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          NY begins construction of Freedom Tower
          (Agencies)
          Updated: 2004-07-05 14:27

          A 20-ton slab of granite, inscribed to honor "the enduring spirit of freedom," was laid Sunday at the World Trade Center site as the cornerstone of the skyscraper that will replace the destroyed towers.


          New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, third from right, touches the cornerstone for the Freedom Tower at Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site during an unveiling ceremony in New York Sunday, July 4, 2004. With him are New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, right, New York Gov. George Pataki, second from right, and site owner Larry Silverstein, behind. The cornerstone, with its inscription of the words, 'to honor and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and as a tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom,' will be buried beneath the new tower. [AP]
          The ceremony marked the start of construction on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, designed as a twisting glass and steel tower that evokes the Statue of Liberty, including a 276-foot spire resembling her torch.

          Gov. George E. Pataki said he chose July 4 to begin rebuilding to show that the terrorists who attacked New York on Sept. 11, 2001, didn't destroy America's faith in freedom.

          "How badly our enemies underestimated the resiliency of this city and the resolve of these United States," Pataki said. "In less than three years, we have more than just plans on paper - we place here today the cornerstone, the foundation of a new tower."

          The cornerstone put in place Sunday is garnet-flecked granite from the Adirondack Mountains. Garnet is the New York state gemstone.

          It is inscribed: "To honor and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and as a tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom. - July Fourth, 2004."

          Among the several hundred people at the ceremony were relatives of some of the people killed in the terrorist attack. The 13-year-old son of a police officer killed on Sept. 11 read portions of the Declaration of Independence.

          "It's a new beginning," said John Foy, whose mother-in-law was killed. "We all need to move on and rise above this."

          The stone and its inscription will eventually disappear from view, as crews work over the next year to remove ruins of a parking garage and shore up the 70-foot-deep foundation before building the Freedom Tower above street level. Parts of the parking garage will go to a storage hangar at John F. Kennedy International Airport for historic preservation.


          New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, (L) New York Gov. George Pataki, (C) and New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, (R) follow the color guard to begin an unveiling ceremony for the cornerstone of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site in New York, July 4, 2004. The cornerstone, with its small inscription of the words, "to honor and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and as a tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom," will be buried beneath the new tower.[Reuters]
          Completion of the Freedom Tower is scheduled for 2009, and trade center leaseholder Larry Silverstein has plans to build four more towers between 2009 and 2015.

          Also planned for the site are a rail hub, a memorial that transforms the twin towers' footprints into reflecting pools, and cultural space including several small theaters.

          At 1,776 feet, a height meant to evoke the year of America's independence, the Freedom Tower will be the tallest skyscraper in the world, organizers say.

          The current tallest building is the 1,676-foot-tall Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, which includes a mall, office space and an observatory. It was completed in October with the installation of a pinnacle atop the 101-story building. The highest freestanding tower remains the CN Tower, a 1,815-foot communications structure and outlook point in Toronto.

          The 110-story World Trade Center towers were 1,350 feet tall.

          Critics have questioned whether all five towers of the Trade Center complex will be built, especially after a jury verdict this year cut the insurance proceeds Silverstein is seeking to pay for the development from a possible $7 billion to a maximum of $4.5 billion.

          Silverstein still hasn't signed an anchor tenant for the Freedom Tower, but said he has more than enough money to complete it with insurance proceeds. He has said he will use "traditional financing methods" to pay for the rest of the development.



           
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