It would have transformed the long vacant, neglected WTC building into a new 245-room W Hotel and 280 apartments, with first-class restaurants, amenities and entertainment, before the city's 2018 ...

This was the first known instance of fire causing the total collapse of a tall building, the agency said. “Our study found that the fires in WTC 7, which were uncontrolled but otherwise similar ...

11, 2001 attacks: the collapse of World Trade Center building 7, a source of long-running ... of the collapse determined the demise of WTC 7 was actually the first time in the world a fire caused ...

The proposal also contemplates the larger redevelopment of nearby riverfront property, including connecting both the Morial Convention Center and the former WTC building to the Hilton New Orleans ...

Demolition began Saturday on a two-story building near the World Trade Center site after cracks were found in an exterior wall and the windows began bulging outward. Alarmed officials earlier ...

One key element of the conspiracy theories is the seemingly unexpected collapse of building 7 ... “Questions and Answers about the NIST WTC 7 Investigation.” NIST, 24 May 2010, https ...

NEW YORK -- The first section of the spire that will crown One World Trade Center has been hoisted atop the building. It was lifted onto the 104-story building on Wednesday. Nine of 18 giant steel ...

But “truthers” discount this, pointing out that no other steel-frame building in history, even those that burned longer and more intensely than WTC 7, had ever been toppled because of fire.

1 WTC is currently the tallest building in the United States and the third tallest in the world; Dubai has the highest. Massive tower projects are under way in China, Russia, and elsewhere.