Current rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 27, 2006. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, SPI, and SOM.
Freedom Tower construction progress as of August, 2007.
Construction progress: June, 2008
Construction progress: June, 2008
Construction progress: June, 2008
Current rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 27, 2006. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, SPI, and SOM.
Current rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 27, 2006. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, SPI, and SOM.
Current rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 27, 2006. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, SPI, and SOM.
Current rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 27, 2006. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, SPI, and SOM.
Current rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 27, 2006. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, SPI, and SOM.
Previous rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 29, 2005. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Previous rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 29, 2005. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Previous rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 29, 2005. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Previous rendering of the Freedom Tower released June 29, 2005. Image courtesy of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Old rendering of the Freedom Tower from the 2004 plan. Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Old rendering of the Freedom Tower from the 2004 plan. Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Old rendering of the Freedom Tower from the 2004 plan. Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Old rendering of the Freedom Tower from the 2004 plan. Image courtesy of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Built: 2006-2018 Cost: $2,000,000,000 Designed by: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Type: Skyscraper Stories: 82 Maximum Height: 1,776 feet / 541 meters Maximum width: 200 Maximum length: 200 Location: World Trade Center, New York, United States
W hen completed, this will be one of the most important buildings of the early 21st century. It is significant in stature, in design, in its politics, its symbolism, and for the reason it was built.
The Freedom Tower is the replacement for what was once New York's World Trade Center. In 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.
The Freedom Tower is more than a real estate project. It is rehabilitation for those hurt by the terrorists and a way to heal the scar on a nation. Part of the healing process is new growth, which this tower represents. But it has been a painful process. The early designs were ridiculed. When the first cohesive plan came out of the pack it, too, found slews of detractors. New Yorkers are notoriously cranky people and they took aim at the design. Most had forgotten, or were too young to remember, that the original twin towers were also the subject of much vitriol for their design and expense. It was only after those towers were taken away that the city realized it had grown to love its pair of white albatrosses. But detractors stalled the project for more than a year, adopted celebrity real estate mogul Donald Trump as their mouthpiece, and embarrassed the city and the nation by allowing the United Arab Emirates to begin work on what would become the world's tallest tower while New Yorkers were busy sticking their thumbs in each other's eyes.
The current design is much less flashy than the previous one. It is something like a large sloping block with the corners carved off, so it appears that the entire building twists as it gets higher. The building's faces will be huge triangles that taper toward the top and the bottom. At the center of the building, they will form an octagon. The skyscraper is symmetrical. Asymmetry was something in the last design that set a lot of people off. Some people also don't appreciate the spire at the top. They forget that the Twin Towers had a spire, too, and the mast is necessary for communications transmitters.
The new Freedom Tower will pay homage to the twin towers in several ways. The base of the Freedom Tower will be 200 feet square -- the same dimensions as the original towers. The observation deck will be at 1,362 feet: the heigh of World Trade Center Tower Two. The glass parapet will be at 1,368 feet: the height of World Trade Center Tower One.
That square base is a safety measure, not just an engineering method. Though it will be clad in glass prisms, the 186-foot-tall base will be a windowless concrete wall, intended to absorb and deflect the blast from car or truck bombs. The glass prisms will be coated with plastic like automobile safety glass to help absorb the impact. It is hoped that the prisms will refract light into color and make the monolithic security measure an eye-pleasing curiosity. The Twin Towers were targeted by Islamic terrorist truck bombs twice, once successfully in 1993, before they were destroyed by terrorists in jets in 2001. The corners of the base will taper inward, with small reflecting pools at ground level.
The Freedom tower is just one of several buildings that will be erected to compose the new World Trade Center. The design is officially known as "Memory Foundations" because it leaves room for several memorials in the 16-acre complex. One of those memorials is the slurry wall, more commonly known as "the bathtub." This structure was the basement of the World Trade Center and served to hold back the Hudson River to keep it from flooding the complex. It was here that the remains of thousands of dead were found, and hundreds more who were never found. People will be able to walk down a ramp from ground level all the way down to bedrock along the edge of this wall -- the last original remaining piece of the twin towers.
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.
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.
July 24, 2008: Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church agrees to sell its property next to the World Trade Center to the Port Authority for $20 million. The sale will give construction crews more space to work in and help speed construction of the Freedom Tower and other parts of the World Trade Center. The church building was destroyed in the terrorist attacks.
October, 2008: A report from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey indicated a revised completion date of 2013.
January 14, 2009: NY1 reported that the foundation of this building was completed.
March 25, 2009: The Beijing Vantone Industrial Company became the first company to lease space in this building. It signed a 23-year lease for floors 64 through 69.
March 27, 2009: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey came under fire for trying to eliminate the name "Freedom Tower" and only use this building's mailing address of 1 World Trade Center as its name.
August 4, 2009: The New York Daily News reported that the completion date of this building was pushed back to 2018.
November 18, 2009: Construction of this building reached the fourth floor.
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.
EdgeOne
Monday, November 1st, 2004 @ 11:19am
Rating: Two stars. Rebuilding (better and safer) is the boldest statement to be made. The "Reflecting Absence" design says we dare not occupy that space in the sky again - an admission of defeat.
Liam
Friday, October 29th, 2004 @ 9:14pm
Rating: Five stars. this is the coolest building ive ever seen GO NY.
