One World Trade Center in New York City
One World Trade Center, also known as One World Trade, One WTC, and formerly called the Freedom Tower during initial planning stages, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest in the world. The supertall structure 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 new 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. It is bounded by West Street to the west, Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, and Washington Street to the east.
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00:001 World Trade Center, also known as 1 World Trade, 1 WTC, and formerly called the Freedom
00:10Tower during initial planning stages, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center
00:15complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
00:18Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1 World Trade Center is the tallest
00:23building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the
00:27seventh tallest in the world.
00:29The supertall structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade
00:33Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
00:38The new skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the 16-acre World Trade Center site,
00:43on the site of the original 6 World Trade Center.
00:46It is bounded by West Street to the west, Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to
00:51the south, and Washington Street to the east.
00:54The construction of below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the new building
00:59began on April 27, 2006.
01:031 World Trade Center became the tallest structure in New York City on April 30, 2012.
01:08When it surpassed the height of the Empire State Building, the tower's steel structure
01:12was topped out on August 30, 2012.
01:15On May 10, 2013, the final component of the skyscraper's spire was installed, making the
01:21building, including its spire, reach a total height of 1,776 feet.
01:26Its height in feet is a deliberate reference to the year when the United States Declaration
01:30of Independence was signed.
01:32The building opened on November 3, 2014.
01:35The 1 World Observatory opened on May 29, 2015.
01:39On March 26, 2009, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, PANYNJ, confirmed that
01:46the building would be officially known by its legal name of, 1 World Trade Center, rather
01:50than its colloquial name of, Freedom Tower.
01:53The building has 94 stories, with the top floor numbered 104.
01:57The new World Trade Center complex will eventually include five high-rise office buildings built
02:02along Greenwich Street, as well as the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
02:07Located just south of 1 World Trade Center where the original Twin Towers stood.
02:12The construction of the new building is part of an effort to memorialize and rebuild following
02:16the destruction of the original World Trade Center complex.
02:20The first 1 World Trade Center under construction in May 1970.
02:23The construction of the original World Trade Center was conceived as an urban renewal project
02:28and spearheaded by David Rockefeller.
02:30The project was intended to help revitalize Lower Manhattan.
02:34The project was planned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which hired architect
02:38Minoru Yamasaki.
02:40The Twin Towers at 1 and 2 World Trade Center were designed as framed tube structures, giving
02:45tenants open floor plans, unobstructed by columns or walls.
02:491 World Trade Center was the North Tower, and 2 World Trade Center was the South Tower.
02:54Each tower was over 1,350 feet high, and occupied about 1 acre of the total 16 acres of the
03:00site's land.
03:02Of the 110 stories in each tower, 8 were set aside as mechanical floors.
03:07All the remaining floors were open for tenants.
03:09Each floor of the tower had 40,000 square feet of available space.
03:14The North and South Tower had 3,800,000 square feet of total office space.
03:20Construction of the North Tower began in August 1966.
03:23Extensive use of prefabricated components sped up the construction process.
03:27The first tenants moved into the North Tower in October 1971.
03:32At the time, the original 1 World Trade Center became the tallest building in the world,
03:36at 1,368 feet tall.
03:39After a 360-foot-tall antenna was installed in 1978.