One World Trade Center, nicknamed and formerly known as the Freedom Tower by then New York Governor George Pataki, is the main building of the new World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan in New York City, New York. The tower will be located in the northwest corner of the 16-acre (65,000 m²) World Trade Center site bounded by Vesey, West, Washington and Fulton streets. Construction on below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the building began on April 27, 2006. On March 30, 2009, the Port Authority said that the building will be known as ’One World Trade Center’, replacing its former name ’Freedom Tower’. Upon completion, One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the United States, standing at a height of 1,776 feet (541.32 m), and among the tallest buildings in the world.

Along with One World Trade Center, the new World Trade Center site will feature three other high-rise office buildings along Greenwich Street and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The construction is part of an effort to memorialize and rebuild after the original World Trade Center complex was destroyed during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

One World Trade Center Freedom Tower
Computer rendering of One World Trade Center (with 7 WTC behind and to the right)
General information
Location	New York City
Status	Under Construction
Groundbreaking	April 27, 2006
Estimated completion	April 2013 (estimate)
Opening	2013
Use	Office, Observation, WTO
Height
Antenna or spire	1,776 ft (541.32 m)
Roof	1,368 ft (417 m)
Top floor	1,314 ft (401 m)
Technical details
Floor count	105
Floor area	2,599,980 sq ft (241,546 m)
Companies involved
Architect(s)	David Childs (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
Structural engineer	WSP Cantor Seinuk
Developer	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

 

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