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ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER - ONE WORLD OBSERVATORY

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One World Trade Center, 285, Fulton Street, New York (Manhattan), The United States Of America
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+1 212 602 4000
2024
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2024

New York's tallest skyscraper symbolizes the city's rebirth after the terrible attacks of September 11, 2001.

The Freedom Tower project, now renamed One World Trade Center, was led by architect David Childs of the SOM agency, based on Libeskind's original design. Construction of the tower began in April 2006 and was completed in May 2013. 104 floors and 77 elevators make up the building. On the roof, an arrow has been installed, which culminates at 541 m, the symbolic height of 1,776 feet, 1776 being the date of independence and therefore the birth of the United States. The tower is the highest in the United States and the West. Companies such as the investment company BMB and Condé Nast Publications (a publishing company that publishes magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, The New Yorker, etc.) began to set up at the end of 2014. But, at the moment, not all the floors have yet been sold 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 buildings have been subject to extremely strict anti-terrorist standards. This is characterized, among other things, by the existence of a very massive base with no openings.

On the 102nd floor of the One World Trade Center, the world is at your feet. At 380 m high, the tower's observatory offers a 360° view of New York, just as the Twins Towers did in its time. The experiment begins at the bottom. Before arriving at the elevators, an initiatory journey 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 will only take you 47 seconds to get to the observatory. During the ascent, screens on the four walls of the elevator provide a panoramic view of New York from the 16th century to the present day. We can briefly see the former towers of the World Trade Center. Once you arrive on the 102nd floor, a two-minute film about today's New York City awaits you. At the end of the video, the screens rise and give way to a magnificent view of northern Manhattan. The observatory, unlike those in the Empire State Building or Rockefeller Center, is not outdoors, but is sheltered behind bay windows that run from floor to ceiling. You will be so high in the sky that you can see the curvature of the Earth if the sky is clear!


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P..lo
Visited in august 2019
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Le plus de Top(s) !
I've visited both the Empire State Building "Top of the World" and the Top of the Rock Observatory (Rockefeller Center) as well, but in my opinion this is the best of the three and a moving experience, starting from the bottom (where nearby you will see the 9/11 Memorial South Pool) to the movie inside the elevator and finally the view at the observatory, including the amazing virtual landscape tour. Not to miss!
Visited in july 2019
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Superbe
Le plus beau building de NY avec ses lignes purs et épurés.
Visited in november 2018
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Je recommande !
Quelle vue!!! avec une arrivée époustouflante!
Activité incontournable de Manhattan.
Réservation plus que conseillée...
gyom14
Visited in july 2018
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Extraordinaire
Magnifique expérience! Après une montée dans un ascenseur avec des écrans, découverte très bien orchestrée de la vue à 360° sur Manhattan! Frissons garantis!
mahimanon
Visited in july 2018
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fantastique
Vue fantastique à 360 degrés, à ne manquer sous aucun prétexte ! Un seul bémol quand on le visite avec le New York sightseeing pass : il faut y aller une première fois avec le pass et on nous attribue un créneau horaire à respecter pour revenir et monter, donc il faut faire 2 fois la file d'attente !

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