Andrew
Thursday, October 28th, 2004 @ 7:53pm
Rating: Three stars. The height is fine, the building is okay, a good tribute. However, I dislike the hollow top portion. The building just doesn't seem whole.
kim
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 @ 3:32am
Rating: Two stars. I must admit at first i did not want to see anything more then maybe a wall built in the towers place but now i must say this i am a new yorker all though not currently there since my husband is in the service and currently in iraq. I think this building is a big mistake although i give it two stars just because of the "wedge of light" and the "bath tub"... building bigger to prove something to terrorists come on folks why do we need to prove anything to them we are kicking their butts already. I think we should build TWIN TOWERS!!! granted they should not look the same i think that would be a slap in the fact to all those lost kinda like saying here we can just replace what was lost but i do think it should be TWIN TOWERS. a reflective pool would be wonderful and yes if you are going to build something that tall all of it should be accessable and of course built with all of the safetly precautions. I just don't like the idea if that is how it will be of a glass building that is not NEW YORK to me. I would love to see the Twin Towers rebuilt maybe in a similar fashion to what they were but add a park where children can play while families of lost ones can reflect and visit if they wish to and a reflective pool showing the old towers. People need to stop trying to change New York and accept it for what it is a beautiful place this building does not fit into New York in my opinion. New York is the heart and soul of the great USA lets keep it that way
Bali
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 @ 6:04pm
Rating: Two stars. Ugh. i just don't get it. It appears jutting and hideuos. Does NYC really need another glass box?
M.A.C.
Monday, October 25th, 2004 @ 4:15am
Rating: One star. I don't think this structure even deserves a rating. It's absolutely pathetic!! Is there a competition in the world that I'm unaware of......the country with the tallest building wins? Any structure can be taller by mounting an antenna on the top. I do, however, appreciate some of his ideas. The memorials will be a great way to honor those that we lost....especially the "Wedge of Light."
Sometimes bigger isn't always better. Whether or not the building 1,776 or 176 feet tall, isn't going to make a bit of difference....we will still be "One Nation Under God" & Growing stronger everyday.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Cliff
Saturday, October 23rd, 2004 @ 11:37pm
Rating: Four stars. I like the design, but I don't think it fits in well with its surroundings. I guess it's something that will grow on us though, in 20 years time it'll be hard to imagine New York looking any other way.
MIke B
Saturday, October 23rd, 2004 @ 5:00am
Rating: Five stars. The Idea alone that we will live on shows in this building.
D
Saturday, October 23rd, 2004 @ 1:01am
Rating: Five stars. It will be the paragon of skyscrapers in the new millenium...
Looking forward to its completion.
VITHAL AGARWAL
Friday, October 22nd, 2004 @ 2:39pm
Rating: Five stars. This is the best answer to the terrorists .Best of luck to USA.
john judge
Friday, October 22nd, 2004 @ 12:21am
Rating: One star. New super buildings have gone up around the world, taiwan, malaysia, the middle east. They all blend strength with regional beauty. Now we are saddled with a short ugly building with a tv antenae and wind farm and we are suppose to be excited? 2000 feet sounds impressive, until you realize it is all antennae... there are lots of taller antennaes out there, and many buildings that go past 70 stories. I think the only message this building sends is we are too scared to go higher. So the terrorists have made a chink in our culture.
Todd
Thursday, October 21st, 2004 @ 4:14pm
Rating: Five stars. A heartbreakingly beautiful and stirring design.
We're still with you, harmonies of a heartbeat forever stopped at 8:46 AM.
Matt
Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 @ 1:31pm
Rating: Three stars. I witnessed the day those towers went down from my tv, and i thought i wonder if they'd ever build again...im stoked! its good to see they're rebuilding. i like the idea but thought maybe two towers would have simulated what once stood better.
An anonymous freshmen student
Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 @ 11:43am
Rating: Four stars. I like the idea of constucting a monument for the lives lost on September 11, 2001. Although, like it is said above, it is just another hazard to the citizens of New York. I mean, a two steel towers could get destroyed easily and destroy parts of buildings and not many citizens, but construct one glass tower that is very easily breakable, could really hurt the citizens of New York more than the buildings around it is a horrid thing to imagine. I just hope that the attacks stop and America becomes the proud and worthy woman and country she is intended to be. Thank-you.
Kev
Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 @ 9:36am
Rating: Three stars. Should be fascinating watching this structure emerge from the ground. Bizarre looking design though, not a patch on the Twin Towers.
mahmoud jack
Monday, October 18th, 2004 @ 11:06am
As an architect, i'ld to congratulate Daniel Liebskind for his Monumental design, but i also want to say that although NY was a city with no historical backgroung (comparing to European Cities Like Paris, London, Rome ....), He has commited the same mistake that all the architects who went for the ground zero competition did. In fact building the tallest building in the world isnt the solution, nor the answer to the attrocity of the attack. That terrorist attack made all people equal in fear and pain, so liberating them from all that pain wouldnt be by going higner than the previous "cause of pain"
Randy Trent
Saturday, October 16th, 2004 @ 12:21pm
Rating: Five stars. Absolutely a perfect picture of freedom. This building reflects not only what the world lost that day but what thw world looks foward to, a future of Freedom. Like the Statue of Liberty, this building will house the hopes and dreams of the free world along with the countless that have made pilgramage to NY to not only pay respect to the ones we lost on 9/11 but also to see how the new future will be taller and bolder than our past, we must never forget what happened but in the same token, we cant let it harm our future. I look foward to seeing you all on the opening day of our beloved freedom tower. God bless you all
YuXiang
Friday, October 15th, 2004 @ 4:18am
Rating: Five stars. This building is indeed amazing, a wonderful memorial. What I like most is the "Wedge of Light". Incredible!!
Nikki
Sunday, October 10th, 2004 @ 7:28pm
Rating: Four stars. I think it is a magnificent stucture. Of course, it will take awhile to get use to, and it is obviously very different from the rest of the New York skyline; But don't let that get in the way of you disrespecting the arcitects. One thing I would change, is what many of you have already agreed on, and that is that you can not go all the way to the top, that is a disappointment, because it doesn't humanize it - I like it being made of glass, because it gives the horrible rememberance of 9/11 a sparkling, angelic feel to it, and respects my favorite landmark, the Statue of Liberty. But it is a symbol, a beautiful symbol, not of our American "ego", but of our deep and loving American pride. Love New York, love America.
joe
Saturday, October 9th, 2004 @ 7:15am
Rating: Five stars. great picture! I like this web.
D.C.
