One World Trade Center
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Alternative names
| - 1 WTC
- Freedom Tower (pre-2009)
[1]
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Tallest in
North America
since 2013
[I]
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Preceded by
| Willis Tower
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Status
| Complete
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Type
| - Office
- Observation
- Communication
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Architectural style
| Contemporary modern
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Location
| 285
Fulton Street
Manhattan
,
New York City
,
New York
, U.S.
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Coordinates
| 40°42′46.8″N
74°0′48.6″W
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40.713000°N 74.013500°W
/
40.713000; -74.013500
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Construction started
| April 27, 2006
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Topped-out
| May 10, 2013
[12]
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Opened
| November 3, 2014
[13]
[14]
May 29, 2015 (One World Observatory)
[15]
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Cost
| US$3.9 billion
a
[3]
[4]
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Architectural
| 1,776 ft (541.3 m)
[5]
[8]
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Tip
| 1,792 ft (546.2 m)
[5]
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Roof
| 1,368 ft (417.0 m)
[9]
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Top floor
| 1,268 ft (386.5 m)
[5]
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Observatory
| 1,254 ft (382.2 m)
[5]
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Floor count
| 94 (+5 below ground floors)
[5]
[6]
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Floor area
| 3,501,274 sq ft (325,279 m
2
)
[5]
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Lifts/elevators
| 73,
[5]
made by
ThyssenKrupp
.
[10]
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Architect
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Developer
| Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
[5]
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Structural engineer
| WSP Cantor Seinuk
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Other designers
| Hill International
, The Louis Berger Group
[11]
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Main contractor
| Tishman Construction
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[5]
[7]
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- a. April 2012 estimate.
- b.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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One World Trade Center
(also known as
One WTC
or
Freedom Tower
) is the main building of the new
World Trade Center
complex in
Lower Manhattan
,
New York City
. The building is 1,776 feet (541 m) tall making it the tallest building in the
Western Hemisphere
. Since late 2013, it is the tallest building in the United States. It opened in late 2014. It is mostly used for
offices
. People can view the city from an observatory near the top. The building was designed by David Childs of
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
.
The building has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
. The building was built on the spot where the original
6 World Trade Center
used to be.
Construction for the building started in 2006. On April 30, 2012, One World Trade Center became
New York City's
tallest structure, when it surpassed the height of the
Empire State Building
. On May 10, 2013, the last piece of the skyscraper's antenna was put on, making the building's height 1,776 feet (541 m). The height of the building was done on purpose to refer to the year when the
Declaration of Independence
was signed, 1776.
On March 26, 2009, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) said that the building would be officially known by its legal name of "One World Trade Center", rather than its colloquial name of "Freedom Tower".
[16]
[17]
[18]
The building has 94 stories, with the top floor numbered 104.
The new World Trade Center complex will have five high-rise office buildings built. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, located just south of One World Trade Center where the original Twin Towers stood, was also built. The construction of the new building is part of an effort to memorialize and rebuild following the destruction of the original World Trade Center complex.
On November 8, 2013,
architects
in
Chicago
and New York City began debating about the height of the One World Trade Center and the
Willis Tower
. They were saying that there was a possibility that the Willis Tower is taller than the One World Trade Center.
On November 12, a committee agreed that the antenna on top is part of the building, so One World Trade Center is taller than the Willis Tower.
[19]
Even after removing the antennas from the measurement, One World Trade Center is about 325 feet (99 m) taller than the Willis Tower.
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October 7, 2006
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October 7, 2007
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September 10, 2008
- ↑
Westfeldt, Amy (March 26, 2009).
"Freedom Tower has a new preferred name"
. Silverstein Properties.
Associated Press
.
Archived
from the original on May 31, 2009
. Retrieved
March 30,
2009
.
- ↑
"One World Trade Center"
.
WTC.com
.
Silverstein Properties
. September 16, 2015
. Retrieved
September 16,
2015
.
- ↑
Brennan, Morgan (April 30, 2012).
"1 World Trade Center Officially New York's New Tallest Building"
.
Forbes
. Retrieved
July 26,
2013
.
- ↑
Brown, Eliot (January 30, 2012).
"Tower Rises, And So Does Its Price Tag"
.
The Wall Street Journal
. Retrieved
September 16,
2015
.
- ↑
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
"One World Trade Center ? The Skyscraper Center"
.
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
. September 11, 2015
. Retrieved
September 11,
2015
.
- ↑
"Office Leasing"
. One World Trade Center
. Retrieved
November 3,
2014
.
- ↑
"One World Trade Center"
.
SkyscraperPage
.
. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ↑
"One World Trade Center"
. Emporis.com
. Retrieved
January 14,
2012
.
- ↑
"One World Trade Center to retake title of NYC's tallest building"
.
Fox News
.
Associated Press
. April 29, 2012
. Retrieved
May 1,
2014
.
- ↑
"Elevating One World Trade Center"
.
ThyssenKrupp Elevator
. Archived from
the original
on February 2, 2017
. Retrieved
January 23,
2017
.
- ↑
"The Louis Berger Group and Hill International to Provide Program Management Services for Downtown Restoration Program and WTC Transportation Hub"
.
Hill International, Inc
. August 13, 2004. Archived from
the original
on March 31, 2015
. Retrieved
July 21,
2015
.
- ↑
Stanglin, Doug (May 10, 2013).
"Spire permanently installed on WTC tower"
.
USA Today
.
Gannett Company
. Retrieved
May 10,
2013
.
- ↑
Moore, Jack (November 3, 2014).
"World Trade Center Re-opens as Tallest Building in America"
.
International Business Times
. One World Trade Center. Archived from
the original
on September 4, 2015
. Retrieved
September 11,
2015
.
- ↑
Smith, Aaron (November 3, 2014).
"One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, is open for business"
.
money.cnn.com
. CNN Money
. Retrieved
March 30,
2017
.
- ↑
"One World Trade Center Observatory Opens to Public"
.
usnews.com
. U.S. News
. Retrieved
March 30,
2017
.
- ↑
"Port Authority And Vantone Industrial Sign First Lease For One World Trade Center (The Freedom Tower)"
.
PANYNJ.gov
(Press release). March 26, 2009.
Archived
from the original on March 2, 2021
. Retrieved
September 6,
2020
.
- ↑
"Freedom Tower Will Be Called One World Trade Center"
.
FoxNews.com
. March 26, 2009.
Archived
from the original on February 28, 2017
. Retrieved
March 30,
2017
.
- ↑
Feiden, Douglas (March 27, 2009).
"
'Freedom' out at WTC: Port Authority says The Freedom Tower is now 1 World Trade Center"
.
New York Daily News
.
Archived
from the original on March 28, 2017
. Retrieved
March 30,
2017
.
- ↑
"One World Trade Center taller than Willis Tower"
. Examiner.com
. Retrieved
November 12,
2013
.
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International
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National
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Geographic
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World Trade Center
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First WTC
(1973?2001)
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Second WTC
(2001?present)
| Site, towers,
and structures
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Rapid transit
|
- PATH
stations
- New York City Subway
stations
- Chambers Street?WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt Street
(
2
,
3
,
A
,
C
,
E
,
N
,
R
, and
W
trains)
- WTC Cortlandt
(
1
train)
- Fulton Street
(
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
A
,
C
,
J
, and
Z
trains)
- Fulton Center
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9/11 memorials
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People
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Other
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