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One World Trade Center

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One World Trade Center, also called One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. It is the tallest building in the United States and the Western Hemisphere and the seventh tallest in the world, standing on the northwest corner of the sixteen acre World Trade Center site, on the footprint of the original 6 World Trade Center. It carries the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Facts
Building Type
Skyscraper 1
Location
New York City, United States 1
Completed Year
2014 1
Height (m)
541.3 1
Height to the tip of its spire, matching its symbolic 1,776-foot design height.
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Skyscraper 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Source Wikipedia: One World Trade Center

Uses Element

Source Wikipedia: One World Trade Center
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1. Wikipedia: One World Trade Center
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, sentence identifying it as the tallest building in the United States
    Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States
  • Lead paragraph, sentence naming Lower Manhattan, New York City as its location
    is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence giving its opening date of November 3, 2014
    The building opened on November 3, 2014
  • Lead paragraph, sentence on the spire completion bringing it to full height
    bringing the tower to its full height of 1,776 feet (541 m)
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    One World Trade Center, also called One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. It is the tallest building in the United States and the Western Hemisphere and the seventh tallest in the world, standing on the northwest corner of the sixteen acre World Trade Center site, on the footprint of the original 6 World Trade Center. It carries the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
  • In Style: Contemporary architecture, Infobox style field: Contemporary modern
  • Uses Element: Steel, Wikipedia lead
    The tower's steel structure was topped out on August 30, 2012.
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