Friday, October 8th, 2004 @ 12:32pm
Rating: Five stars. I think it's a beautiful memorial. I realized what life is about on that day of tragedy. We have to remember to live every day like it's our last because life is so fragile. We also have to stand together and really be the United States of America.
jose matos
Thursday, October 7th, 2004 @ 10:15pm
Rating: Five stars. I am very satisfied with the new design of what will re-shape the beauty of New York City's sky line. The "Wedge of Light" couldn't be anymore perfect for a memorial on this site. My heart goes to those who lost family members and friends. GOD bless their soles We Will Always Remember.....
Sherrif
Wednesday, October 6th, 2004 @ 4:36am
Rating: Five stars. Well, there're so many comments above. I think it wouldn't be fair to be so stubborn about our ideas. As one of the comments says, a common understanding can be set up through mutual compromises. Yeah, it's nearly impossible to satisfy so many people, especially in this matter. But something has to be done. What I know for sure is that every idea is better now than any delay. So, how can a common reconciliation be reached? In my wiev, firstly those who had to endure the biggest pain must be taken into account. They must be listened to. I liked the tower as I liked the former one. In fact, I'm inclined to love everthing america "does". So, I can't say I'm impartial. As a turkey-born immigrant, I value the idea of freedom more than many, so I'm thankful such a name was choosen. Pray for my being there on the day of opening. The flag on the left side isn't the one I respect. When looking from here, it2s clear that The Freedom Tower will become a monument as deeply rooted in the American mind as the Statue of Liberty. Just be patient and give yourself some time. God blessed America.
Orhan Ali
Tuesday, October 5th, 2004 @ 5:26pm
Way to go America. it shows the terrorist nothing can stop us!
Deborah Swidan
Monday, October 4th, 2004 @ 10:19am
Rating: Five stars. I think it is beautiful. Looks like the building is pointing straight to heaven, and when the sun hits it, the glow the top would give off would be more beautiful then anything in the world. And the "Wedge of Light" is a brilliant idea, brings tears to my eyes. And its not like the terrorists have won because they changed the skyline view of NY, we have just made something more beautiful and glowing to put in its place to remember those who died.
Logan
Monday, October 4th, 2004 @ 4:45am
Rating: Five stars. From the thousand plus names of those who were immortalized on that day be remembered not just for freedom, but in rememberance of the day the whole world became New Yorkers. I know I did, and all of Melbourne for that matter. I love you New York...Let the Freedom Tower be seen, and New York heard from once again.
Nick G
Sunday, October 3rd, 2004 @ 6:16pm
Rating: Five stars. The twin towers will stand forever as a symbol in American history, there is no denying that. However, from a design perspective, they were relatively simple and plain. Regardless, they were still well constructed. This new building has a true sense of style. It does look weak, but don't be fooled by its exterior, it has an enormous support column that will render it even more sound than the original twin towers. This tower will stand as a symbol of American progress and resolve.
John S
Saturday, October 2nd, 2004 @ 11:47pm
Rating: Five stars. In response to the above comment...why not build a taller and more iconic structure? People didn't want the same footprint used for two new towers because of issues with leaving a memorial so some compromises had to be made by all sides. Having a blind and uneducated viewpoint on everything will not get you very far in life. The face of New York WAS changed by terrorists and the only way to move on is to stick it in their face and make the tallest and most ambitious attempt that America is capable of. To all those people who commented above about fears of a new taller building being a safety issue, why don't you read up on the subject first? The first 70 floors are occupied by office and it will the safest place to work in all of New York when completed. I would proudly work in this building and know that thousands of others will when it is complete in 2009. By the way Bobby, it is "you're" not "your" you flaming troll.
Bobby
Saturday, October 2nd, 2004 @ 12:01pm
Rating: Three stars. This tower is beyond crap! Your practically allowing terrorists and the world to change the face of one of our great cities. What if the Empire State Building or the Chrysler Buildng fall? Are we going to build two more "Freedom Towers" too? It's ridiculous we are changing the face of New York because of terrorists. If the World Trade Center was built STRONGER again, people would be even more proud to be an American, showing that we "got back on the horse" instead of getting a new one.
The only way people are going to understand that building this tower is a mistake is if it comes crashing down.
Jim
Friday, October 1st, 2004 @ 6:17pm
Rating: Five stars. I was born in the city. I have lived in Brooklyn all my life, and on 9/11, I was afraid, like any other person with a soul. When our great nation seemed to rise from the ashes, though, I knew that we would never be taken down. The new and stunning Freedom Tower has what it takes to be a New Yorker. i don't see why it would disrespect the ones lost- I can't imagine us not building on the site. New York City, if anywhere, is by far the most fitting and deserving place to house the tallest and most magnificent structure in the world.
Jordan Frisbie
Thursday, September 30th, 2004 @ 11:38pm
Rating: Five stars. Some of the comments I read I found appalling. It was obvious none of them read the article before posting so that they could understand the meaning of the buildings. If they had taken the 5 minutes to read the article they could have had more of a heart towards these new buildings. As an architect, as a poet I find you people rather revolting and rude for your comments and not making an effort to understand this new creation. What libeskind is doing is far more than miraculous. He is creating art, he is creating a place for everyone’s heart to feel at home for the tragedy, and he is most certainly not desperate. He is setting a new standard for a new century of designs for buildings. Libeskind is more than any of you could imagine because he is revolutionary. This man created something so beautiful, so great, and so unbelievably wonderful on paper and you can't appreciate that. I don't care who you are but it's hard enough for artists to get appreciation for their work these days, but for you to criticize his masterpiece like that without reading the story behind it all. Where is your patriotism if you can't appreciate what he is doing for the world and those who were lost in those vicious attacks? We are not here to separate ourselves but to come together as one and stand tall for our freedom!
Tom Johnson
Thursday, September 30th, 2004 @ 5:13pm
Rating: Five stars. The freedom tower is a brilliant design and anyone who says otherwise is an incompotent fool. The whole point of a tall building is to be a huge patriotic memorial reaching for the sky telling terrorists that america is not going to be intimidated. Building a bunch of small office buildings is admitting defeat. Likewise, using ground zero to create a small park or small memorial is letting the terrorists know that we are weak and easily intimidated into changing the way we think about buildings and how we live. Creating an exact replica of the old trade center buildings would be an insult to those who lived, worked and died there. It is almost as if the original buildings were never destroyed. I think the architects have done a wonderful job on the freedom tower and nothing could be a more fitting building to go in place of the old trade center towers.
