One World Trade Center
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This article is about the current supertall skyscraper in New York City. For the former building complex destroyed in the September 11 attacks at the same location, see World Trade Center.
"Freedom Tower" redirects here. For other uses, see Freedom Tower (disambiguation).
One World Trade Center
One World Trade Center on July 30, 2013.
Alternative names
1 WTC
Freedom Tower (pre-2009)[1]
General information
StatusTopped out, Interior furnishing and exterior under construction
TypeOffice, observation, communication
Architectural styleContemporary modern
Location72 Vesey Street
New York City, NY 10048
Coordinates40°42′46.8″N 74°0′48.6″WCoordinates: 40°42′46.8″N 74°0′48.6″W
Construction startedApril 27, 2006[2]
OpeningJanuary 2014[3][4]
CostUS$3.9 billion (April 2012 estimate)[5][6]
Height
Architectural1,776 ft (541.3 m)[3][7]
Tip1,792 ft (546.2 m)[3]
Roof1,368 ft (417.0 m)
Top floor1,268 ft (386.5 m)[3]
Observatory1,254 ft (382.2 m)[3]
Technical details
Floor count104 (+5 basement floors)[3]
Floor area3,501,274 sq ft (325,279 m2)[3]
Lifts/elevators73[3]
Design and construction
ArchitectDavid Childs (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)[8]
DeveloperPort Authority of New York and New Jersey[3]
Structural engineerWSP Cantor Seinuk
Main contractorTishman Construction
References
[3][9]
Rebuilding of the
World Trade Center
One World Trade Center
2 World Trade Center
3 World Trade Center
4 World Trade Center
5 World Trade Center
6 World Trade Center
7 World Trade Center
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Transportation Hub
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One World Trade Center (also 1 World Trade Center or 1 WTC, also known as the Freedom Tower) is the primary building of the new World Trade Center complex in New York City's Lower Manhattan and is the tallest building in the United States and Western Hemisphere. The 104-story supertall skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the 16-acre (6.5 ha) World Trade Center site, on the site of the original 6 World Trade Center. The building is bordered to the west by West Street, to the north by Vesey Street, to the south by Fulton Street, and to the east by Washington Street. Construction on below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the building began on April 27, 2006.[10] On March 30, 2009, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed that the building would be known by its legal name, One World Trade Center, rather than the colloquial name, Freedom Tower.[1]
The tower's steel structure topped out on August 30, 2012.[4][11] On May 10, 2013, the final component of the skyscraper's spire was installed, making One World Trade Center the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth-tallest skyscraper in the world by pinnacle height. Its spire reaches a symbolic height of 1,776 feet (541 m) in reference to the year of the United States Declaration of Independence.[12][13][14] It has been the tallest structure in New York City since April 30, 2012, when it surpassed the height of the Empire State Building.[15][16] The new World Trade Center complex will also feature three other high-rise office buildings, located along Greenwich Street, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, located just south of One World Trade Center, where the Twin Towers once stood. The construction is part of an effort to memorialize and rebuild following the destruction of the original World Trade Center complex during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
