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One World Trade Center is the New World 

Trade Center complex in lower Manhattan, 

New York. It is the tallest building in the 

western hemisphere. On May 10, 2013, the 

final component of the skyscraper's spire was 

installed, making One World Trade Center the 

fourth-tallest skyscraper in the world.   Its spire 

allows the building to reach a symbolic height 

of 1,776 feet in reference to the year of the 

United States Declaration of Independence.

Taking heed of every structural and safety 

failure of the Twin Towers, developers 

carefully designed the new tower to be the 

safest office building in the world. Among 

1WTC's unique construction elements are its 

high-strength concrete, dense fireproofing and 

additional staircase for first responders. The 

tower well exceeds the city's building safety code 

requirements. 

 1WTC tower was built from recycled 

construction debris and materials, and will 

generate power internally—the entire site 

was specially constructed to collect rainwater 

to help care for the plaza's greenery, cool the 

building, and replenish the memorial fountain. 

The new World Trade Center complex will open 

in 2014, and will feature three other high-rise 

office buildings, and the National September 

11 Memorial & Museum, located just south of 

One World Trade Center, where the Twin 

Towers once stood. The construction is part of 

an effort to memorialize and rebuild following 

the destruction of the original World Trade 

Center complex during the attacks of 

September 11, 2001.

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