One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center (ēac Freedom Tower oþþe 1 WTC gehāten) biþ nama þæs hēafodboldes þæs nīwan World Trade Center-es be Nīweoforwīce þe be stede standeþ þǣr twintorras þæs forman World Trade Center-es stōdon fore þǣm 11. Hāligmōnþes þæs 2001. torngemōte. Se torr biþ gemearcod of hēahbytlere Daniel Libeskind.

Se torr wearþ gebylded be norþwesternum bȳge þǣre 16 æcera grēatan World Trade Center stōwe. Torr hæfþ gehāle hīehþu ymbe þām 1776 fōta (ymbe 541 metera), þæt swā tācn standeþ 1776. gēares þanne Geānedu Rīcu American hīe seolfa unofhengelīcnesse nǣmon. Hīehþu be þæce biþ 417 meteras tō dragenne forþon þȳ sēo gelīc biþ þǣre þæs forman World Trade Center-es. Be 27 Ēastermōnaðe 2006 wearþ þæt One World Trade Center ambihtlīce ongunnen mid fundrum þāra underdǣla torres. Be Wēodmōnaðe 2012 wearþ timbor þæs torres geendod, and openungdæg sceal stede findan be 1 Blōtmōnaðe 2013.

Ymbstōw and gemearcunga

Wiþ þone torr cumað þǣr fīf ōþra torras: 7 World Trade Center (bē 2006 geendod), 200 Greenwich Street (2 torr), 175 Greenwich Street (3 torr), 150 Greenwich Street (4 torr) and World Trade Center 5 Torr.

Wiþ One World Trade Center hine ēac findeþ Gemyndigunge Twintorra. Gemyndigung biþ ‘Reflecting Absence’ gehāten and wæs ūtworpen of Michael Arad. Þæt bestendeþ ūt sumum ‘pōle’ be undergrundlīcum flōrum þǣr mann ymbe 9/11 āþencenne binnan mæg cuman. Þā pōl bā standað gerihte þǣr þā twēgen Twintorras stōdon. Be stede þæs National September 11 Memorial & Museum-es hine ēac findeþ museum mid belīfdǣlum þāra Twintorra (þǣrunder twā þāra dragendena þrītēþ-timborgeweorca and geþing þe hwīlum gerȳmunge of Ground Zero wurdon gefunden).

Tō onginn sceolde torr Freedom Tower (Frēodōmtorr) gehāten. In Hæglmōnaðe 2009 gewǣre gesceōd Hæfenweald Nīweoforwīca and Nīwe Cēsarēa āgend þæt þone naman One World Trade Center bet se torr meahte dragan mid þȳ þe hē mā geldberende biþ. Þēos gesceādnes hæfþ fela geanword undergangen.

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Ǣrra geþynge

Þǣræfter þā twintorras fēollon þǣm grunde uppan be 11 Hāligmōnaþ 2001 torngemōtum wurdon fela gesprec ymbe tōweardnesse þǣre stōwe. Forestealla þā ǣresta cwōmon, and be 2002. gēares geopenode Lower Manhattan Development Corporation sum wiþstrīþ tō gesceādenne þȳ se stede gebrocen weorþe.

Folcgetācnung þæs ǣrestan ūtweorp-getemesedes (þæt “Primarly Design Concept”) lǣdde tō sumum ōþran getemesede be Ǣrran-Gēolan þæs 2002. gēares (þæt “Innovative Design Concept”). Þǣrūt wearþ sum ūtweorp of Daniel Libeskind ūtcoren. Beforan þæt ūtweorp tō gode gecoren wurde, wearþ hit fela sīþ gesawen forþon of mænigum unānignessum mid Larry Silverstein, āgend tō þǣm forman World Trade Center-e.

Ambihtlīc geþynge

Be 28 Ǣrran-Līðan þæs 2002. gēares wearþ sum ambihtlica geþynge gecoren æt þǣm nīwan torre. Swāþæt se torr fulle geborgen weorþe swāswā āscode New York City Police Department, wearþ be Ēastermōnaðe ān 57-meteras hēah betōnen fōt tō geþynge gefēged. Swā andwyrde tō þām þe þōhton þæt se torr swā “betōnen buncer” bewlātian meahte, biþ betōnen fōt þæs boldes mid glæse geclǣþed.

Þā ūtweorpendas þæs boldes bescrīfaþ 1 WTC swā “monoliþisc glæsen getimbor […] geþeaht suma biliþhēawenena wanda.” Geāscod ymbe ende þǣra getimbra sægde L. Silverstein: “Be 2012. gēares willað wē sumne fulle gebȳedan torr habban, hīera and wundorfullra þanne hit ǣg wæs."

Torr wearþ be Wēodmōnaðe þæs 2012. gēares tō þæce geendod and be Þrīmilcemōnaðe þæs 2013. gēares wæs wand fullbȳed.

Geweorc

Be 26 Ēastermōnaðe þæs 2006. gēares stealde Port Authority of New York and New Jersey sum oncnāwlīca gefēg, þǣrmid se torr his geweorc ongunnen cūþe weorþan. Sum ambihtlīce ānrǣdnes wearþ be þǣm folgiendan dæge geseted, and þā wæs 75an gebyrddæg þæs Empire State Building his openungdæges.

Be 30 Ēastermōnaðe þæs 2012. gēares wearþ se torr hīehst bold be Nīweoforwīce, ofergangende þæt Empire State Building be fēowum meterum, þēah næs se hīehst torr be Norþamerican forþȳ þæt Willis Tower be Chicago (442 meteras hēah) giet hīerra wæs. Þēos hīehþu is be Wīnmōnaðe þæs 2012. gēares oferscriðen geworden, þǣrmid One World Trade Center hīehst gebolde be Norþamerican ēacswā is geworden. Þā þā weorcere tōbecwōmon ongann þæt geweorc mid ambihtlīcum gescrife. Se torr is gebiden be 2014. gēares gebrūcbǣr tō weorþenne.

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9 January 2013
The trade center's twin 110-story towers, the planet's tallest buildings when they officially opened in 1973, were destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the U.S.
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9 September 2016
One World Trade Center is a masterfully designed building and a symbol of resilience and resolve. I'd recommend this site as a follow on to the 9/11 Memorial. It shows first the pain then the triumph
The White House
3 July 2012
President Obama reviews the site from the 22nd floor and signs one of the final steel beams that will be added to the tower with the message: "We remember. We rebuild. We come back stronger!"
Alessandro Würgler
3 May 2018
Absolutely worth it going all the way up if it’s a clear day: can’t beat the view. We’ve also upgraded to the iPad experience, found out some interesting tidbits about the most famous landmarks ????????
Yasaman Mahdian
29 August 2018
When you are standing exactly besides it, you will get how freaking huge and awesome it really is! Wow! Just wow!
Ting
30 July 2015
Don't miss walking around the beautiful subterranean structures designed by Spanish architect Calatrava before his above ground Oculus is completed.
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