One World Trade Center

Morning Brief: April 10

Cherry, Cherry Baby

The famed cherry blossoms in our nation’s captial are at “peak bloom” right now (as reported by this site with beautiful pictures). It’d be a great weekend for a road trip down South, but if you can’t make it out of the City, the cherry blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are due to bloom any day now.

Morning Brief: April 9

Blueshirts are League's Best

Today is the 99^th day of the year… which made us think of a certain former Ranger. Times are good this season at MSG—with two games left in the regular season, the blushirts have secured the NHL’s best record and the President’s Trophy. The Rangers haven’t done that since 1994, meaning the Great One never won it with the team.

Judge Scolds NYC Tower Jumpers, Won't Toss Case

BASE jumpers to stand trial for 1 WTC dive

Three extreme-skydiving enthusiasts showed "inexcusable self-indulgence" by parachuting off the 1 World Trade Center tower, a judge said Tuesday in declining to toss out the felony case against them.

The decision puts James Brady, Marko Markovich, Andrew Rossig and their alleged lookout, Kyle Hartwell, on track for a January trial over the September 2013 stunt, which raised questions about security at one of the most protected sites in the country.

Judge Scolds NYC Tower Jumpers, Won't Toss Case

Morning Brief: November 13

A-spire-ing to be the tallest, One WTC gets the crown.

Change to Top of 1 WTC Raises Questions About Height

Classificaton of the building's needle as a "spire" or an "antenna" will determine official height.

A change to the design of a needle that will sit atop One World Trade Center is raising questions over whether the building will still be America's tallest when completed.

Change to Top of 1 WTC Raises Questions About Height

Change to Top of 1 WTC Raises Questions About Height North Carolina National Guide, flickr