New York's Tallest Building Emerges
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Construction continues on One World Trade Center after workers moved a steel column into place to make it New York City's tallest building. One World Trade Center's height is now just beyond the 1,250 feet of the observation deck at the Empire State Building. The 1,776-foot skyscraper is expected to be completed at the end of 2013.
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This aerial view shows the 9/11 Memorial from the 90th story of One World Trade Center in New York. The addition of iron columns to the 100th story pushed the height of One World Trade Center above that of the Empire State Building.
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One World Trade Center, the central skyscraper at Ground Zero, stands under construction in New York City. The price tag for One World Trade has recently been put at $3.8 billion, which would make it the world's most expensive new office tower. Most of the cost overruns are due to the security measures being taken in the design of the building, which sits on a site that has been bombed twice by terrorists.
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Iron workers weld steel decking at the top of One World Trade Center. To offset the costs of One World Trade Center, which is being built by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, higher bridge and tunnel tolls have been instated and there has been a reduction in spending on transportation infrastructure.
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Members of the media on the 71st floor watch a live television picture of the beam being put into place atop One World Trade Center to make it the tallest building in New York. One World Trade Center, already a gleaming, angular landmark on the city's skyline, will get still taller as construction winds up late next year, finally reaching 1,776 feet and 104 floors.
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Iron worker Billy Geoghan climbs down an iron column after attaching beams on the 100th story of One World Trade in New York City.
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Iron workers walk around the steel decking on the 100th story of One World Trade Center in New York City.
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An iron worker prepares a steel column at One World Trade Center on the day it became New York City's tallest skyscraper.
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An iron worker walks across a steel beam at the top of One World Trade Center in New York.
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The Empire State Building and lower Manhattan can be seen from the 90th story of One World Trade Center.
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Attendees of the 9/11 Memorial are seen from the 90th story of One World Trade Center.
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One World Trade Center towers above the lower Manhattan skyline and the Hudson River in New York. One World Trade Center now lays claim to the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper at just over 1,250 feet, just high enough to peek over the observation deck on the Empire State Building. The milestone is a preliminary one. The so-called Freedom Tower isn't expected to reach its full height for at least another year, at which point it is likely to be declared the tallest building in the U.S.
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