• Construction start: 2006
• Construction end: 2011
• Designed by: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Cost: $2,000,000,000
• Type: Skyscraper
• Stories: 82
• Maximum Height: 1,776 feet / 541 meters
• Maximum Width: 200
• Maximum Length: 200

• Floor space: 2,600,000 square feet.
• Height to roof: 1,368 feet -- the same as to the roof of the old 1 World Trade Center
• Height to tip of spire: 1,776 feet - the same as the year of the nation's declaration of independence.

• 29 May, 2003 - The New York Times reports that the Metropolitan Television Alliance has signed a deal to put as many as 22 antennae on top of Freedom Tower. The World Trade Center was home to many of New York's television and radio transmitters until the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Freedom Tower will be the new home to TV channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 28, 30, 31, 36, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 53, 56, 61, and 68.
• 17 July, 2003 - Architect David Childs is chosen to design the Freedom Tower.
• 4 July, 2004 - Groundbreaking. A 20-ton granite slab is used as the cornerstone of the project. It is inscribed with the words "To honor and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and as a tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom. - July Fourth, 2004."
• 9 November, 2004 - An architecture student sues the designers of the Freedom Tower. He claims the building was copied from his design for a skyscraper intended to be part of New York's 2012 Olympic bid.
• 16 December, 2004 - The World Trade Center victims memorial is revised. The new plan includes a Memorial Hall between the reflecting pools that will mark the footprints of the former World Trade Center. It will also include a grove of oak trees with a clearing for memorial services, and public access to the stumps of the columns that once held the Twin Towers aloft. The memorial is expected to cost US$500,000.00 and be completed by 2009.
• 3 May, 2005 - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer warns that the Freedom Tower project is in jeopardy. He notes that the steel has yet to be ordered, and claims that critics are being given too much attention, preventing the start of real construction. At the same time, the New York Timesreports that Kevin M. Rampe has quit as project leader.
• 29 June, 2005 - Amid much criticism from celebrity real estate moguls and the general public, a new design is released for the Freedom Tower.
• April 27, 2006 - 21 months after the cornerstone was laid, it is announced that construction has formally begun on the Freedom Tower. The work was delayed because of disputes between the developer, Larry Silverstein, and the land owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The New York Timesnotes, however, that work actually began quietly a few weeks earlier while the two sides were still hammering out the details. Those details include a total of five buildings to be erected on the site of the World Trade Center, all to be completed by 2011. Mr. Silverstein gives up control of the Freedom tower to the Port Authority in exchange for control of more lucrative property in the complex. He will also pay higher rent.
• June 27, 2006 - The design of the Freedom Tower is revised once again. The 186-foot-tall podium upon which the tower rests will now be covered by a screen of glass prisms, hiding the concrete base that has been often criticized for being too brutalist.
• June 28, 2006 - The New York Timesreports that the Freedom Tower will have a sky lobby on the 64th floor. This is a controversial move because so many people died in the 78th-floor sky lobby waiting for elevators when 2 World Trade Center collapsed. The sky lobby in the Freedom Tower was necessitated by the June, 2005 design revision which decreased the building's footprint and restricted the amount of space available for elevator shafts.
• April 18, 2008 - Pope Benedict XVI blesses the ground where the World Trade Center's twin towers once stood.
• April 18, 2008 - WINSreports that a homeless man found two sets of confidential blueprints for the Freedom Tower in a trash can. He turned them over to the New York Post.
• May 17, 2008: Structural elements start to climb above street level.
• June 30, 2008: The Wall Street Journal reports that reconstruction of the World Trade Center could take 1-3 years longer and cost $1-$3 billion more than expected.

• Sculptor Kenneth Snelson is working on the spire at the top of the building.
• The glass prisms at the base will each be 13-feet tall.
• The base of the tower will be 186-feet tall.
• The base of the tower will be 200-feet by 200-feet.
• The top of the tower will be 145-feet by 145-feet.
• The shaft of the tower will be 1,182 feet tall.
• The main structure will be topped by a 408-foot-tall mast containing antennae. The base of the mast will be surrounded by a 145-foot wide ring containing more equipment.
• The trees surrounding the Freedom Tower will be sweetgum trees.
• The corner cutaways are each 186 feet tall. The Twin Towers also had chamfered corners.
• The building tapers inward at an angle of 3.8 degrees. The chamfers taper outward at the same angle, resulting in a 16-foot overhang.

• The building will be partially powered by 12 hydrogen fuel cells. They are expected to generate 4.8 megawatts of power for the Freedom Tower and other buildings in the World Trade Center.

World Trade Center, New York
World Trade Center Transportation Hub, New York
Reflecting Absence - World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial
Two World Trade Center, New York
Three World Trade Center, New York
Four World Trade Center, New York

There are 945 comments.

  I have a few things to say, first I like the Freedonm Tower. Second, I have read that more than one person would like the building to be the tallest building in the world. Why?? Do you really think that it would stay that way. Look at all the buildings popping up all over the world. It would not take that long for someone to build one that would surpass it in size. Third, I'm getting the impression that some people think that this was an attack on the US, but it wasnt it was an attack on the world. The US was not the only ones who lost countrymen that day. If I am not mistaken there were even those of Arab nationallity killed that day. The only way for America to be strong is the world must come together as one. We need to put an end to the petty bickering with other nations. No more wars, no more fighting. End it, end all now. I also know that there are those in the US that hate all those of the Muslim faith because of what a few extremests have done. I guess that those people have forgotten the likes of Timmothy McVeigh. You cant hate a nation for the actions of a few. Intelligence it the answer here. No offense to those in the UK but for those that live in the US I think that the height of 1776ft is perfect. You dont have to be the biggest to be the best. Any tall building built where the WTC once stood is an F off to those that knocked them down. So remember that the Freedom Tower is not just for those from US soil that were lost. God Bless the WORLD. Let us also remember that God is everywhere not just in the US. He has different names and faces but he is still the same no matter if you call him Buddah, Allah, God, The Message is the same, PEACE.

