As construction workers cheered, the final two pieces of a 408-foot spire were hoisted high above their heads Thursday to the top of One World Trade Center. Draped with the American flag, the ...

The pouring of first concrete for the World Trade Center, September 1966. AP ... An aerial view of World Trade Center under construction in New York City April 16, 1968. AP ...

The gorgeous new One World Trade Center (formerly known as the Freedom Tower) is still under construction but it’s looking more and more gorgeous everyday. What’s more gorgeous: the view of ...

On Nov. 3, 2014, more than a decade of planning and construction came to fruition when the One World Trade Center opened.. It is the tallest building of a World Trade Center complex that currently ...

The new One World Trade Center building takes advantage of this. At its core are massive three-foot-thick reinforced concrete walls that run the full height of the building.

At 1079 feet tall, and 80 floors, the scheme is the fifth-highest in New York, and the penultimate tower to be opened on the World Trade Center site. Construction of the tower saw over 4,000 union ...