On Wednesday construction crews started to place 24 of the largest steel columns yet for One World Trade Center, also called the Freedom Tower. The 70-ton, 60-foot-long columns will allow the first floors to be built out for what will be a 1,776-foot building. The Port Authority is constructing the office building as the bitter financial dispute with Silverstein Properties continues while a few hundred feet away, Silverstein remains at work building 4 W.T.C. despite the lack of progress in the talks.
