World Trade Center reaches 100 floors

The new World Trade Center has reached a milestone: The skyscraper being built to replace the terror-wrecked twin towers is now 100 stories high - on its way to becoming New York's tallest building. Another four feet, and it will surpass the Empire State Building.

The twin reflecting pools, lower center, of the National September 11 Memorial are illuminated Sunday evening, April 1, 2012 at the World Trade Center in New York. One World Trade Center, center, is now up to 100 floors and will top out at 104 floors. (AP)

One World Trade Center, center, now up to the 100th floor, and Four World Trade Center, right, overlook the ongoing construction of the site, Sunday, April 1, 2012 in New York. The unfinished One World Trade Center is one of the city's tallest structures. If construction continues at its current pace, it will pass the Empire State Building this spring. Four WTC will top out at 72 floors. (AP)

Work continues on the foundation of Three World Trade Center Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, in New York. One World Trade Center, rear, is up to the 76th floor. September will mark the tenth anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP)

Construction continues on the foundation of Tower Three, bottom, at the World Trade Center, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 in New York. Tower One, rear, is now up to the 88th floor. (AP)

In this Aug. 2, 2011 work continues on the foundation for Three World Trade Center, foreground, while One World Trade Center, top, rises in the New York skyline. Developer Larry Silverstein is building Three World Trade Center while the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is responsible for One World Trade Center. (AP)

Dec. 29, 2011, a crane works above the foundation of 3 World Trade Center in New York. The eighty story office tower is one of three skyscrapers at the site under construction by developer Silverstein Properties. U.S. builders spent more in November on single-family home construction, apartment building and remodeling projects, pushing construction spending up by the largest amount since August. (AP)

One World Trade Center towers above the Lower Manhattan skyline and Hudson River in New York. The new World Trade Center has reached a milestone. The skyscraper being built to replace the terror-wrecked twin towers has reached 100 stories. That's just four floors short of One World Trade Center becoming the tallest building in New York City. (AP)

An ironworker balances as he walks across a support beam while working above the 93rd floor of One World Trade Center as the building nears 100 stories tall in New York March 23, 2012. (REUTERS)

Patrick Foye, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, speaks at a meeting of the New York Building Congress, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 in New York. Silverstein Properties said Monday it is still looking for tenants to fill the first 10 floors of Three World Trade Center. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will not guarantee the financing that Silverstein needs to finish the building unless it gets those leases. (AP)

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