NEW YORK CITY-One World Trade Center reclaimed the title of the tallest skyscraper in New York City after surpassing the height of the Empire State Building by 21 feet on Monday afternoon. At a ceremony held by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, ironworkers installed two, 26-foot steel interior columns on the top of the tower, officially making the tower as the tallest in Manhattan.
GlobeSt.com rose to the top of the tower alongside represenatives from the Durst Organization, Tishman Construction, Cushman & Wakefield and Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Check out photos from the event below:
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| Following the milestone, steel will continue to be erected until the building reaches its 104th floor and tops out this summer. When the tower tops off, it will rise to 1,368 feet, 118 feet above the height of the Empire State Building, which is 1,250 feet above street level. |
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| Before the ceremony, construction officials signed off on one of the 26-foot steel beams that brought the tower to 1,271 feet. |
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| (left) Jody Durst, president of the Durst Organization, shakes hands with Bill Baroni, deputy executive director of the Port Authority. |
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| (left to right) Daniel R. Tishman, chairman of Tishman Construction; Jody Durst, president of the Durst Organization; Scott Rechler, Port Authority vice chairman and CEO of RXR Realty LLC; Port Authority executive director Pat Foye; and Bill Baroni, deputy executive director of the Port Authority. |
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(left to right) Tara Stacom, vice chairman at Cushman & Wakefield and Erik Horvat, division head of the World Trade Center Redevelopment at the Port Authority.
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