Andrew Sheldon
Wednesday, September 29th, 2004 @ 8:07pm
Rating: Four stars. What a superb structure, and i look forward to seeing it being erected from the ashes into the sky
Dustin E.
Wednesday, September 29th, 2004 @ 2:10pm
Rating: Five stars. It is gonna look Awsome in the New York Skyline. But I hate to say it it is gonna just be another target that another group of Physco's will try to attack
Michael Beswick
Wednesday, September 29th, 2004 @ 1:22pm
Rating: Three stars. I think it is a good design and a good structure.
Del
Wednesday, September 29th, 2004 @ 10:54am
Rating: Five stars. The structure of the new Freedom Tower is nice, but I believe that they should have rebuilt the original towers. They could have made them more fancier, taller, and stronger. Also it should be the law that all sky scrapers should be "NO FLY ZONES". This is the only protection thats availabe to prevent another 911. God Bless Everyone.
detwilers
Wednesday, September 29th, 2004 @ 7:47am
Rating: Four stars. i like the new freedom tower (but) i think it should be hidden behind the other towers like in the center of them all so the same thing wont happen again and have the holow point of the tower sticking out to the skys and the towers on the outside strong to hold a plane crash if the ware to happen again..thats my point of veuw but im shore its more saffer then the twin towers other then that its all that and thats way i gave it a (4)other then that its a (5)
Alex Cantu
Tuesday, September 28th, 2004 @ 11:09pm
Rating: Five stars. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!! Yo, never such a futeristic building in my life till now...i can finally see the world evolvoving into the future.
MIke Redman
Tuesday, September 28th, 2004 @ 10:10pm
Rating: Five stars. Sends a very strong message to all. Freedom came with a cost...it's a monument to those who left us and to all of us who remain here in the greatest country on the planet.
Jerry Zweigle
Tuesday, September 28th, 2004 @ 7:42pm
Rating: Four stars. I think that only 70 stories is leaving something to be expected...like 40 more floors!!! Not being able to stand on the top and see the surrounding view is not acceptable. Is this just in case it gets crashed into again? If we are goind to build a building to replace the towers, it should be MORE of everything, not less. Just being able to claim the tallest building in the world status is not enough if you can't use the top portion of the structure. I am glad we are replacing the towers with another taller structure, but let's make it better than the before.
Derick
Tuesday, September 28th, 2004 @ 8:11am
Rating: Five stars. I love the design. It is a grea Idea for NYC. NYC should not have to build smaller, they should always build bigger. And this is the best way to do it in my opinion.
bob
Monday, September 27th, 2004 @ 6:13pm
Rating: Five stars. the memorial will help us never forget the past, and the new five building site will let us look to the future.
Frank Bridges
Monday, September 27th, 2004 @ 3:18pm
Rating: Five stars. I was ecstatic to find out our "Freedom Tower" was going to reach a height of nearly 1,800 ft, easily being the tallist building in the world, what a fearless and spectacular way to show the terrorist the "Intrepid Backbone" of The United States Of America.
Nikki Schmidt
Monday, September 27th, 2004 @ 11:34am
Rating: Four stars. this is a cool building but we need something to show respects to the people who lost their lives
Francisco Rosado
Sunday, September 26th, 2004 @ 5:36pm
Rating: Five stars. This is a perfect reminder of all those that fell in the demise of the WTC. Not only are we rebuilding the towers, we are rebuilding the strength of our nation.
Brennan Gaglaster
Saturday, September 25th, 2004 @ 4:41pm
Rating: Five stars.
Sean
Saturday, September 25th, 2004 @ 3:20am
Rating: One star. Why bother building the tallest building in the world if you're not going to put an observation deck at the top? It's an ugly design, symptomatic of postmodernistic malaise. If it is actually built, it will always scream out saying "I'M NOT FINISHED!" Big mistake.
Manfred Rovekamp
Friday, September 24th, 2004 @ 12:54pm
Rating: Five stars. Great Design and very good conceptional idea.
Dave
Friday, September 24th, 2004 @ 9:37am
Rating: Five stars. I think that it is great that we are rebuilding. I wonder what the people that died would want us to do? Would they want us to just leave the site alone, do a little memorial, or would they want something grand rebuilt in their honor? Sorry I just don't think a little park gets it done the same way this monument does. If I was in that building and perished I would want this country, the greatest country on this planet, to rebuild. Just to put it to those who think they are serving God, and really are serving the evil one. Bravo NY!!!
amanda hughes
Thursday, September 23rd, 2004 @ 10:03pm
Rating: Two stars. at first i thought it was a good idea but now that i see the desighn i dont like it i thought they would rebuild the twin towers just shorter
Lukas Dvorak
Thursday, September 23rd, 2004 @ 12:47pm
Rating: Five stars. One beautiful building for the memories of many beautiful persons, and one beautiful country!
BonDurango
Tuesday, September 21st, 2004 @ 6:46pm
Rating: One star. Pop Art? Maybe. That's about the best thing you could say about these buildings which are shaped exactly like the crystals found inside Superman's Fortress of Solitude as seen in the 1978 movie starring Christopher Reeves and Marlon Brando. One can imagine Brando's Terry Malloy looking at the Freedom Tower and saying "I could have been a contender..."
Ford
Monday, September 20th, 2004 @ 7:29am
Rating: Two stars. Like the idea, but there were problems getting people off the twin towers due to not having womewhere to land or even safely lower harnesses. How are sloped roofs going to help this?
Wayne Goose
Sunday, September 19th, 2004 @ 10:08am
Rating: Five stars. Some of us Canadians often feel overwhelmed by you but, make no mistake, ordinary canucks are glad to have you fellas as neighbours eh? What a striking and beautiful monument to those men and women who perished that day. God Bless.
