World Trade Center Workers Unearth 200-Year-Old Ship
Excavation at the World Trade Center site has unearthed a massive relic from New York's past -- a 32-foot hull of a 200-year-old ship.Archaeologist Elizabeth Meade, who works for AKRF, a firm hired to...
View ArticleConde Nast May Move to New World Trade Center Site
Conde Nast Publications may move to the World Trade Center.That's according to an e-mail to employees that was obtained by WNYC, which said Conde Nast is "in active negotiations" to move to 1 World...
View ArticleGovernor Paterson Offers Alternative Space for Ground Zero Islamic Center
Gov. David Paterson is offering developers of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero state land, if they agree to move the mosque further away from the World Trade Center site.Paterson...
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Progress at World Trade Center -- Finally
For years, New Yorkers have been complaining about “the hole in the ground” where the Twin Towers once stood. But by the time this September 11th anniversary rolls around, the structural steel for One...
View ArticleDebate Over Islamic Cultural Center and Mosque Continues
New York Gov. David Paterson says support is growing for his proposal of a land swap to move a proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque away from its site two blocks from the World Trade Center....
View ArticleIslamic Cultural Center and Mosque Draws Competing Rallies in Lower Manhattan
Separated by just a couple of blocks and a vigilant police force, supporters and opponents of Park51 rallied simultaneously on Sunday in hopes of influencing the public debate over the Islamic cultural...
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Coalition Aims to Build Support for Park51
At this weekend's dueling rallies over the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero, this much was clear: The opposition to the project is larger and much better organized. In...
View ArticleNew Coalition Forms to Support Park51
Groups backing Park51, the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center site, have formed a coalition they're calling New York Neighbors for American Values.The religious...
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Park51: Muslim Leaders Make Their Stand
Just yesterday I cited an article in The American Muslim magazine asking where Muslim leadership has been over the Park51 issue. Well, today those leaders finally appeared: on the steps of City Hall....
View ArticleWTC Progress Update: Seeing Is Believing
Gov. David Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and developer Larry Silverstein gave their annual update on the progress of rebuilding the World Trade Center Tuesday. This time, there was actually...
View ArticleRetail Operator Announced for World Trade Center Site
The world's largest mall operator is signing a deal with the Port Authority to manage retail at the World Trade Center site.The Sydney-based company Westfield said in a written statement that it would...
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POLICYIn Neighborhood That’s Diverse, a Push for Signs to Be Less So (NYT)Flushing Councilmember Peter Koo is pushing for a new law that would require store front signs of local businesses to be at...
View ArticleConcrete Workers Reach Tentative Contract Deal
More than 2,000 concrete workers have reached a tentative contract agreement.Details of the deal between the Cement League and the cement unions have not yet been released.The concrete workers have...
View ArticleWNYC 9/11/2001
A transcript from our 9/11/2001 airchecks:MR. HILAN: This is WNYC AM 820 and online at wnyc.org. It's 8:51. Good morning. I'm Mark Hilan.As we told you just moments ago, there has been some sort of...
View ArticleWNYC: September 11, 2001
ListenOn the morning of September 11, 2001, WNYC was broadcasting from studios then located in the Municipal Building in lower Manhattan. Shortly after the first plane hit the North Tower of the World...
View ArticlePort Authority Chief Expects Building Push Once WTC Is Complete
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s new executive director said he’s been thinking about the “peace dividend” he expects once 1 World Trade Center is completed in 2013 – when the authority...
View ArticleWhitney Young Provides Depth and Texture to Portrait of Racial Inequality
Focused, uncompromising, and yet essentially pragmatic, Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League, answers questions at this 1966 meeting of the Overseas Press Club. Young was one...
View ArticleRay Kelly: 20 Years After the WTC Bombing
New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly talks about remembering the 1993 bombing that killed six people and injured 1,000 others. Kelly was police commissioner at the time.
View Article"Submarine Walls" May Be Added At Trade Center, Post-Sandy
The Port Authority confirms it's considering adding so-called "submarine walls" to the World Trade Center site, as a result of Sandy.These are waterproof doors with a pressure seal, which would be...
View ArticleRetail Operator Announced for World Trade Center Site
The world's largest mall operator is signing a deal with the Port Authority to manage retail at the World Trade Center site.The Sydney-based company Westfield said in a written statement that it would...
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