Esquire recently had an article about this: http://www.esquire.com/_mobile/f... Unsurprisingly, the answer pretty much comes down to politics. read more
The World Trade Center construction site is a $20 billion venture — according to Ward, it is the biggest public-construction project that has ever been undertaken in the U.S. read more
Best Answer: It takes several years to build a building that tall, longer than if they had built it in the 1930s (when the Empire State Building was built) or even the 1970s (when the original WTC was built). read more