Daniel Star
Thursday, September 16th, 2004 @ 9:51pm
Rating: One star. Daniel Libeskind got "screwed" on this deal. Pataki should have held David Childs "FEET" to the Fire, and made him follow the Libeskind
design that won the design contest. It should not matter that Larry Silverstein has the money from the insurance company to rebuild. Mr. Libeskind is a "Brillant man", and this tower is absolutly disgusting in my eyes.
A VERY concerned X New Yorker *
Walter
Thursday, September 16th, 2004 @ 3:22pm
Rating: Two stars. The building itself is interesting in design, but how does it show anything more than artistic lisence? Now it will be one large spike, meant to provoke more hatred for us. Look, you destroyed our buildings, and now to fill the space of all the dead loved ones we lost, we build something larger and gaudier. I mean, this is the reason we are attacked (physically and audibly) in the first place. We are a material nation, who has no self pride, we can only feel good about ourselves by "showing everyone else" what we are about. We shouldn't need that. We should have pride in who we are, and what we are about, without having to prove it to others all the time. The person with the biggest mouth is always heard, but seldom liked. Is that what we want for ourselves?
hpxfire
Thursday, September 16th, 2004 @ 1:48pm
Rating: Five stars. The new freedom tower looks beautifully twisted in the American sky. We Americans may fall but we will rise even higher every time. That’s the image I get looking at the freedom tower.
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Bryan Potts
Wednesday, September 15th, 2004 @ 10:31pm
Rating: Three stars. Considering the destruction of the old World Trade Center in 2001 and the fear it caused, I think this new building design is daring. I like the lower part of the building, but the upper part of the building looks weak and empty. It sends a message saying that our country is too afraid to construct a new building that has floors all the way to the top. I think it's remarkable that such a tall tower is being built and that any towers are being built on the 16-acre site, considering that many people wanted the entire site to be a memorial, not just the footprints of the original Twin Towers. The new building looks great, but it would look much better if there wasn't an empty space on top.
Rick Metcalfe
Tuesday, September 14th, 2004 @ 8:39pm
Rating: Three stars. For all of the symbolism behind this project, I give 2 thumbs way up. Build it Bigger and Better I say. As long as it's not for Political gain.
I just don't think this design completely does it. Why leave the top one-third mostly empty except for Wind-Turbines that will only generate 20% of the building power? Also, with the vacant, empty look at the top, the building looks weak and fragile. It should look STRONG, SOLID and ICONIC. I love the shape and style of the design, just not the hollow look of the top portion. As far as I'm concerned build it as tall as possible so it will ALWAYS be the Tallest Building!! Forever reminding people of what happened at that location on that time and date. The Wedge of Light Concept is also an outstanding reminder.
Americans should never settle for Mediocrity, but I think that the reason and purpose for the symbolism in this project is being overshadowed by the compromises being done by the 2 men in charge of this project. Let the families of the victims have a definite say in the final design. That would be the ultimate memorial.
Christer
Tuesday, September 14th, 2004 @ 2:21pm
Rating: Four stars. I believe FT will be a beautiful substitute for WTC and let us all hope that we find a way to deal with terrorism in our world.
Adam Frost-Gaskin
Tuesday, September 14th, 2004 @ 2:10pm
Rating: Five stars. In 1999, I stood at the top of the Twin Towers - someday I hope to stand on the observation deck of the Freedom Tower.
Tim Oswald
Monday, September 13th, 2004 @ 9:50pm
Rating: Five stars. I happen to think this is the best way we can Honor those who passed. I like the Modern look to the building / complex. I would like to see something showing that those who perished, those who rescued and those who rebuilt this area are of ALL religions and of all backgrounds. This should give some sort of commom ground instead of a symbol of power. Our power should be in our promise of "Freedom in America".September 11 should be remembered for heros not the people who caused it, why should those who caused it get anymore attention. Fight the terrorizm but dont give their cause or religion any press, after all its what they want most.
Jacqueline Garcia
Monday, September 13th, 2004 @ 4:15pm
Rating: Five stars. It looks wonderful.
Aaron Baker
Monday, September 13th, 2004 @ 11:16am
Rating: Five stars. i am proud to say that i am an american and this tower is being built in memory of all the peaple who died or were scarred for life in the attack on 9/11 and the tower will stand in all it glory in the memory of the tragidy of 9/11.
Daniel A. Castelluccio
Monday, September 13th, 2004 @ 10:18am
Rating: Five stars. As most thing's american this building and what it represents will be envied around the world.This represent not just a country but the feelings of the people as a whole.Thats what makes this country differant from any other.When things are at there worst we are at our best.God bless not just us but everyone in every country.
Steve Hill
Monday, September 13th, 2004 @ 8:07am
Rating: Two stars. I'm disappointed. The Twin Towers were iconic, but these just look like stacks of ice. It doesn't appear that trying to fit in with the current surroundings has featured in the design brief at all. There is an opportunity here to build something spectacular but also respectful and fitting. I'm afraid that, looking at these designs, that opportunity has been lost.
Eie
Monday, September 13th, 2004 @ 7:32am
Rating: Five stars. One beautiful building for the memories of many beautiful persons, and one beautiful country! greetings from Norway
Patrick
Monday, September 13th, 2004 @ 3:29am
Rating: Three stars. I don't like the fact that the top third is basically just for looks. It may be tall, but with fewer stories and no observation deck, it seems to have a bit less soul to me. I think it would be a much more powerful statement if we just built them right back the way the were (with improvements to the internal structure obviously). All that aside, it's a decent design. I really like the memorial they have planned for it.
Brian Smith
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 11:04pm
Rating: Four stars. I like the symbolism. 1776, and breaking ground on July 4th. I am excited to see the result of this new tower. I did not choose 5 stars because it did not take my breath away. I may change my mind when I see it in person but until then, I choose 4 stars. SRA Smith USAF
Helen
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 8:44pm
Rating: Five stars. To all of those who dislike this new memorial, boo to you!!!!!This is a very lovely structure, and its beauty shows the eAmerican spirit.
