The future of the Santiago Calatrava-designed Greek Orthodox church at New York's World Trade Center looks uncertain, as the archdiocese has failed to pay construction fees.
Work on the Saint Nicholas National Shrine, designed by the Spanish architect to replace a 19th-century building destroyed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been suspended indefinitely.
Construction had been underway for nearly three years, but site contractor Skanksa terminated its involvement in the project over the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America's (GOA) "defaults in making payment under the owner contract". The news emerged last week after Skanksa sent a letter to its subcontractors ordering them to stop work immediately and leave the site, which was then obtained and published by The Pappas Post.
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