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1776' Freedom Tower
New York City
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
World Trade Center Tower 1, or Freedom Tower, is the centerpiece
building of the new World Trade Center complex currently planned for
Lower Manhattan. The tower will be located in the northwest corner of
the 16-acre (65,000 m²) World Trade Center site, bound by Vesey Street,
West Street, Washington Street and Fulton Street. Construction on
below-grade utility relocations, footings, and foundations for Freedom
Tower began on April 27, 2006.[2] By December 19, 2006, the first steel
columns were installed in the building's foundation. Three other high
rises are planned for the site along Greenwich Street, plus a
residential tower that will surround the World Trade Center Memorial,
which is currently under construction. The area will also be home to a
museum, highlighting many of the different aspects of the past and
future World Trade Centers.
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World Trade Center Tower 1
Freedom Tower
Information
Location Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Status Under construction
Groundbreaking April 27, 2006
Estimated completion 2010 (est.)
Opening First Quarter 2011 (est.)
Use Office
Height
Antenna/Spire 1,776 ft (541.3 m)
Roof 1,368 ft (417.0 m)
Top floor 1,362 ft (415.0 m)
Technical details
Floor count 108 floors (82 designated for occupied space)
Floor area 2,600,000 sq ft (241,548 m²)
Companies
Architect David Childs (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
Structural
Engineer WSP Cantor Seinuk
Developer Silverstein Properties, Inc. |
History
Following the destruction of the World Trade Center towers in
the September 11, 2001 attacks, there was much debate regarding
the future of the World Trade Center site. Proposals began
almost immediately, and by 2002, the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey, who own the right to develop the site, organized
a competition through the newly created Lower Manhattan
Development Corporation to determine how to use the land. Public
rejection of the first round of designs, the "Preliminary Design
Concepts," led to a second, more open competition in December
2002, the "Innovative Design Study," in which a design by Daniel
Libeskind was selected. This design went through many revisions,
largely because of disagreements with developer Larry
Silverstein, who held the lease to the World Trade Center site
on September 11, 2001.
A final design for the tower was formally unveiled on June 28,
2006. To satisfy security issues raised by the New York City
Police Department a 187-foot (57 m) concrete base was added in
April of that year. The final design included plans to clad the
base in glass prisms to address criticism that the base looked
like a "concrete bunker." Contrasting with Libeskind's plan, the
final design tapers the corners of the base outward as they
rise. Its designers stated that the tower will be a "monolithic
glass structure reflecting the sky and topped by a sculpted
antenna." In terms of a completion date, Larry Silverstein
stated "By 2012 we should have a completely rebuilt World Trade
Center more magnificent, more spectacular than it ever was."
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On April 26, 2006, the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey approved a conceptual framework that enabled foundation
construction to begin while a formal agreement is drafted on the
following day, the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Empire
State Building. Construction began with a formal ceremony that
took place when the construction team arrived.[4] It is
projected that steel for the building will be visible above
ground in 2008, with a topping out in 2010. The building is
projected to be ready for occupancy in the first quarter of
2011.
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The newest version of the future World Trade Center
complex, unveiled on September 7, 2006, showing the
Freedom Tower with its planned neighboring buildings
(200 Greenwich Street, 175 Greenwich Street and 150
Greenwich Street
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