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MORE ONLINE LoveCrime Notes? Pet wore onine at &ichirgandaily.com/blogs/Tl 'Wire i. . . . r . : i. , , ,. . .. 'F . . r : . k ..i .. Y al el deems One World Trade enter tallest U.S. building Israel halts plans to explore new settlements in the West Bank 0 0 Needle elevates the skyscraper above Willis 'oweP r NEW YORK (AP) - They set out to build the tallest sky- craper in the world - a giant 'ist would rise a symbolic 1,776 I et from the ashes of ground Thtose aspirations of global supretnacy fell by the wayside iong ago, but New York won - consolation prize 'Tuesday lihen an international architec- tural panel said it would recog- rize (ne World trade Center the tallest skyseraper in the U tited States. h'le Counicil on 'alt iBuildings and Urban abitat, considered world authority on super- id skyscrapers, annunxced decision at simultaneous rews conferences in New York Ind Ch icago, hIonie to the 1,451- foot Willis 'Tower, which is being dethroned as the nation's tallest building. Measuring the height of a building would seem to be a simple thing, but in the case of the new World Trade Center tower it is complicated by the 408-foot-tall needle atop the skyscraper's roof. The council's verdict rested oil a cttrclusion that the needle should be counted as part of the tuilding's total height. Without it, the tower would be just 1,368 feet tall, the same height as the original World 'Trade Center. That would make it smaller than not only the Willis, but also a 1,397-foot apartment building being built a short subway ride away near Central Park. Speaking at his office in New York, council chairman Timo- thy Johnson, an architect at the global design firm NBBJ, said the decision by the 25-member height committee had more. . e. f .4" L .T e "tense moments" than usual, given the skyscraper's impor- tance as a patriotic symbol. "I was here on 9/11. t saw the buildings come down," he said. over the past few months, the council had hinted that it might be open to changing its standards for measuring ultra- tall buildings, given a trend toward developers adding "vanity height" to towers with huge, decorative spires. But the council also has a history of disallowing anten- nas in height calculations. The Empire State Building's land- mark 204-foot needle isn't counted in its height measure- ment. Neither are the two TV antennas atop the Willis Tower, which had been the country's tallest building since it was completed - and named the Sears Tower - in 1974. But in the end, there was una- nimity on the committee that One World Trade Center's reach for 1,776 feet - a number that echoes the founding year of the United States - was an artistic architectural expression. "This was a quest to put something meaningful and symbolic on that site because of the horrible history of what happened on that site," said Antony Wood, the council's executive director. Tourists photographing the skyscraper Tuesday mostly agreed that when it comes to height measurements, this spire should count. "For any other building, no. But for this one, yes," said Cary Bass, of Lake Mary, Fla., as he waited to enter the National Sept. I1 Memorial at the new skyscraper's feet. "Those peo- ple deserve it," he said, refer- ring to the attack victims. "It's a special building," said Paul Schlagel, visiting from Longmont, Colo. When architect Daniel Libes- kind won a public design compe- tition for the World Trade Center master plan in 2003, his original vision was for a twisting, angular Netanyahu asks housing minister to "reconsider" constrution aims JERUSALEM (AP) - Isra- el's prime minister on Tues- day abruptly halted a plan to explore the potential construc- tion of thousands of new homes in West Bank settlements, say- ing it had created an "unneces- sary confrontation" with the international community that threatened to weaken his cam- paign against Iran's suspect nuclear program. The plan announced by Isra- el's Housing Ministry earlier in the day had prompted a Pal- estinian threat to walk out of U.S.-brokered peace talks and drew angry criticism from offi- cials in Washington, who said they had been blindsided by the move. In a statement, Prime Min- ister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked his housing min- ister, Uri Ariel, to "reconsider" the plan. He noted that Ariel, a member of the pro-settle- ment Jewish Home Party, had drawn up the plan "without any advance coordination." "This step does not contrib- ute to settlement. On the con- trary, there is damage here for settlement," Netanyahu said. "This is a meaningless step - legally and in practice - and an action that creates an unnec- essary confrontation with the international community at a time when we are making an effort to persuade elements in the international community to reach a better deal with Iran." The statement said Ariel had accepted the request. The issue of settlement con- struction has been at the heart of a standstill in peace efforts in recent years. The Palestinians claim the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, territories cap- . . tured by Israel in 1967, for an independent state. They say Israeli settlement construction on occupied lands is a sign of bad faith. More than 500,000 Israelis now live in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. The ministry refused to say how many of these homes were in settlements. But the anti-set- tlement watchdog group Peace Now, which closely monitors construction activity, said the plans included nearly 20,000 apartments in the West Bank and 4,000 in east Jerusalem. In all, Peace Now says Netanyahu's government has given final approval for nearly 3,500 new homes in Jewish set- tlements since taking office last March. In addition, it has pro- moted plans for nearly 9,000 additional homes. The international communi- ty rejects settlements as illegal or illegitimate, and the reaction to Israel's plan was swift. The chief Palestinian nego- tiator, Saeb Erekat, said that at the instruction of his president, he had contacted the U.S., Rus- sia, the European Union, the United Nations and the Arab League to voice objections. "I informed them that if Israel implements this deci- sion, then this means the end of the negotiations and the end of the peace process," Erekat said. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the White House had been caught off guard and demanded "further explana- tion" from Israel. "Our position on settle- ments is quite clear - we do not accept the legitimacy of continued settlement activity. We've called on both sides to take steps to create a positive atmosphere for the negotia- tions," she added. Peace talks resumed in late July after a nearly five-year break. The sides have set an April target date for reaching an agreement. Under heavy U.S. pressure, the Palestinians dropped a longstanding demand for a halt in settlement construc- tion. To lure the Palestinians back to the table, Israel agreed to release 104 of the longest- serving Palestinian prisoners, all convicted in violent attacks on Israelis, in four phases. The Palestinians also say they received assurances that set- tlement construction would be constrained. Both sides have said the negotiations have made no progress. The situation dete- riorated further two weeks ago when Israel, responding to its release of a second batch of prisoners, announced plans to build thousands of new homes in the West Bank and east Jeru- salem. Those plans remain on track. In an interview broadcast on Israeli and Palestinian TV last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said continued settlement construction raised questions about Israel's seri- ousness about pursuing peace. Erekat, the Palestinian nego- tiator, said there have been no negotiations for the past week. Israeli officials had unsuc- cessfully tried to play down Tuesday's announcement. They said the government was merely beginning a long-term feasibil- ity study and no new construc- tion had been approved. Any construction that does take place, they added, would be years away. The Housing Ministry said it had published bids seeking architectural firms to look into possible construction of some 600,000 homes nation- wide to ease a chronic housing crunch. In recent days, Netanyahu has feuded with the U.S., his closest and most important ally, over the troubled Mideast peace efforts and attempts by the international community to curb Iran's nuclear pro- gram. 0 0