One World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower

One World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the new World Trade Center under construction, expected to be completed sometime in 2013, in Lower Manhattan. The tower will be located in the northwest corner of the 16-acre (65,000 m²) formerly the World Trade Center site bounded by Vesey, West, Washington and Fulton streets.

Construction on below ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the 1,776 feet (541.32 m) building began on April 27, 2006. When the first steel columns were installed in the building’s foundation. On March 26, 2009, the Port Authority announced that the building will now be known as ‘One World Trade Center,’ replacing its former name ‘Freedom Tower.’

When completed, One World Trade Center will be among the tallest buildings in the world and the tallest in the Manhattan. There will also be three other high-rise office buildings planned for the site along Greenwich Street. They will surround the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, which is under construction. The area will also be home to a museum of the site’s history.

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