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World Trade Center's website describes One World Trade Center's top floor as floor 104, [2] though the tower only contains 94 actual stories according to the Skyscraper Center. [5] The building has 86 usable above-ground floors, of which 78 are intended for office purposes (approximately 2,600,000 square feet (240,000 m 2)).
The new One World Trade Center began construction in 2006; in April 2012 it surpassed the Empire State Building to become the city's tallest. Upon its topping out in May 2013, the 1,776-foot (541 m) One World Trade Center surpassed the Willis Tower to become the tallest building in the United States and the Western Hemisphere.
One World Trade Center (also known as One World Trade, One WTC [note 1] 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 seventh-tallest in the world.
The original One World Trade Center (also known as the North Tower, Tower 1, Building One, or 1 WTC) was one of the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center complex in New York City. It was completed in 1972, stood at a height of 1,368 feet (417 m), and was the tallest building in the world until 1973, when surpassed by the Sears Tower in ...
At 1,776 feet tall, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. For fourth-generation ironworker, Tom Hickey, One World Trade Center consumed his life. He is one of ...
1 World Trade Center † New York City: 1,368 (417) 110 1972 2001 Destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks; tallest building in the world from 1971 until 1973. [299] [300] 2 World Trade Center: New York City: 1,362 (415) 110 1973 2001 Destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. [301] [302] 270 Park Avenue: New York City: 707 (216) 52 1960 2021
New York City United States: 450 m (1,476 ft) 115/115: Never built: Would have been the tallest twin buildings in the Western Hemisphere. World Trade Center: New York City United States: 417 m (1,368 ft) 110/110: Destroyed: Destroyed on September 11, 2001. Tallest building in the world, 1970–1973. Tallest twin buildings in the world, 1971–1996.
The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.Built primarily between 1966 and 1975, it was dedicated on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001.