Norman - Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 @ 10:04am  

  Kudos on the design!It appears as though the antennae mast is like a "GIGANTIC MIDDLE FINGER" aimed at the evil that failed in their attempts.

J Martin - Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 @ 9:14am  

  its vonderfull tower becose he simbol freedom and peace and hope when world and we to be good, loved and helped i watch when September, 2001 terrorists destroyed several of the Center's buildings, including the massive 110 -story twin towers. The stated reason for this action was to protest the United States' support of the nation of Israel and its people. The terrorist attack only served to solidify the bond between the U.S. and Israel, and caused wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere, and the toppling of the Taliban government in Afghanistan. Thousands died when the twin tower fell, and millions were emotionally and psychologically scarred. its bad whay we not can live to whay one family .

vitalijus - Monday, July 21st, 2008 @ 9:56am  

  It's a piece of America, A vision, which we should stand behind. Everyone has their own individual interpretation of what this memorial should resemble, but the reality is that a structure must be built to both reflect and rise above...their is no perfection, just resolve, and unity. God continue to bless us, our strength will be in unity!

Adam - Sunday, July 20th, 2008 @ 12:21am  

  freedom tower is a mind blowing piece of architecture.we the people of INDIA are realyproud of it.

ANAND THUMBAYIL - Friday, July 18th, 2008 @ 11:55pm  

  Wonderful structure. I visited the Twin Towers in 1997. I was stunned with its height and its majestic look. The people of America and New yorkers in particular deserve this beautiful tower. Let's show the world that America is back on its feet again. I love America from coast to coast. The beautiful national parks, the great plains and the great lakes. May God show his love and confort to all those families who lost their loved ones in horrific tragedy. Love, Jose

Jose Geraldo da Silva - Thursday, July 17th, 2008 @ 8:54am  

  Gone but not Forgotten..Memories will live on and Dreams continue to come. We are stronger then ever as we are rebuiding.

Dan Truong - Thursday, July 17th, 2008 @ 8:23am  

  A truly impressive building. Yet, the 2004 design was far more inspirational and dynamic.

andrew235 - Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 @ 7:06am  

  I think the tower is great, and understand why 2 towers cant be built at this time. There will always be the worry of it happening again, but lets hope with the technology of the future we can prevent it. lets hope some form of air traffic control is put in this building with some form of munitions and military to either take over or shoot the aircraft down.yes its like science fiction but look how far we have come since 1988 when the computer age was born. Eventually another tower can be built, the first is a start, so why critsize? Let this tower be a memorial to those who lost there lives on that day and maybe some day there will be another.

dave - Sunday, July 13th, 2008 @ 2:32pm  

  I know that I said,"Let's build the Freedom Tower."but after thinking about it I would love have the Twin Towers back stonger and a little higher.I know that people are arguing about which to built here's a solution "BUILT BOTH!!!!"I know it will cost alot of money so then built one at a time.I think the Twin Towers first at where it was last time GROUND ZERO.After build the Freedom Tower then everybody will be happy. I know that they will make the right choose. GOD Bless America and Everyone.

David - Friday, June 27th, 2008 @ 5:06pm  

  An absolutely stupendous design and beautiful infrastructure...this design will beautifully represent the awesome city that NYC is and will also stand proud as a symbol of liberty, one of the many things for which this nation stands.

Art - Friday, June 27th, 2008 @ 4:33am  

  I think that NY is the best city. And I like that new Freedom Tower. It looks good. And I agree with Lisa that what happened on September 11th was one of the worst things.I would like to work in NY. So when I end my school, I will go there.See you later

Adam - Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 @ 6:30am  

  On September 11, 2001, Middle Eastern religious extremists hijacked four passenger jets. One was used to blast a hole in the Pentagon, leaving the building scared and killing or seriously burning the occupants inside. A second, the famous United Flight 93, was crashed into the empty Pennsylvania field before the heroic passengers, who valiantly fought back against their captors with little more than kitchenware and appliances, could retake control of the plane. The last two were used as guided-missiles to topple two of the greatest buildings in America. And now in the place of those icons, rises a phoenix out of the ashes of death and destruction which littered ground zero for weeks-The Freedom Tower. This tower will not only become a new World Trade Center, but a testament to the resilience of the american people and also a tribute to those who died on that fateful day. Admiral Yamamoto, the Admiral who lead the attack on Peral Harbor on December 7, 1941, said after the attack was over,"We have awakened a sleeping giant and have instilled in him a terrible resolve". The same thing happened on September 11, the only difference was that the terrorists and those who orchestrated the heinous and cowardly attack did not realize what they had done.

Andrew Childers - Thursday, June 12th, 2008 @ 1:52am  

  The newest design isn't offensive, but I must say the original design was bolder and more fascinating. And frankly, having the topmost floors not be offices filled with people wasn't the worst idea in the world...

