St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

By Matt Chaban 11/11/11 10:47am

Holy Ground Zero, the Greek Church Is a Thing to Behold

It was only a year ago that the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church beside the World Trade Center looked doomed, at least to a side street if not all together. But Andrew Cuomo, in one of his first direct acts at the Port Authority, brokered a deal to put the church back in its pride-of-place spot across from the 9/11 Memorial, as George Pataki promised a decade ago.

The Architect’s Newspaper looks into the new arrangement and turns up some new details about the plans for the church, as well as some new renderings that make a compelling case for the church. Read More

By Matt Chaban 3/07/11 5:01pm

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Holy Moly! Ground Zero Greek Church Refused a Deal Once Before

When people talk about the old St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was detroyed on 9/11 when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed onto the four-story wood-framed rowhouse, one of the first things that comes up is its diminutive size, made all the moreso not only by what were once the city’s Read More

By Matt Chaban 3/01/11 1:13am

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The Bird and the Cross: How an Over-Budget PATH Station Helps Explain a Missing Church

Last week, the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey approved yet another increase in the budget for Santiago Calatrava’s winged transit hub at the World Trade Center, bringing the price of the station up to a level once deemed untenable while also dipping into the Port’s ground zero reserve Read More

By Matt Chaban 1:27am

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The Other Controversy at Ground Zero: Church vs. State Over Tiny Site

A bitterly cold wind tore across the 50th floor of One World Trade Center on Dec. 5, yet the crews in hard hats kept their pace, driving the most important building in the city skyward a floor a week, putting to rest years of complaints about indecision and inaction at the world’s most famous construction Read More

By Matt Chaban 12/15/10 4:49pm

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Clever Bureaucrats Engineer Church Out of Ground Zero

It may be the most despicably brilliant feat of engineering since the Panama Canal.

Last week, the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church announced a suit against the Port Authority over the agency’s refusal to rebuild the chapel in its original location at 130 Liberty Street. But it could be too late, as the agency Read More

By Matt Chaban 12/06/10 2:25pm

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How Un-Orthodox: Greek Church May Sue Port Authority Over Ground Zero Site

Which is more tragic: The destruction of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church across the street from the World Trade Center, or the struggles of the parisioners to have it rebuilt?

In the grand scheme of Ground Zero rebuilding, the church is both literally and figuratively the least of the Port Authority’s concerns. The transit Read More

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Holy Ground Zero, the Greek Church Is a Thing to Behold

Holy Moly! Ground Zero Greek Church Refused a Deal Once Before

The Bird and the Cross: How an Over-Budget PATH Station Helps Explain a Missing Church

The Other Controversy at Ground Zero: Church vs. State Over Tiny Site

Clever Bureaucrats Engineer Church Out of Ground Zero

How Un-Orthodox: Greek Church May Sue Port Authority Over Ground Zero Site

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