Image courtesy: Lucas Franco
Current Status: Completed
1 World Trade Vital Stats
Address: 185 Greenwich Street, aka 1 World Trade Center (Community Board 1)
Type: Commercial & Office Building
Name: One World Trade Center, formerly Freedom Tower
Construction: Begun April 27, 2006; Completed early 2009; Opened November 3, 2014
Design Architect: David Childs, Skidmore Owings and Merrill Architects
Executive Architect: __
Developer: Port Authority of NYNJ
Builder: Tishman Construction
Height: 1,776 feet, (541.3 meters); 94 Stories; (5 additional below grade); Height to tip 1,792 feet, (546.2 meters)
Total Construction Floor Area: 3,501,274 square feet; 325,279 square meters
Site Area: __ square feet; __ square meters
Density: __
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
Superlatives: Expected to be the thinnest skyscraper worldwide with a 1:23 or 1:24 width-to-height ratio; Constructed with the tallest freestanding crane in NYC Construction history (220 feet, 67m).
Loopholes Exploited:
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
The Right Rights
As reported in the New York Times, neighbors of an Extell Properties owned corner lot on West 17th street banded together to purchase and "bank" air rights over the neighboring development in order to protect their views. In "How Much is a View Worth in Manhattan? Try...
The MTA is not to blame!
When GOTHAMIST reported a deluge "Video: Subway Platform Flash Flood Knocks Man To The Ground" at the 23rd/Ely aka Court Square station, several commenters were jaded, or furious. Personally, one had to question why the videographer was recording and not helping the...
MBPO hosts DCP hearing on Loopholes – This Thursday at 6:30pm
LANDMARK WEST! has been tirelessly advocating for the closure of LOOPHOLES which yield SUPERTALLS. Despite this new typology sprouting up for years, the Department of City Planning (DCP) relies on decades- old regulations that never envisioned buildings of this...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
