One World Trade Center | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-07

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00:03:35 1 Original building (1970–2001)
00:03:49 1.1 Construction
00:06:28 1.2 Specifications and operations
00:15:15 1.3 Incidents
00:17:47 1.3.1 September 11 attacks
00:20:56 2 Current building (2014–present)
00:21:08 2.1 Planning and early development
00:26:06 2.2 Construction and later development
00:37:04 2.3 Opening and post-opening
00:39:42 2.4 Estimated cost and funding
00:41:16 2.5 Architecture and design
00:46:19 2.5.1 Layout
00:51:40 2.5.1.1 Design evolution
00:55:53 2.5.1.2 Height
01:00:13 2.5.2 Sustainability
01:02:20 2.5.3 Security features
01:06:27 2.6 Incidents
01:08:24 2.6.1 Controversies
01:09:56 2.7 Owners and tenants
01:16:13 2.8 Key figures
01:16:22 2.8.1 Developer
01:19:53 2.8.2 Key project coordinators
01:23:27 2.8.3 Port Authority construction workers
01:24:33 3 See also



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One World Trade Center (also known as One WTC, 1 World Trade Center, 1 WTC, or Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. One WTC is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-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. The building is bounded by West Street to the west, Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, and Washington Street to the east.
The building's architect is David Childs, whose firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) also designed the Burj Khalifa and the Willis Tower. 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 tallest structure in New York City on April 30, 2012, when it surpassed the height of the Empire State Building. The tower's steel structure was topped out on August 30, 2012. On May 10, 2013, the final component of the skyscraper's spire 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 United States Declaration of Independence was signed. The building opened on November 3, 2014; the One World Observatory opened on May 29, 2015.On March 26, 2009, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (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 is 104 standard floors high, but the tower has only 94 actual stories.
The new World Trade Center complex will eventually include five high-rise office buildings built along Greenwich Street, as well as the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, located just south of One World Trade Center where the original Twin Towers stood. 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.