Ian - Saturday, June 7th, 2008 @ 2:01pm  

   I think some people have been way to critical about this structure. People need to remember the purpose of this project. Speaking from the standpoint of someone whose relatives worked in the WTC, I understand the position of the original buildings needs to be preserved and remembered. Also, the size of the other buildings has been increased to raise the overall height of the skyline. But the thing I really like about the intent of this design is that during daylight hours the new buildings (with their glass prisms) will reflect light down on the site of the original WTC buildings. This way darkness will not cover that area again. What a statement to make with a project, to make sure such a thing won't happen again.

Joshua Stanton - Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 @ 12:29am  

  At first I thought SOM's conservative direction with the latest design was disappointing, but simpler buildings that might seem boring at first can become much more enduring over time. The symetrical glass box might just grow on people once it is standing--a sober memorial without being too sensationalist. This is not a place for a nostalgic design, nor an overly edgy one that fizzles once people get bored with it. Seems to be moving a nice direction.

greg - Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 @ 10:09am  

  this is a tribute to all those who lost their lives & they must be smiling from heaven.

megha - Monday, June 2nd, 2008 @ 3:13pm  

  Although the Freedom Tower is striking, I do not feel that it conveys the strength and will of our country. I would have loved to see the Towers rebuilt, only taller, stronger and safer than than before. NYC needs a symbol that clearly delivers the message to all that our country is united, proud and that we will not live in fear. Thank you to the troops that are fighting to preserve our freedom!You are true heros and may you be safe and come home soon.

Melissa - Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 @ 11:11pm  

  I beilieve that you are wrong Dennis, the new design opts to show the unity that the United States has and will rise above the various unforseen challenges. The United States has many enemies and many friends, has been in many battles and enough wars...one thing is for sure though, we have never lost a war and this structure opts to show the world that the United States will never forget what happened on that terrible day. In addition, justice will be served

Jarret - Saturday, May 24th, 2008 @ 3:04pm  

  i think that this is a horrible design. They should rebuilt the wtc stronger so if 9/11 ever happens again, it will not end the way it did.

Dennis - Saturday, May 24th, 2008 @ 1:27pm  

  when I think of that day ,that terrible day I say a prayer and I feel a great loss a loss of a feeling of security I will never have again But I comfort myself in knowing that one day when all the worlds are dust and all the stars are ash there is a place known to us as heaven and by Gods grace nothing is ever lost and everyone is remembered and we will all dwell in the house of the Lord forever may the dead rest in peace and may the living go on to build great monuments to humanity for as long as the good lord will allow the United States will rise again Amen.

robeert c. - Friday, May 23rd, 2008 @ 8:31pm  

  I missed out on visiting the twin towers, but i will enjoy visiting the freedom tower in the near future.

David William Parker - Friday, May 16th, 2008 @ 10:33am  

  Although the Towers are yet to be constructed, may we Never forget the reasons for rebuilding. It has been almost 7 years, yet as if it were yesterday, we Remember! May the new New York Skyline be adorned with the beautiful memories of those who perished on that tragic day. May the New Towers stand tall, reflecting the stregnth, the courage and the will of New Yorkers.

Karen Rosales - Thursday, May 15th, 2008 @ 6:44pm  

  its hard to say really; two taller towers would have really told the extremists that the world isn't scared of you, we will do as we please, reguardless of you. One big structure such as this though shows the unity of not only NY and USA, but also the world - world trade centre - and the way everyone stood as one after 9/11.Anyhow, both ideas are great memorials for all those who so terribly lost their lives, and a great symbolism about them and send out the right message.My thoughts are with all those who perished and have suffered from 9/11

Olli - Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 @ 1:57pm  

  No vision, no dream, no pride, just a pile of steel and glass that fails to capture any lasting emotion beyond longing for the more bold days of the American Spirit.

Chuck Hague - Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 @ 9:20am  

  With so many views and comments made thus far,it seems that the new "freedom tower" has really gripped the imagination of the world and a new "passion"for this structure is gaining momentum.When completed ,I am sure it would be a real monument to the commercial world.....but a hint of the past will always be there.

Ram Maharaj - Monday, May 5th, 2008 @ 1:58pm  

  With so many views and comments made thus far,it seems that the new "freedom tower" has really gripped the imagination of the world and a new "passion"for this structure is gaining momentum.When completed ,I am sure it would be a real monument to the commercial world.....but a hint of the past will always be there.

Ram Maharaj - Monday, May 5th, 2008 @ 1:58pm  

  So happy when I knew about this. Great to have this Freedom symbol again. We think of you how lost your lives on that day.Let Freedom Stand. Once agian. So Great

Eddie Johanson - Sunday, May 4th, 2008 @ 4:32pm  

  Rebuilding the towers exactly where they were and have the memorials inside would have been the best solution

jay - Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 11:10pm  

  Stunning! Americans can be very proud to have such a significant and gorgeous building to memorialize the 9/11 tragedy.

Mart - Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 @ 1:34pm  

  I went to the towers in 1992. I love this towers. I cudnt believe when I so the news in Sep 11 2001. Is great to meek a something bigger and stronger like US nation but at the same time remembering what happened in 9/11.

Luis Landero - Saturday, April 26th, 2008 @ 3:14pm  

  I think that the structure is a beautiful design. I think that the size of the structure is a perfect voice to the world at 1776 feet high. There really is no point to go any higher. The race for the tallest structure well always be; at least the heighth represents America as a whole.

Chris - Saturday, April 26th, 2008 @ 2:11pm  

  Looks a lot more modern than the over-cautiously designed Twin Towers.I expect there will be much more daylight entering the offices et al of this building than in the Twin Towers as mentioned by r ichard g age AIA in his university of manitoba presentation/ findable on video google.Respect to the fallen of all our nations on that fateful day and since.

