This Day in History: One World Trade Center Officially Opens in NYC (November 3rd)
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This Day in History:
One World Trade Center
Officially Opens in NYC.
November 3, 2014.
Construction for the tower
where the former Twin Towers
stood began in 2006.
Following the 9/11 terrorist
attacks, a competition was
held to find a lead architect
for a new structure.
Polish-American architect
Daniel Libeskind won the
competition. His vision of an
asymmetrical tower wasn't realized, however.
Leaseholder Larry Silverstein employed his
preferred architect, David Childs. Childs' design of
a more traditional tower was also eventually changed.
Critics commented that the
slow pace of construction allowed for
a "sense of emblematic rebirth" to
become "more acute and irresistible.".
Today, tenants of One World Trade Center
include several major financial companies,
as well as media and tech companies
One World Trade Center
Officially Opens in NYC.
November 3, 2014.
Construction for the tower
where the former Twin Towers
stood began in 2006.
Following the 9/11 terrorist
attacks, a competition was
held to find a lead architect
for a new structure.
Polish-American architect
Daniel Libeskind won the
competition. His vision of an
asymmetrical tower wasn't realized, however.
Leaseholder Larry Silverstein employed his
preferred architect, David Childs. Childs' design of
a more traditional tower was also eventually changed.
Critics commented that the
slow pace of construction allowed for
a "sense of emblematic rebirth" to
become "more acute and irresistible.".
Today, tenants of One World Trade Center
include several major financial companies,
as well as media and tech companies