G Jenks
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 7:35pm
Rating: Two stars. As far as buildings go, I guess it's a nice one, although the top simply looks like it's incomplete. The 1776 feet idea is very patriotic and all that jazz, but so is everything else the USA does. Instead of building this to declare America's strength, why not go a different way and build something a bit more humble, but with a message that reflects those who died on 9/11? For once, show the world that the USA isn't all about the ego. Tone it down and make this a monument to the people, not of the country.
Matt Morring
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 5:35pm
Rating: One star. I have always felt the twin towers should rise from their own ashes, just as we as a nation rose from our own ashes from the civil war and the war of 1812. Many men have died fighting for the freedom of ALL people, no matter what color or creed. What happened on 9/11 was an act of war and should be thought of as such. The twin towers were a symbol of our strength and pride as a nation. A nation built on Christian beliefs, but one that also feels everyone should be able to worship God (or whatever name he goes by in other religions)as they choose. If we do not rebuild the twin towers we will be showing the rest of the world that the terrorists have won and succeeded in breaking our pride and the backbone of this fine nation.
nick
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 3:50pm
Rating: Five stars. i think this is one he** of a building to erect in their memory
Martin
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 7:25am
Rating: Three stars.
r. wroblewski
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 2:48am
Rating: One star. I've never seen a more ridiculous looking building in my life. Two proud, majestic towers once stood at ground zero, the symbols for the modern day New York. These towers are being replaced with a less significant building that has scaffolding on top of it. The height of the new "tower" is insignificant because is not a true building. It's a cheap way to attain "tallest in the world" status. Can visitors can go to the top of it? This "building" is not as awesome or as inspirational as the twin towers were. If you really want to honor the victims of 9-11, rebuild the towers using today's technology, or build something even more grand in their place (along with a fitting memorial to the victims at the base of the buildings). This is not a fitting memorial, the terrorists scored a victory if New York goes ahead with these plans. Whenever America has faced adversity before, it has come back bigger and stronger, but these buildings will be smaller and less important than what once stood at ground zero.
Tim Lancaster
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 2:07am
Rating: One star. I'll agree with Dave above. I've never been to NYC but I knew the skyline. rebuild the towers as they were but make them better and stronger and more efficient. It truly is the only way to honor the lives lost three years ago.
Joel
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 1:57am
Rating: Five stars. Beautiful for spacious sky will be in 2008. Congratulations on a gorgoes design on the building and how it will compliment with the skyline. It will remind any American the freedoms we take for granite most of the time, may it remind us to look deep in our hearts and thank God for what a wonderful and blessed nation He has given us.
Bret Reavie
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 1:00am
Rating: Four stars. I never had the chance to take my daughter to the top of the WTC. We visited Ground Zero in July 2002 and we will be back in New York in 2008, on opening day of the new Freedom Tower!
Jeremy
Sunday, September 12th, 2004 @ 12:43am
Rating: Five stars. This building shows that our country can take a bad thing and make it better. The symbolism and beauty of the structure are what make this into an awesome building. I cant thing of a better way to rebuild.
Dave
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 9:51pm
Rating: Two stars. Could have done much better,should have been replaced with something that resembed the old sky line but taller,better built,and more eficiant use of space.I miss the old skyline of NY and by not building something similar to what was there the terrorists have forever chaged that skyline that so many have come to recognize as The Great City Of NY.
Josuah L. Dupuis
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 9:16pm
Rating: Five stars. I remember visiting the twin towers with my parents as a teen. Being from a small town in New Hampshire I had never seen anything like it and was amazed. I look forward to sharing the same expierence with my three children at the Freedom Tower.
Tim
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 9:00pm
Rating: Five stars. I think that this is wonderful.And I can't wait to see it built.I will definitely go there once it is done !
David
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 5:30pm
Rating: Four stars. Hooray to New York for decided to once again construct the world's tallest building! It flies in the face of the terrorists that try to beat us down, but will never succeed!! In 1983, I stood at the top of the Twin Towers - someday I hope to stand on the observation deck of the Freedom Tower (I hope it's high). :) God bless the USA!!
Ivo de Jongh
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 5:04pm
I can't wait till I'll be able to see this statue of liberty in it's full glory. Today my thoughts are with the people that worked in the lost towers and the ones lost that have taken a place in my heart for ever. Thank you for your smile.
Manuel Oliveira
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 4:27pm
Rating: Four stars. That is one bad tower! Looks amazing, but i think the antenna looks a bit weird. I like its symbolism, though. I hope that, when it's built, it looks even better than in these pictures.
Leslie Kemnitz
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 3:20pm
Rating: Three stars. I think the design is magnifciant! I must say though it seems that it will just be another attraction for others to try to destroy and you want to make something more of a memorial or in honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11. My brother-in-law was in Iraq for over a year and a half as a result of this tragidy and I have American Pride and Spirit, but I also believe that we could have come up with some design that would have truely HONORED those we lost AND those who continue to fight as a result of the incident. NO design will REPLACE Twin Towers and I think it's a shame that we have to put something in its place and believe that is DISRESPECTFUL to those we lost!!
Jim Reavill
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 2:55pm
Rating: Three stars. I think the Freedom Tower is a very beautiful building and all the symbolism is nice, but I don't think that is the best way to approach the re-build. I think we should have re-built them on the same foundations and gave them the same look. Of course we make them taller and safer and of course add an appropriate memorial to the people we lost.
Alex Lamothe
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 2:36pm
Rating: Five stars. The Freedom Tower complex is truly a magnificent project that will demonstrate to the world America's resiliency in the face of terrorism and other threats. It will be a place to remember those lost at the WTC on 9/11 and a sign that nothing can crush American determination and patriotism.
Wynia Family
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 2:23pm
Rating: Five stars. It will be a great menmorial. Some thing should be built there to show that we are stong and that we are far from going anywhere.