Douglas Hilton - Friday, April 25th, 2008 @ 9:19am  

  One word...Beautiful!

Kathy - Monday, April 21st, 2008 @ 12:57pm  

  Every tower is a masterpiece!! A very good symbol of unity and pride.I was in NY the day they lay the first layer of cement for the new tower. I will be back to see the end result. Forever remembered !!! X

Donna - Sunday, April 20th, 2008 @ 4:21am  

  Freedom Tower is a good way to respect those whos died on the tragic day of 9/11/01.We are a strong nation with is not within the structure of our buildings but are hearts.We have lost many lives that tragic morning but ..... We are America

Gage - Saturday, April 19th, 2008 @ 9:56pm  

  Congratulations New York, Congratulations USA, great new symbol!!

Jesus - Friday, April 18th, 2008 @ 7:13pm  

  I think the freedom tower will be an amazing structure for such an amazing city.I love New York & everything about it

Robert Hewson - Friday, April 18th, 2008 @ 5:14pm  

  I have read some comments that say the twin towers should have been rebuilt. I feel by building this one new structure, it symbolizes what the attack did for us as Americans. It caused us to come together as ONE nation of people and stand for what we believe in....FREEDOM !!

Steve Cooper - Friday, April 18th, 2008 @ 2:57pm  

  I Just came home from NYC and the site of the Twin Towers, I feel that the way they have designed the new Tower, surrounding buildings/towers, and ponds in the foot print of the former Towers is an amazing tribute to the past, the memory of those that were lost, and shows that we are all looking to the future and not living in the past.

Dawn - Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 @ 2:18pm  

  This building is something like a supernova. I hope by the time it's finished Iraq and Afghanistan become thriving democracies in the middle east.

Zane - Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 @ 2:19pm  

  Nice, but I can only echo what most people are saying that two towers would have been the perfect answer from the great city that says we shall not fear you, not even in our darkest hour, but rise above and pull together as one. I love NY see you soon.

Dean - Monday, April 14th, 2008 @ 8:28pm  

  Its a very elegant design and has a nice blue tint to it. But I would really like to see at least two towers at least 2800 ft tall. That will show those narrow minded terrorist that we are not weak.

James Nagy - Friday, April 11th, 2008 @ 5:28pm  

  The side views remind me of an Italian Out The Front knife, or OTF Knife. Those asymmetric side views are beautiful views in deed.

Jack Duquesne - Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 @ 2:00am  

  I think we should have re-built the towers. This is a nice building, but the towers had personality. I feel we are giving the terrorists another moral victory. I think the ultimate memorial would have been to re-build the towers. And at the same time letting those terrorists know that they are not going to scare us. May God bless us all and watch over our Country. And may he bless all of you around the world

Ron - Monday, April 7th, 2008 @ 7:42pm  

  America has often been referred to as "The Light of the Free World" and this building appears to be the flame from which that light will come. Anyone who understands the difficulty in this process knows this is no easy task. My heart goes out to all those who perished on 9/11 as well as their families, and may this building inspire a new generation of Americans to achieve ever greater things.

John Guzzardo - Saturday, April 5th, 2008 @ 7:28pm  

  First - it would be a good idea for those who have written comments, Americans especially, to care and bother enough to spell even the simple words correctly. Please stop typing with your toes! Show some respect, if not for yourselves, at least then, for the fine new building, which,Second - when completed, will probably take even the naysayer's breath away...

boswell - Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 @ 6:32pm  

  i think the design is excellent good bless america

Duarte Serrao - Friday, March 21st, 2008 @ 2:46pm  

  This new designed building is a diamond. The old Twin Towers was the heart and soul of the American People.It stood proud, was knocked down to its knees and the American People, but building a new Twin Towers, it rises from its knees again to a taller and better than anywhere symbol in the world to its full proudness and glory as it was once before. American people, Australia is watching.

George Young - Thursday, March 20th, 2008 @ 11:54pm  

  Great design but needs to be taller. lets show them that the U.S. will morn the ones we lost but our pride of being a free country will not croumble.

Angelo Chacon - Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 @ 1:56pm  

  I visited New York the year after they collapsed and ground zero left a big impression on me. I still have a picture of the original twin towers in a frame, I wish they would have rebuild them the way they were. Or at least two towers instead of one. I like the design of the single tower though.

Arjan - Monday, March 17th, 2008 @ 1:42pm  

  As an Italian/Irish kid growing up in the close suburbs of Chicago I am used to going to the city and privilaged to have gone to the twin towers 1 year before 9/11, Those were amazing buildings just like from my home town but to be at my grade school and watch those buliding fall to the ground on TV was the most hirrifing moment of my life. I know that will never happen again because we are 1 country, 1 nation, 1 Family. Love, A Proud American

CGallo - Sunday, March 16th, 2008 @ 10:36pm  

   we went to ground zero in december 07, i had a big lump in my throat and a feeling of complete sadness, the freedom tower is magnificent, a fitting tribute to those who died on that aweful day, the people of new york will be proud of the tower, god bless you people of new york

christine - Saturday, March 15th, 2008 @ 10:51pm  

  Alot more sober design than the silly "Architecture of the Absurd" Very glad Daniel Liberskind version didn't get up. and that Franks didn't have a go!

Bill Wood - Thursday, March 13th, 2008 @ 1:45am  

  For the greatest city, for the greatest country, for a new president that will lead us into a hopeful future. I love NY.

suzete h - Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 @ 1:51pm  

  It would have been great to see the old towers rebuilt but may have been too emotional for surviving WTC workers & the families of the lost loved ones. As an Australian tourist, I travelled up to the old World Trade Center observation deck twice & still find it hard to come to grips with the enormity of 9/11. The new building is nice and in time will be embraced by Americans & foreign tourists alike.

