Photos: WTC spire construction
One World Trade Center Spire
Credit: AFP/Getty Images
One World Trade Center stands in construction as the first of 18 segment of a spire crowning it was hoisted into place, in New York, December 12, 2012. At 104 -storeys, it is the highest building in New York and when the 408-foot spire is complete it will become the tallest in the western hemisphere, hitting 1,776 feet. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
