Here's a brief history of One World Trade Center—also known as—Freedom Tower, as told by the photos documenting its planning, construction, and grand opening. 1. Artist's Rendering: December 2003 ...

History of One World Trade Center. After the Twin Towers were destroyed on 9/11, the question of what to do with the downtown ...

Cool tech at the top of One World Trade Center The ride to the 102nd floor is a visual history lesson. Visitors see New York City's transformation from wetland wilderness to modern metropolis.

Soaring to a symbolic height of 1,776 feet, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the Western hemisphere, and, with a price tag of $3.9 billion, also the most expensive.

The building rising on ground zero, once known as the Freedom Tower, was one of the most difficult sells in history. Beginning in 2008, there had been some initial talks with potential tenants ...

Author and architecture writer Judith Dupré says the new World Trade Center, “represents one of the most complex collaborations in human history.” It’s the tallest building in the Western ...

The artists commissioned to create works for One World Trade Center were given only one guideline by the developers: The work had to be unifying. There's no mention of the site's history, but all ...

Gift shop during preview of One World Observatory at the World Trade Center which opens to the public on Friday May 29, 2015 - photographed on Wednesday May 20, 2015 Susan Watts/New York Daily ...

Measuring the height of a building would seem to be a simple thing, but in the case of the new World Trade Center tower, it is complicated by the 408-foot-tall needle atop the skyscraper’s roof.

Monday marks the first day at work for One World Trade Center’s first group of office workers, 175 employees of publishing company Condé Nast.

History of One World Trade Center. After the Twin Towers were destroyed on 9/11, the question of what to do with the downtown Manhattan land hung in the air for the buildings’ real estate ...