Dom Calleja - Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 @ 9:46am  

  I think this is a great idea. However, I would ahve liked to see soemthing similar to the original. People remember which tower their loved ones were in at the time. I think this is significant. But I guess this will still show the American Spirit.

Amaro - Sunday, March 9th, 2008 @ 3:15pm  

  I think that building the freedom tower would be a marvelous idea to show that we have recovered from the 9/11 attacks and are rebuilding the building in a new way from the ground up.

Drew Johnston - Thursday, March 6th, 2008 @ 7:28am  

  I will carry to my grave the images of that terrible day. I saw the twin towers go up,but never thought I would live to see them fall. I wish they had rebuilt the towers,but the Freedom Tower will help fill that hole in the skyline.

Sid Busch - Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 @ 5:38am  

  I was in 2nd grade when I saw the North Tower burning I thought "Wow!" but when I saw the second plane hit the other tower I, how can I say it in a right way , I "DIED" ,in my soul, but when it came down,both towers, I cried.Now after I think what would I do if I was there.I may have not been there but there are beautiful and mine.The Freedom Tower is the best idea ever.Remember God is with everyone.MAY GOD BLESS EVERYONE NOW AND FOREVER!!

David Cruz - Monday, March 3rd, 2008 @ 9:21pm  

  I would have personally liked the twin towers of the WTC to be reconstructed higher and taller to show these cowards that no one is scared of them. However this design is also good.

Alok - Monday, March 3rd, 2008 @ 4:40am  

  I think the stucture is unique and the sky beam is eye catching,it will never replace the twins but I understand things change and move forward . the only thing is there is nothing that even resembles the buildings that met thier demise. I think something should be built closer to the original design to honor their glory and to honor the lives lost

C.Thompson - Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 @ 1:27pm  

  very elegant and beautiful, but the designers should have been more bold and gone for a much larger and taller building in defiance of the terrorists

mark stephens - Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 @ 6:06am  

  This building is beautiful and everyone who has devoted their heart and mind to see it built deserves a huge pat on the back! I heart New York!

Steve Noble - Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 @ 12:42pm  

  There is no way to replace the "Twin Towers" But it sure would have been nice to see them try. Two towers would have been more symbolic than one. Oh well. :(

John Holstlaw - Monday, February 18th, 2008 @ 3:01pm  

  As a building it is a poor and boring design much like the twin towers were. As a monument I guess it works but even as a monument to a horrible disaster it leaves you demoralized as the previous raw substance is simply not there. It is basically a very short building in all of my expectations.

Susan Coleman - Monday, February 18th, 2008 @ 2:07am  

  I have to admit that the design is a little...not thought through...but it is the effort that counts. It is being built for a purpose, and whether or not it reflects that, it is just that. I think that the public should have been a little more involved with the designing of this, as it is ALL of us who were affected, not just the designers. It is a cool design, but could have a lot more interest in it.So, to sum it up, great effort and keep up the good work!

Sean Frisbey - Saturday, February 16th, 2008 @ 4:27pm  

  Im glad that the building of the freedow tower is going ahead I wished they built the Twin Towers exactly the way they were though. I praise the American people for their defiance against evil. God Bless America.

sergio sandes - Friday, February 15th, 2008 @ 10:10am  

  I love the Freedom Tower because it repesent how strong we are as a nation.And to proof to does who want to do us rong that they are not going to teka us down with them.Because we are going to fiht back.love you america and remenber to be strong at all time.

dania - Monday, February 11th, 2008 @ 11:38pm  

  I do not like it ! The design is very unimaginative and weak . Surely something more creative could have been designed with all the brilliant minds out there . Further more the other towers being built with it do not complement it .The leaders in New York , you have dropped the ball. Two thumbs down .

David Owens Jeffcoat - Sunday, February 10th, 2008 @ 6:24pm  

  I think the Freedom Tower is an awsome! idea,but I think that there should be two towers so we (Americans and All)can say that we have our TWIN TOWERS back. Or we can have two twin mini towers with the Freedom Tower,and trying to beat that other tower by a few feet is stupid,and uncalled for the Freedom Tower(s)is made as a memorial for those how died. If they HAVE to build the building,that they want as the tallest building, built it SOMEWHERE ELES!!!!But anyway build the Freedom Tower(s) for America. GOD BLESS

David Cruz - Friday, February 8th, 2008 @ 3:47pm  

  I think this freedom tower should be the tallest building of the world, beating those in chinna and kuwait and emirates ara

Steven - Friday, February 8th, 2008 @ 2:15pm  

  I think the freedom tower that is going to be is a great idea because we do not only have to think of how it is going to look but what benefits it brings to the population of New York. There will be more jobs many people will be able to work. Eventhough it will never be like the World Trade Center it is a great idea.

Karen - Thursday, February 7th, 2008 @ 12:37pm  

  We visited your beautiful city in July 06 and September 07, we are hoping to go back when the Freedom Tower has been built. This is an exciting time and also a time of remberance to all those who lost their live. You have a fantastic country and a great nation. God Bless you all!And we hope to get back soon

Pam Hassan - Thursday, February 7th, 2008 @ 10:28am  

  This is a great idea. I think that this will show every1 that we are strong. That a disater may happen, but we have the strenght to move on. I also think that they should build two towers just to show every1 that we are not scared. They should make the tower one of the biggest towers in the world, just to show every1 that ny has no limit. They should make it stand real tall, and make dubai look small.With this tower standing so tall freedom, respect and liberty will alwasy prevail... and always keep in mind NYC will always be the Capital of the World.......!!!!!!!!

