its construction has been snarled in ...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ... [AP] The ceremony marked the start of construction on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, designed as a twisting glass and steel tower that evokes the Statue ...