Category Archives: NYC

WTC: Alan Reiss and the Port Authority Children of 9/11

By Port Authority Staff Thousands listened as the bells tolled and the names of those lost on 9/11 were read aloud during the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.  Heroes and heroines, sung and unsung, tourists and natives spilled into … Continue reading

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One WTC: Lightning Always Strikes the Same Place Twice

By Portfolio Editor Roz Hamlett  The New York/New Jersey region isn’t ‘lightning alley’ – that distinction belongs to Tampa, Fla. Being home to One World Trade Center, the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, does mean the metropolitan area experiences its … Continue reading

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Lincoln Tunnel Throwback: Conquest of the Hudson

By Portfolio Editor Roz Hamlett Almost 90 years ago, the Port of New York & New Jersey began planning what was originally called the Midtown Hudson Crossing in the riverbed beneath the Hudson River, a seemingly impenetrable and distant netherworld … Continue reading

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