To ISM's point of view, hasn't the Empire State Building been returned to it's statuce of being the tallest builing in NY? If so, that is cool, and considering it's archetecure compared to the towers, a fitting tribute to a more romantic past. Besides, I love the art-deco od that time period. Had that, the Statue of Liberty, and the White House been the succesfull targets, I think the american public would have garnerd much more hate than sadness.

Temporarily. The new WTC Tower One will be taller when finished.

Yes, gone are the days when having the tallest building in the world was a symbol of American virtue and optimism as opposed to a splashy display of wretched excess by foreigners.

Awwww.....

Can't they just put a taller antenna on the top to make it taller?? ;)