One World
Trade Center is the primary building of the new World Trade Center complex in New York City's
Lower Manhattan and is the tallest building in the United
States and Western Hemisphere.
The 104-story supertall skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the
16-acre (6.5 ha) World Trade Center
site, on the site of the original 6 World
Trade Center.
The building is bordered to the west by West Street, to the north
by Vesey Street,
to the south by Fulton Street,
and to the east by Washington
Street. Construction on below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the building began
on April 27, 2006. On March 30, 2009, the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey confirmed that the
building would be known by its legal name, One
World Trade
Center, rather than the colloquial
name, Freedom
Tower.