Ty Moorman
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 1:24pm
Rating: Five stars. In todays society we are always trying to make a name for ourselves.... This architect is making a name for all those people who lost there lives on 9/11 Bravo to him!
Chris
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 1:12pm
Rating: Five stars. I serve my country because of 9/11, and have been anxious for our country to "rebuild" itself. I think this design reflects the strong american spirt that exists, the spirit needed to "rebuild".
John
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 1:07pm
Rating: Three stars. I gotta go with Greg, above. That big empty space at the top seems like a slap in the face to part of what made the Towers what they were in the first place.
And, while we're on the subject, why isn't TowerS...PLURAL? Wouldn't THAT be a fitting replacement for what was lost?
There was a lot of talk of what the new buildings should be like, a lot of "people won't go in buildings over 70 stories anymore" and all that crap. This big empty top spot at the top of the building is just politicans pandering to what they think people are afraid of - going up in tall buildings. What people are REALLY afraid of is that 9/11 will happen all over again.
Michael Drozda
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 12:40pm
Rating: One star. I do not like the image of the freedone tower replacing the twin towers. The Freedom tower has changed so much from it's original conception that it is now an ugly compromise between two egotistical designers. I feel the ONLY way to honor the dead from 9/11 is to rebuild what they died for - Twin Towers as presented on the teamtwintowers.com site. Are we trying to "replace" or "rebuild" the NYC skyline? Rebuilding the twin towers is the ONLY way to "rebuild" the skyline.
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 12:38pm
Rating: Five stars.
The Marmol Family
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 12:31pm
Rating: Five stars.
Rachel Eldeen
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 12:02pm
Rating: Four stars. Although it will be in theory the tallest building at the time of its construction, people will not be at the very top. They can only go up 70 stories. In the original towers there was 40 extra stories each. So where the people can be is significantly lower than the original towers and many other skyscrapers from around the world. I think that in itself is a great additional safety feature. I'm not sure if the buildings are made out of glass, or if the models were simply designed that way to show the new buildings incomparison to the buildings already standing there, so I cannot comment. I personally think the new design of the building symbolizes the beginning of a new era and find it very fitting. I do not understand why the tower needs to have such a tall rod on it, and that is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. The wedge of light idea is awesome.
Michael McGuire
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 11:59am
Rating: Four stars. Is it just me, or does the Freedom tower make you think of an homage to the statue of liberty?? It's a good way to show our typically American defiance to terrorists. They destroyed an ugly building and in defiance, we're creating a beutiful symbol of freedom. It would be nice if the 3000 victims could see it.
monty
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 11:42am
Rating: One star. Erecting any kind of building, let alone the tallest buiding in the world, is the height of disrespect to all those who were involed in the tragedy. When will we learn?
Nick
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 11:32am
Rating: Five stars. Can't wait to see it finished.
parker family
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 9:23am
Rating: Five stars. we think its a wonderful tribute to the thousands who lost and risked their lives on that terrible day
Vincent
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 8:47am
Rating: Four stars.
sambri enrico
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 8:06am
Rating: One star. I cried the innocent victims of 11/9 a lot and i don't want nothing like that in the future. Sice that day, we have got the chance to stop, to think to the world around us: we have to go always in deep of situation, not just in the easy,comfortable surface. the evil and the violence that that damn day come on america is in part a product of what america did in the rest of the world: it is like a boomerang effect. I'M NOT JUSTIFING TERRORISTS, but I think that if we want peace we have to do it ourself for first:we can't expect that others respect us if we don't for first respect them! Ok,now, i don't undersand why it's so important to build the highest buildig in the world...it would be more respectful build some office buildings and a great meaningful park in honour of the peace and who lost the life that day. I'm sure they would prefer this.
Greg
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 7:33am
Rating: One star. I am really dissapointed in the chosen design. It looks the opposite of what it should. It should be a lasting monument, sturdy, and timeless; not a glass (weak and easily broken) twisted reck... and this over-intrest in making it a 'green' building has only resulted in the top portion of the building being hollow. It loos like rickedy construction scafolding. Boo to NY for this major mistake!
Devin Frielink
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 6:55am
Rating: Five stars. GOD BLESS AMERICA
DD
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 5:35am
Rating: Five stars. flawless design and this will surely make a statement to the world
Brian S.
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 4:17am
Rating: Five stars. I see the greatest building ever conceived, not because of its architectural design but the fact that America lives on. Not even terrorist can destroy the American spirit and I think this building is the perfect way to prove that! Live strong, live long, and live like you have never lived. The American people are stronger now then ever before, thank you to all the terrorists who have opened our eyes and always remember, we are going to get you, you pissed off one powerful country and don’t forget it. Watch your back, we are coming.
A. Freeman
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 4:05am
Rating: Five stars. I will always be proud to be an American. We are strongest even in times of tragedy. Remember,our spirit can't be broken, we are American. I would like to see a reflection pool of water showing the old World Trade Center Towers that could be seen while up in the new Freedom Tower Memorial.
Edward Jackson
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 @ 1:56am
Rating: Five stars. I miss the old towers, but I look forward to the new one. Bravo, on such a beautiful design. It is worthy of New York's people. EWJ
esha
Monday, September 6th, 2004 @ 3:28pm
Rating: Five stars. the new desigen is really marvellous and it will be a symbol that worst power cant destory good or hardwork power.
Comix
Friday, September 3rd, 2004 @ 2:32pm
Rating: Five stars.
DeadCat
Saturday, August 14th, 2004 @ 11:40pm
Rating: One star. I as a New Yorker feel that iam forcing myself to accept these buildings,beautiful maybe,the tallest never,remembrance never,73 stories of actual living space is all it has,the rest is a hollow so called accupational sector. This so called Milli Vanilli building,is only cause thats what first crossed my mind is a cheap cheat of a wanna be.Tallest structure yes but -t once again not building,The least what could have been done was make one extra to love our skies again,not wish for one.
