Church surrenders ground zero lot

20 million sale frees one more piece of land needed to rebuild WTC site St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in New York is seen near the base of the World Trade Center towers. Leaders of the church, which was destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, have surrendered land needed to rebuild the World Trade Center site in a $20 million deal with the government. NEW YORK - The World Trade Center site’s owner has offered $20 million to acquire the 1,200-square-foot lot of a church destroyed on Sept. 11, freeing one more piece of land needed to rebuild every inch of ground zero. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s board was to consider a complicated land deal with the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at a board meeting Thursday. The leaders of the 300-member congregation have been negotiating with the Port Authority for years over... [read full story]