ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER - ONE WORLD OBSERVATORY

The Freedom Tower project, now renamed One World Trade Center, was led by SOM architect David Childs, based on Libeskind's original design. Construction of the tower began in April 2006 and was completed in May 2013. the building comprises 104 floors and 73 elevators. A spire has been installed on the roof, reaching a symbolic height of 1,776 feet (541 m), 1776 being the date of independence and thus the birth of the United States. The tower is the tallest in the United States and the West. Companies such as investment firm BMB and Condé Nast Publications (a publishing company that publishes Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, The New Yorker and other magazines) began moving in as early as late 2014. To date, however, not all floors have been taken, and the tower is struggling to fill up. A panoramic room opened its doors to visitors in May 2015. This building is considered the safest ever built in the United States. All the buildings have been subjected to extremely strict anti-terrorist standards. This is characterized, among other things, by a very massive base with no openings.

On the ^102nd floor of One World Trade Center, the world is at your feet. At a height of 380 m, the tower's observatory offers a 360° view of New York, just as the Twins Towers once did. The experience begins below. Before you reach the elevators, an introductory tour awaits you, with dozens of screens showing images of the tower's construction and interviews with the workers who worked on this titanic site. Once in the elevator, it takes just 47 seconds to reach the observatory. As you ascend, screens on the elevator's four walls show a panoramic view of New York, from the ^16th century to the present day. The former World Trade Center towers are briefly visible. Once you reach the ^102nd floor, a two-minute film about the New York of today awaits you. At the end of the video, the screens rise to reveal a magnificent view of northern Manhattan. The observatory, unlike those at the Empire State Building or Rockefeller Center, is not outdoors, but sheltered behind floor-to-ceiling glass. You'll be so high up in the sky that you'll be able to see the curvature of the Earth if the sky is clear!