Shawn Gieber
Sunday, August 8th, 2004 @ 2:02pm
Rating: Five stars.
brandon
Wednesday, August 4th, 2004 @ 12:32pm
Rating: One star. I don't get it!!? Is it essential that we build the "tallest" building in the world? In my opinion it is ostentatious and gaudy(if not downright hideous). Am I the only one who thinks it is absolutely disrespectful to the thousands who had to jump out of 110 story windows to their deaths, to rebuild something that is even higher and more dangerous than the one that collapsed before it? What is this architectural obsession with creating the tallest building in the world (even when it means risking the lives of so many)? Anyone who convinces themself that it is going to be any safer than the twin towers or that the risk of disaster is any less than before, is just delusional.
Daniel
Saturday, July 31st, 2004 @ 10:07am
Rating: Five stars. The new design is amazing. I am looking forward to traveling to New York to see it when it is completed.
Vinny
Monday, July 19th, 2004 @ 4:17pm
Rating: Five stars. A terrific design that is unique. I am a New Yorker and I saw the WTC burn. This is a perfect building. It shows that the U.S. will always triumph over the evils of this world. God Bless America!!! This makes me even prouder to be an Aamerican!!
edward taylor
Tuesday, July 6th, 2004 @ 5:58am
Rating: Five stars. initally i wanted the original twin towers back ..... I belive this could be better , the original design lacked usable and intresting public outdoor areas , this will have that , also the spire of light is a unique design intigration . lets build it , taller , stronger , prouder , and invite the world to see her . lets open arms , open our hearts , and show the world that we are unique because new york is truly a slice of all humanity , a pice of all nations ,living on an island , in the light of freedom
Jason Gard
Sunday, July 4th, 2004 @ 9:29pm
Rating: Five stars. Very interesting design - a real revolutionary design.
Cant wait to see the building finished. Hope to see more info as it is released.
Albert E. Amick jr.
Sunday, July 4th, 2004 @ 4:22pm
Rating: One star. Ugly It has no real look to it . Just another group of buildings.
Richard R. Wertz
Thursday, July 1st, 2004 @ 3:04am
Rating: Five stars. A very fitting tribute, to those who lost their lives at the site, and to those who witnessed the events of that horrible day.
Jeffrey Aiken
July 18th, 2003
Think that the design is great for the interior. It will take a while though to get adjusted to the exteror. I cant wait for the completion. God Bless America
Sameer Kelkar
July 18th, 2003
The idea about the Freedom Tower is fantastic. Let terrorists know that nothing can bog us down
Fernando Burghi
July 18th, 2003
Moved from California,feb.2003,becouse of a job ofer to my wife,at ST.Vincent hospital,when we arrive to N.Y.we deside to bring life back to this part of the city,in memory of those who are not longer with us,to show the rest of the entiry world that we still standing in our principals of FREEDOM,SELF DETERMINACION,and LOVE for this BLESS Country of ours.
Kenneth Bernard Gray
July 18th, 2003
I'm moving back to NY. This is wonderful, formidable!!
leopold mutamuheza
July 18th, 2003
I found it quite enduring my heart by what had taken place on september 11th, 2001. No human mind can imagine such treacherous act of barbaric can be planed by civilized but since we are living with evil-spirithuman we can not trust no more in human.
Tom Page
July 18th, 2003
Ugliest thing I ever saw. The tower looks a lot like the last piece of the WTC that remained standing for weeks after 9/11. Horrible. Tower looks like an afterthought. It adds nothing of value or interest to the skyline. Some people didn't like the original WTC at first, but I don't think I could ever learn to like the Freedom Tower.
Leon Lopez
June 17th, 2003
I AM SO HAPPY FOR THE HUMAN KIND FOR WE CAN RAISE AND LOOK UP TO THE SKY AGAIN FROM A NEW TOWER. IT IS LIKE STANDING UP AND SAYING 'HERE WE ARE, AND WE WILL STAND UP TOGETHER AGAIN, LIKE BROTHERS WE ARE, IN THE PATH OF GLORY'.
ken vaclavik
July 17th, 2003
Everyone in this great country needs the healing and the new building's will do that!
Brian Rainey
July 16th, 2003
I don't know how you could do it ANY better. Bravo
Vince
July 16th, 2003
That is one ugly design. It is clear the architect is trying so hard to build something different, that good taste had to be set aside. The buildings look cheap and the angular construction makes things look like old barns that haven't been maintained and will topple over in the next wind. Yuk.
Katia Avila
July 16th, 2003
I have tears in my eyes. The concept it's beautiful and so light. The open space gave me the impression that was like an open heart , still hurt but still pulsing.
Samantha
July 16th, 2003
The design is beautiful and breathtaking. Reading this article brought back a lot of hurt from the time of the attack.....I hope by the building of this everyone will see that the United States will always stand back up and that when someone tries to hurt us they only bring us closer together.
Patricia Tropser
July 16th, 2003
I Think this will be a great design especially for the people that are still healing, death of a family member takes years to get over. I'm still healing from the loss of my mother so I know this will be a place to set and just relax, and meditate on thoughts of the day. I hope I get a chance to go to NYC and see this wonderful building one day.
Brian Hazlip
July 16th, 2003
Absolutely beautiful!!! The brilliant idea about the Wedge of Light brings a tear to my eye. Excellent work!
Bessie Medina-Muzumdar
July 16th, 2003
I was thunderstruck when I read about the "Wedge of Light". In my opinion this alone is the winning feature for this amazing design! I love it.
Henri Dubois
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2004 @ 3:15am
Rating: Five stars. I think that this building is very nice and would look good in New York's skyline
tuan
Thursday, May 27th, 2004 @ 2:34am
Rating: Four stars.
Dot
Saturday, May 22nd, 2004 @ 11:14am
Best. Building. Evar.
Shawn Karvasales
Wednesday, May 5th, 2004 @ 1:20pm
Im proud that yet another amazing American landmark is being constructed. Proud that we the American people refuse to live in such fear that we are afraid to continue constructing such amazing monuments. Praise be to God.
EdgeOne
Two stars.
Liam
Five stars.
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Cliff
Four stars.
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