James NYC - Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 @ 5:43pm  

  i think that this structure will be a true memorial to all of the 9/11 victims. i also think that since so many people were affected on 9/11, a lot of people will visit this memorial.

Himanshu Shamsukha - Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 5:19pm  

  I think its a pretty awesome design! But, it would have been nice to seen a new set of twin towers constructed of this same design. God Bless the families who lost there loved ones there.

D Crepps - Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 @ 2:55pm  

  It is a really wonderful building, the design is futuristic. Congratulations to the architect.

CoCo - Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 @ 11:12am  

  I also agree with alot of the coments in this web site that we must and will rebuilded the towers, and it must be the tallest building in the world. I also think that the lights on the top shooting to the heavens is the best idea that someone came up with. My feelings are that everyone that past away will be watching over it and this cannot happen again. God bless it and it will be a safe place to visit and work at.

George - Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 @ 6:13pm  

  Ok I know this sounds bad, but I know most of the hi-jackers were from Saudi Arabia, So If I had my way I would build back the Twin Towers with all the gold from the nations of Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and any other country that had anything to do with that terrible day or had something bad to say about it. In GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAID!!!

Never ForGet - Monday, January 28th, 2008 @ 7:24pm  

  This is a very beautiful building, I just think that it would be a lot better if it as taller to symbolize the renewed strength of the American people.

Yoshinori - Sunday, January 27th, 2008 @ 2:07pm  

  new york should have rebuilt the twin towers the way they were, the buildings that were destroyed, not some silly tower thats only 86 floors and has a huge bomb bunker base and thats suppose to be freedom and showing the terroists, it shows new york is still in fear also leaving a big void of the twin towers footprints empty isnt good either, and the tower isnt good on the skyline either, without the twin towers new york will always have a scar.

sam - Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 @ 12:10pm  

  wow too beautiful and the new name have a great signification...God bless the new tower...

Isabelle - Monday, January 21st, 2008 @ 1:32pm  

  i do like the new design but would prefer to see the old towers rebuilt like donald trump envisioned. the new towers second design is much nicer than the first though, its lack of symmetry was disturbing. the simplistic design of freedom tower will make it architectually beautiful. no need to make it higher than 1776 feet. great design, but rebuilt twin towers to 1776 feet would have been a bigger spit in the face of the terrorists...

trevor - Sunday, January 20th, 2008 @ 7:52pm  

  The freedom tower shows no creativity. New York needs something that truly represents its leadership. Something more out of the box. This building will be lost in the list of all the other big towers of the world. Unless we can building something uniquie, something no one dare imagine, then we can stand out of the crowd.

DESIGN - Sunday, January 20th, 2008 @ 5:24pm  

  The Freedom Tower, and the new strutures around it are beautiful.This tower will remind us of those who died that day. Sept 2001

Ericson - Thursday, January 17th, 2008 @ 2:44pm  

  Well wat can i say?? the world trade cneter was very precious to all of us in the united states but it is really sad thatisis gone. but we still have many people who belive that we can still work hard and never give up. and because of that he freedom tower could be one of the seven wondors of the wrold

student - Thursday, January 17th, 2008 @ 1:15pm  

  wow want can i say the freedom tower is going to a beuitful sight but it can never replace the twin towers

student - Thursday, January 17th, 2008 @ 1:08pm  

  really nice building. could be very special to america. nyc is my 2d favourite city in the world well done!

Jake - Thursday, January 17th, 2008 @ 5:44am  

  I was only 7 when the towers went down but i was able to understand the meaning of it. I agree with everyone else on how it should be bigger to symbolize our freedom, however i think it will be a beautiful building. When i get older i plan to become an architect. If i become a very successful one i will try and construct another one in the city dedicated to 9/11, except try and make it bigger to show that terrorists cannot destroy our freedom.

bobby - Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 @ 5:46pm  

  Very beautiful building but the construction go on very slowly.But I think when the construction are finished it will be the most fantastic complexe

Dennis - Friday, January 4th, 2008 @ 4:46pm  

  As I watched those towers fall, during all of the crying, and during all of the devestation, i relized that those towers symbolized our freedom. They symbolized that even though we may not be the most liked country, we are a free one, and no one can take that away. But they were torn down, crashed to peices, and now all that stands is the rubble. We need to pick our selves up as a country and build this building as tall and as strong as we can. And we need to do it as a country, as a nation, as a family. GOD BLESS.

Adamjay - Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 @ 12:51pm  

  the freedom tower needs to be the tallest building in the world the twin towers are gone and in there place should be something bigger to show the world that America doesnt play and to take back the title

mickey - Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 @ 2:07am  

  I was actually on the roof of wtc a couple of months previous of the attacks.I think its a very good idea to build the skyscraper and it looks very nice too.It is important that the U.S shows the terrorist,what you will tear down ,we will build up again.Bless all peace full people in the world ,and a peacefull 2008

Alexander - Monday, December 31st, 2007 @ 8:00pm  

  The Freedom Tower, and the new strutures around it are beautiful. I love the beaming light at the top. But, I waish the designers made the tower taller. We need the whole world to know that we are not afraid of terrorists knocking down our structures. The freedom tower should be THE tallest, most elegant tower in the world.

Kenneth Brown - Saturday, December 29th, 2007 @ 7:03pm  

  A beautiful , future building , for a beautiful city !!!

