One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and erroneously as the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_(2001%25E2%2580%2593present)/fEFWPGkg">rebuilt World Trade Center</a> complex in <a href="/facts/Lower_Manhattan/bl6eMMHK">Lower Manhattan</a>, New York City. Designed by <a href="/facts/David_Childs/KPq31k9C">David Childs</a> of <a href="/facts/Skidmore%2c_Owings_%2526_Merrill/nzd6KsqJ">Skidmore, Owings & Merrill</a>, One World Trade Center is the <a href="/facts/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_United_States/VTI2xTr8">tallest building in the United States</a>, the tallest <a href="/facts/Skyscraper/5nM0naVB">building</a> in the <a href="/facts/Western_Hemisphere/g8YNNRQG">Western Hemisphere</a>, and the <a href="/facts/List_of_tallest_buildings/wkeLK00x">seventh-tallest in the world</a>. The <a href="/facts/Supertall_structure/5nM0naVB">supertall structure</a> has the same name as the <a href="/facts/1_World_Trade_Center_(1971%25E2%2580%25932001)/UqmoMxrn">North Tower</a> of the <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_(1973%25E2%2580%25932001)/mtSktMFe">original World Trade Center</a>, which was <a href="/facts/Collapse_of_the_World_Trade_Center/aCjr1jFw">destroyed</a> in the <a href="/facts/September_11_attacks/PfWQcQNx">terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001</a>. The new skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the 16-acre (6.5 ha) <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_site/c9xgaWJH">World Trade Center site</a>, on the site of the original <a href="/facts/6_World_Trade_Center/HFWXtWMj">6 World Trade Center</a>. It is bounded by <a href="/facts/West_Side_Highway/UczCxfNF">West Street</a> to the west, <a href="/facts/Vesey_Street/Kdmrjwc3">Vesey Street</a> to the north, <a href="/facts/Fulton_Street_(Manhattan)/AgpLyShH">Fulton Street</a> to the south, and <a href="/facts/Washington_Street_(Manhattan)/tl30og3C">Washington Street</a> to the east.
The construction of below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the new building began on April 27, 2006. One World Trade Center became the <a href="/facts/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_New_York_City/UdI6KCao">tallest structure in New York City</a> on April 30, 2012, when it surpassed the height of the <a href="/facts/Empire_State_Building/GgehSMmV">Empire State Building</a>. The tower's steel structure was <a href="/facts/Topping_out/G1dP66eX">topped out</a> on August 30, 2012. On May 10, 2013, the final component of the skyscraper's <a href="/facts/Spire/Xw9su71N">spire</a> was installed, making the building, including its spire, reach a total height of 1,776 feet (541 m). Its height in feet is a deliberate reference to the year when the <a href="/facts/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence/UyTgzfpx">United States Declaration of Independence</a> was signed. The building opened on November 3, 2014; the One World Observatory opened on May 29, 2015.
On March 26, 2009, the <a href="/facts/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey/KjQdrqjD">Port Authority of New York and New Jersey</a> (PANYNJ) confirmed that the building would be officially known by its legal name of "One World Trade Center", rather than its colloquial name of "Freedom Tower". The building has 94 stories, with the top floor numbered 104.
The new World Trade Center complex will eventually include five high-rise office buildings built along <a href="/facts/Greenwich_Street/wWHsyzFs">Greenwich Street</a>, the <a href="/facts/National_September_11_Memorial_%2526_Museum/g0lKrXlD">National September 11 Memorial & Museum</a>, located just south of One World Trade Center where the original Twin Towers stood, and the <a href="/facts/World_Trade_Center_Transportation_Hub/SBXaR7xX">World Trade Center Transportation Hub</a> to its east. 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.

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One World Trade Center