![]() The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, who developed the building, changed the official name in 2009 from the Freedom Tower. It has not always been called One World Trade Center. The tower itself has as much steel as 20,000 cars, more than 3 million square feet of floor area, and cost nearly 4 billion dollars to build.Ħ. ![]() The building required 26,000 workers for eight years. It took a lot of power and materials to make the One World Trade Center a reality. In order of height, they are the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower in Mecca, Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen, and Lotte World Tower in Seoul.ĥ. There are only five buildings in the world taller than One World Trade Center. You can see glimpses of the unfinished or completed tower in the following movies: The Dark Knight Rises, Men in Black 3, The Dictator, The Avengers, and The Wolf of Wall Street.Ĥ. One World Trade Center has been in movies a lot. The structure surpassed the 1,454 feet of the Empire State Building, which had previously held the record for 40 years.ģ. The building opened to the public in 2014, with a colossal height of 1,776 feet. ![]() Upon its completion, One World Trade Center was the tallest building in the world. The building also has a LEED CS Gold Certification.Ģ. This demand required an innovative combination of architecture and engineering. One World Trade Center was designed to be the safest commercial structure in the world. ![]() It is symbolic of the ongoing healing of New York and the country as a whole since the horror of 9/11. With its sleek exterior, the structure has also become one of the most well-known emblems of New York itself. The building is the tallest in the city and one of the tallest in the world. The Empire State Building and Chrysler Building are known for their Art Deco style, but nothing towers over the New York skyline like One World Trade Center. New York has a total of 280 skyscrapers, second only to Hong Kong at 355. The definition of a skyscraper is any continuously habitable high-rise building that has more than 40 floors. When you think of New York, what immediately comes to mind is a skyline full of skyscrapers. ![]()
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