Robert S - Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 @ 3:55am  

  Beautiful! I wish there could have been 2 towers built. That would have been really awesome, but I love the Freedom Tower just the way it is!!!

Pat - Thursday, November 29th, 2007 @ 4:04pm  

  What a great concept! The building is Beautiful! I wish we had the same ideals down here after Hurricane Katrina that you guys intend to move foward with.

Sonny McCarty & Max Henderson - Sunday, November 25th, 2007 @ 10:13pm  

  I think that this building tell Ossama that we will never back down from any fight. That yes you may have hurt us but we move on and fight for what is right. i love the design and may it stand as abeacon to all that USA is trully FREE. LET FREEDOM RING IN ALL OUR HEARTS!!

Sean Anglin - Saturday, November 24th, 2007 @ 7:24pm  

  I believe the Freedom Tower will be one of the greatest buildings of the 21st century.It will express the American dream in a wonderful way,and it will help to bring back the Financial Area of New York City.God Bless all of the workers helping to make this dream a wonderful reality.

Eric - Friday, November 23rd, 2007 @ 11:43am  

  I cannot wait until the completion to show the defiance to the terrorist and anyone who messes with the US!!! It is beautiful, and the victims of 911 will be memorized eternally. Like someone else posted, the only way it could be better is if they built two of them!

Josh Jaggers - Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 @ 5:21am  

   This is great design, but it needs to be taller for sure. We should keep NYC alive,free, and strong as it should be.

mokie - Monday, November 12th, 2007 @ 9:49am  

  We have been to ground zero twice now; it is always very sad, but it is good to see your great city is defying the terrorists in building this wonderful; although 2 towers would have been great !!

Bill Anderson - Sunday, November 11th, 2007 @ 1:31pm  

  It is beautiful and I think that building a structure like this after such a horrific tradgedy shows how strong and great a nation we really are. I agree that it would have had an even greater impact on people if there were 2 built.

Danielle - Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 @ 1:20pm  

  the freedom tower will be amazing,in the greatest city in the world.

billy - Friday, November 2nd, 2007 @ 11:36am  

  the only improvement would be to make 2 of them. on her than that it really shoews how much america has bounced back snice 9/11

tater - Thursday, November 1st, 2007 @ 1:56pm  

  In my opinion,i think they should have re built the twin towers but i like the freedom tower.Re-building the twin towers would have really showed the horrible people that had anything to do with 9/11 that they are just going to sit back on what happened.Thank god they are not just leaving nothing there.i have been to ground zero & there is a sad,bad spirit around the place something needs to be built there.Ground zero is really sad & this tower will make New York look fantastic once again.Great tribute to 9/11 victums.

jp - Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 @ 7:44pm  

  I really admire this building though i really prefer the first design than the present... still, it is a fitting monument and tribute for the victims of 9/11.

Patrick - Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 @ 2:38am  

  ilove the tower it amazingly shaped and beutiful site to look at just pure fabulasous. brillant!

david - Monday, October 29th, 2007 @ 7:01am  

  How dare anyone sy that this tower is ugly and should not be built. This tower represents everything that we have gone through these past years. It represents the inoccent souls that were killed and had familys. Also this tower is simply beautifull. It shows the future design of buildings that we shall be making in New York city in the future. This Building is like lady liberty all over again!

Stephen Gair - Saturday, October 27th, 2007 @ 9:17pm  

  I love this idea its great, i cant wait to see it all finished. Hoping and praying that we always have peace. And that this tower will stand proud.

Karen - Thursday, October 25th, 2007 @ 5:50pm  

  i love the new design, i am just sad that it will take up the space of a memorial site. I keep praying for everyone who was lost on that day

alex - Monday, October 22nd, 2007 @ 3:32pm  

  I am studing to become an Architect. I think the Freedom Tower will be great to build to remember all the people the United States lost that morning on 9/11

Anthony Matthews - Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 @ 3:51pm  

  To all the people complaining that this tower is just "a cheap waste of glass" at the top. That was the old rendering from 2004. Look at the new pictures. There are floors all the way to the top- not just glass. It IS taller. I love the new design.

kelly - Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 @ 3:27pm  

  I think that the design is nice, but we really need to try harder here. This is an opportunity for the United States to show the world not only that we will rebuild, but that we are still the best and most technologically advanced nation in the world. We have the ability to make a larger and more dominant stucture, the entire worlds eyes are on us, and we are choosing to be conservative. The twin towers stood as the worlds tallest buildings for a long time and the Freedom tower will not hold that crown for long.

Christian - Sunday, October 14th, 2007 @ 8:31am  

  This luks amazing...i love the name FREEDOM TOWER. The way its designed really pays a homage to the twin towers.

Anchal - Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 @ 5:01pm  

  I love the freedom tower it is a beautiful monument to the victims of 9/11.

andy bob - Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 @ 12:52pm  

  It stands for the oneness that we have since the attack...Rock on America..

D. Rouze - Friday, August 24th, 2007 @ 12:25am  

  This building will serve as a monument of the people. It will symbolize a great nation, great people of different races who worship and believe that GOD will always be with them

clark - Sunday, August 19th, 2007 @ 9:43pm  

  i was hoping for something different. something not that crowded as the new WTC will be. the Freedom tower looks boring. i cant believe its the best of all submitted ideas. it also feels too early to build something there.

George Baritakis - Thursday, August 16th, 2007 @ 10:50pm  

  yes i think that the freedom tower symbolizes us proud americans but i disagree with david by him saying that it is not about being the best i agree with all of you who say that we need to make it taller to be the tallest building in the world our american heroes would be proud to see the freedom tower standing to be the tallest structure in the world to be honoring them!!!! WE ARE AMERICANS CANT WE HONOR OUR HEROES AND BE THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST AT THE SAME TIME?

