NEW YORK -- It took a decade, but a deal has finally been struck to rebuild a church destroyed on 9/11, the church and a public agency announced Friday.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said they have resolved their long dispute over how to rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, a small, 85-year-old chapel that stood across the street from the World Trade Center and was destroyed when the towers fell.
The church will be moved slightly down the street to make way for some of the giant construction projects now under way at ground zero.
The Port Authority will pay for site-work and below-ground infrastructure. The cost of that work is estimated to be about $25 million. The archdiocese will pay for the construction of the chapel.
-- Associated Press
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