Last pieces of 1 World Trade Center are rising

NEW YORK (AP) One World Trade Center already is New York's tallest building. <br /> <br /> When the last pieces of its spire eventually rise to the roof, the 104-floor skyscraper will be feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere. <br /> <br /> Officials had hoped that would happen Monday, but the weather did not cooperate. <br /> <br /> The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the spire pieces plus a steel beacon will instead be lifted at a later date from the rooftop to cap the building at 1,776 feet. <br /> <br /> The new high-rise replaces the twin towers destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001. <br /> <br /> The 408-foot spire will serve as a world-class broadcast antenna. <br /> <br /> The new tower is at the northwest corner of the World Trade Center site, which is well on its way to reconstruction with the 72-story Four World Trade Center and other buildings.

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