More than two years after the National Institute of Standards and Technology released its 30 recommendations for improving the safety of tall buildings based on its post-9/11 investigation of the ...

Become a paid member to listen to this article 1 WTC is reflected in the facade of 4 WTC. This Wednesday November 13, 4 World Trade Center will officially open. As the first new WTC building to open ...

Nothing is ever easy in New York City, it seems. Especially at the World Trade Center. The latest wrench in the rebuilding is a grassroots campaign to change the plan for a tower slated for 130 ...

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last month announced details of its $16 million, 24-month federal building and fire safety investigation to study the ...

On 9/11, an estimated 13,000-15,000 people were successfully evacuated from the two WTC towers. Because full-scale evacuations of such buildings are rare, little is known about how readily and rapidly ...

The WTC building is a prominent feature of the Canal Street riverfront, but its fate is uncertain. (Corrected and amended Aug. 11, 2010) In its heyday, the World Trade Center (WTC) at the foot of ...

As part of Lost & Found Sound's Sonic Memorial Project honoring the history of the World Trade Center, All Things Considered features the story of the WTC "construction guides" — friendly co-eds in ...

Peter Malkin is vertically challenged. No, not in that sense. The crown jewel of the Greenwich real estate developer's portfolio is no longer the tallest building in New York City, according to the ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -- With surrounding buildings still gouged and scarred from the collapse of the twin towers, real estate developer Larry Silverstein today unveiled plans for the first new building ...

NEW YORK -- Part of the scaffolding surrounding a condemned skyscraper at the World Trade Center site fell Thursday, injuring two firefighters, fire officials said. It was the same building where two ...