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One World
Trade Center
Facts - 1: The original Twin Towers World
Trade Center in New York survived the
1993 World Trade Center Bombing
but just a few years later were totally destroyed on
Tuesday September 11, 2001 by the
9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
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Trade Center
Facts - 2: The deaths and devastation caused by the terror
attacks broke the hearts of the nation but not their spirit. Within
weeks of the terror attacks New Yorkers led by the Lower Manhattan
Development Corporation (LMDC) were planning the reconstruction of
the World Trade Center site.
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Trade Center
Facts - 3: By May 2002, The cleanup of Ground Zero
officially ended in May 2002, during which time workers had moved
more than 108,000 truckloads, nearly 2 million tons of rubble, to a
Staten Island landfill. By July 2002 emergency actions were
completed and work began on the temporary World Trade Center PATH
station.
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Trade Center
Facts - 4: In August 2002 architects from around the world
were invited to submit ideas for the World Trade Center site to
preserve the memory of the victims of the terror attacks, and to
revive New York City's economy and skyline.
One World
Trade Center
Facts - 5: In February 2003 "Memory Foundations" by
architect Daniel Libeskind was selected as the new design master
plan for the World Trade Center site.
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Trade Center
Facts - 6: Governor George Pataki, who served as the 53rd Governor of New York
(1995–2006), gave a speech on April 24, 2003 in which the planned
building was given the name "Freedom Tower".
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Trade Center
Facts - 7: In July 2003 the eminent architect David Childs,
of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, was selected to design Freedom Tower
and it was decided that the tower would occupy the northwest corner
of ground zero. The two towers were joined into one tower to
symbolize unity of American people in times of tardegy.
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Trade Center
Facts - 8: The One World Trade Center was
to be developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in
collaboration with the Durst Organization.
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Trade Center
Facts - 9: On Independence Day on July 4, 2004 the
cornerstone of Freedom Tower, known as the "Freedom Stone", was laid
during a special ceremony by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Over
5ft tall, the rectangular 20-ton slab of black granite was inscribed
with words calling it a "tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom".
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Trade Center
Facts - 10: May 4, 2005 Governor George Pataki
announced that Freedom Tower would need to be redesigned due to
security concerns and on June 29, 2005 the revised plans for Freedom
Tower were released..
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Trade Center
Facts - 11: The project was delayed due to disputes over
design, security and money but the finally major issues were
resolved on April 26, 2006 with a deal between the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey and the developer Larry Silverstein.
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Trade Center
Facts - 12: On April 27, 2006 construction began on the
Freedom Tower and the "Freedom Stone" was temporarily removed from
the site to Hauppauge, New York, whist building work was in progress
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Trade Center
Facts - 13: On March 26, 2009 the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
announced that going forward the building will no longer be referred
to as Freedom Tower. It would be called by its legal name and
address of One World Trade Center.
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Trade Center
Facts - 14: The reason for the name change from Freedom
Tower to One World Trade Center (1WTC) was that it would be more
practical to market the tallest building in New York as the former
north tower's name.
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Trade Center
Facts - 15: The re-naming decision, made for financial
reasons, was criticized by many. Governor George Pataki was furious
and asserted the building would continue to be known by patriotic
Americans as Freedom Tower.
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Trade Center
Facts - 16: The "Freedom Stone" never became part of the
tower now called One World Trade Center. It now stands in an
industrial precinct in Yaphank, Long Island.
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Trade Center
Facts - 17: Construction workers bolted the last pieces of a
408-foot spire on top of the One World Trade Center, into place on
May 10, 2013, bringing the building to a height of 1,776 feet.
One World
Trade Center
Facts - 18: The building was opened on
November 3, 2014 and the first tenant, Conde Nast, moved into the
tower.
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Trade Center
Facts - 19: The address is One
World Trade Center, 285 Fulton St, New York, NY
10007, United States
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Trade Center
Facts - 20: The Freedom Tower,
now known as the One World Trade Center (1WTC), has 94
floors and rises exactly 1,776 feet to the tip of its
antenna, signifying the year the Founding Fathers signed
the Declaration of Independence.
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One World
Trade Center
Facts - 21: The height of the
Freedom Tower itself is 1,368, the same as the original
Twin Towers, but the addition of the antenna spire adds
408 feet, giving the total height as 1,776 feet.
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22: The slender,
tapering building rises upward in a faceted, crystalline
form capturing and reflecting light. The building
captures an ever-evolving display of refracted light as
the sun moves through the sky.
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23: The tapered
corners shine in the sun and also add superior wind
resistance.
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Trade Center
Facts - 24: At night, a beacon at the top
of the 'Freedom Tower' sends out a horizontal light beam, which can
be seen from miles around.
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Trade Center
Facts - 25: As the tower rises from a cubic base with its
chamfered edges are cut away to make a symmetrical sloping edge
composed of 8 elongated isosceles triangles. The cubic base has a
footprint identical to the original Twin Towers.
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Trade Center
Facts - 26: The surface of the 200 feet cubic base is clad in more than 2,000
pieces of shimmering prismatic glass.
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Trade Center
Facts - 27: At its middle, the tower forms a perfect octagon. It
culminates in a square, glass parapet at the 150ft x
150ft square at the crown, rotated 45 degrees from the
base.
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Trade Center
Facts - 28: The 408 feet
antenna spire is protected by a fiberglass panel
that resists wind load and is used for broadcasting and
digital communications
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Trade Center
Facts - 29: On May 29, 2015 the observation deck, the One World
Observatory, was opened to provide tourists with a
breath taking view of Manhattan, that loops around 360
degrees, from about 1,250 feet up in the air.
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Trade Center
Facts -
30: The One World Observatory complex
features three restaurants, an exhibit called Voices
about the construction of One World Trade Center and a
circular platform area called the Sky Portal with a live
video feed of ground level street scenes.
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Trade Center
Facts - 31: The tower is one of the country's
safest buildings with a center core surrounded by
concrete. The core holds stairwells, elevators, gas and
water lines, communication systems and an emergency lift
for fire fighters. Emergency items, such as water,
generators and ventilators are also be kept in the
center core.
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Facts -
32: Having previously been a target for
terrorist attacks the One World Trade Center safety
features include dense fireproofing, extra wide
pressurized stairs, backup emergency lighting, concrete
protection for sprinkler systems, biochemical filters,
ultra strength concrete and increased impact resistance.
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Trade Center
Facts - 33: The cost of the construction of the One World Trade Center totaled
over $3.9.
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