Andre carlo Saenz - Thursday, August 9th, 2007 @ 10:19pm  

  My opinion is that this building is majestic structure but i fervently agree with the majority of New Yorkers that we should rebuild the twin towers with the reinforced struture. This will bring back the paramount silhouette that lower Manhattan has missed dearly for almost six years.

Adam Cairns - Monday, July 30th, 2007 @ 4:30pm  

  Congratulations! Finallythere is a replacement of the old one and a modern building that could be used as another land mark of the New York City. Truly I had that wished that someday a tall building could be built that ground zero for me not actually to erase the painful memory but just to lessen the pain, like people will see the beautiful building but then they will say thats the location for the Sept. 11 horror but due to a good look of the building their attention is shifted. Whereas if it remains as a ground zero then totally the memory of the people will remain as it was a nightmare.

efren m. cabutaje - Sunday, July 29th, 2007 @ 5:37am  

  WOW no other way to show THE AMERICAN FORM OF BONDING, FAITH and HOPE!!!!

Hector - Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 @ 7:48pm  

  I rate this a 4 because...I thought the US could have done better or build higer; one reason is to show the world how fast and large we can grow from the WTC...and another reason is that Burj Dubai is going to be the tallest building by 875 in comparison to freedom tower. :)

Rickey - Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 @ 1:29pm  

  I think this is a great idea! I pray for all those people that died on 9/11. Also I would like to Thank the Flight 11 and Flight 175. We Will Always Remember!

Sarah Evans - Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 @ 11:49am  

  The design is fantastic, but yet the twin towers will always be remembered. The day Sept 11th happened was a very sad day but we all had to hold our heads up as we are not the COWARDS.....

Cliff and Eric - Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 @ 6:19pm  

  when the twin towers where built alot of people hated them and thought they were big boring eye soars. but people grew to love them. i think the same will happen for the freedom tower. i love the design of all the buildings and think it is the perfect fit to downtown manhattan

chris - Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 @ 1:31pm  

  Everybody is entitled to an opinion and thankfully most people have some taste. It is a spectacular structure which presents swift power and spiritual elegance, in which will be awed at for the whole century to come.

Vasilios Stratis - Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 @ 9:43am  

  This design is neither bold nor sleek as the designers claim. It’s just lame. Comparing it to the Empire State or the Chrysler Building because of it’s “tapered” shape is an offense to those really great buildings. I feel saddened to see how America is clearly and willingly surrendering the symbolic leadership that great works of engineering represent to countries like The United Arab Emirates or China.

Jorge - Monday, July 23rd, 2007 @ 10:20pm  

  I feel that the idea of a hight of 2911 ft. is a good one. Maybe even have the obsevation deck at 1776 ft. The true AMERICAN heroes and the NON-AMERICAN people that have died from terrorist attacts for the last three decades, deserve the biggest and the best to adequately honor them for the sacrifices they have made. MAY GOD BLESS US ALL, JOHN 3:16

Dave - Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 @ 8:37pm  

  Although I am English, I think the height of the Freedom Tower (1,776ft) is really well thought of. However I still think there should have been 2 towers of some sort.

ryan - Thursday, July 19th, 2007 @ 7:14pm  

  I love the idea, it looks amazing and even though it would never be able to replace the world trade center, it makes a great simble of all the people that died and the faith and greatness we see in our country.

Ryan - Thursday, July 12th, 2007 @ 2:07pm  

  I can not wait too see the new towers they will look alsome and i hope this never happens again.

Anthony - Monday, July 2nd, 2007 @ 11:52am  

  The towers are beautiful but need to be taller.With new material and fire proofing and a wider no fly zone over New York City and more security in the cockpit of larger aircrafts the buildings will be more secure and stable.This tower needs to be taller than the one that was destroyed. New York is about building stronger, better and taller, we do everything in a big way. Hope by the time they build this they will revise it to 120 stories or taller. We take noting lying down and we let nothing scare us. Let’s Hope.

Robby Wezer - Saturday, June 23rd, 2007 @ 12:32am  

  Anything less than a 5-star rating from anyone for this momorial is nothing less than democratic blasphemy! How dare you say it is "ugly" or "not big enough." It represents ALL Americans and honors the ones that wree directly effected. If you approcched this with the ideals of a critic, then SHAME ON YOU! This is not about being the biggest or the best. It is about honoring true Ameerican heroes!

David - Friday, June 22nd, 2007 @ 6:48am  

  i do not think that the freedom tower is a good idea because the freedom tower is very ugly and nothing can replace the twin towers ever even if it was the most nicest thing in the world nothing could ever replace the world trade center.the freedom tower is white and that is very ugly to be in the city where everything is gray.

athena popolopolis - Saturday, June 16th, 2007 @ 9:53pm  

  I agree with u Beth.I was a little dissapointed when i saw that the Freedom Tower was not going to be the tallest building in the world. I think this tower should surpass all skyscrapers with ease. We are Americans for goodness sake! We are strong and just(most of us any way...).I am happy that ground zero will rize up though, to honor the dead and to honor the living. GOD BLESS AMERICA. and GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS. Thank u for protecting America.

Steve - Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 @ 2:38pm  

  I am very glad that freedom tower is the significant of design and looking much strong but what God wants He Does. it is not pictured interior views as we Architects guess that it is most beautiful from interior. outer view is Good and symbol of Freedom

Arhitect Raheel King - Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 @ 7:34am  

  If the Freedom Towe