Freedom Tower
Built: 2006-2011 Cost: $2,000,000,000 Designed by: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Type: Skyscraper Stories: 82 Maximum height: 1,776 feet / 541 meters Location: World Trade Center, New York, United States View from above with
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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-leasing 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 height of the base and shaft together will be 1,368 feet -- the height of the roof of 1 World Trade center.
> 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 overall height of the structure will be 1,776 feet -- a number symbolizing the year of America's Declaration of Independence.
> The building will have 2,600,000 square feet of rentable space.
> The trees surrounding the Freedom Tower will be sweetgum trees.
> 1st-19th floors - Podium
> 20th-63rd floors - Offices
> 64th floor - Sky lobby
> 65th - 88th floors - Offices
> 89th and 90th floors - Transmission equipment
> 91st - 100th floors - Mechanical
> 100th - 101st floors - Restaurant
> 102nd floor - Observation deck
> 103rd - 108th floors - Mechanical
> 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 Times reports 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 Times notes, 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 Times reports 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 - WINS reports 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.

Ram Maharaj
Monday, May 5th, 2008 @ 1:58pm
Rating: Four stars.
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
Rating: Four stars.
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.

Eddie Johanson
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 @ 4:32pm
Rating: Five stars.
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

jay
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 11:10pm
Rating: One star.
Rebuilding the towers exactly where they were and have the memorials inside would have been the best solution

Mart
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 @ 1:34pm
Rating: Five stars.
Stunning! Americans can be very proud to have such a significant and gorgeous building to memorialize the 9/11 tragedy.

Luis Landero
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 @ 3:14pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Chris
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 @ 2:11pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Douglas Hilton
Friday, April 25th, 2008 @ 9:19am
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Kathy
Monday, April 21st, 2008 @ 12:57pm
Rating: Five stars.
One word...Beautiful!

casey
Monday, April 21st, 2008 @ 12:03pm
This tower will show our technilogical might as well as power. it will be a remebrance to the people of 9/11!God Bless This Nation!

Donna
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 @ 4:21am
Rating: Four stars.
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

Gage
Saturday, April 19th, 2008 @ 9:56pm
Rating: Five stars.
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

Jesus
Friday, April 18th, 2008 @ 7:13pm
Rating: Five stars.
Congratulations New York, Congratulations USA, great new symbol!!

Robert Hewson
Friday, April 18th, 2008 @ 5:14pm
Rating: Five stars.
I think the freedom tower will be an amazing structure for such an amazing city.I love New York & everything about it

Steve Cooper
Friday, April 18th, 2008 @ 2:57pm
Rating: Five stars.
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 !!

Mark Van Weelden
Friday, April 18th, 2008 @ 2:52pm
America, a nation of immigrants, a family of diversity, tightly knit together by the common ideals of freedom, tolerance, and understanding. Our nation is embodied more greatly in no other place than the city of New York. A city that embraces all those who enter its gates. May "Freedom Tower", this awe inspiring structure remind the world that we are Americans. We are diversity. We embrace those of all races and creeds who love freedom and justice. We will not be dissuaded or discouraged by the cowardly and crimnal acts of the misguided, radical few. We are united by this guiding principal... "Freedom and justice for all". We are a nation of many, and yet, a nation of one. May God bless America. God bless New York, heal her wounds, and comfort her pain. May this site, this grand tower, a beacon of hope, always remind us of the great price that is paid by those who love freedom.

Dawn
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 @ 2:18pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Zane
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 @ 2:19pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Dean
Monday, April 14th, 2008 @ 8:28pm
Rating: Four stars.
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.

James Nagy
Friday, April 11th, 2008 @ 5:28pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Jack Duquesne
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 @ 2:00am
Rating: Five stars.
The side views remind me of an Italian Out The Front knife, or OTF Knife. Those asymmetric side views are beautiful views in deed.

Ron
Monday, April 7th, 2008 @ 7:42pm
Rating: Four stars.
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

John Guzzardo
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 @ 7:28pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

josh stone
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 @ 11:50pm
I cant wait to physically and emotionally fill the void left by the terror attacks of 9/11. The completion of this building will be a healthy start.

Anna Vladi
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 @ 7:31pm
Beautiful building! Thank you to all the people working on this important project! NYC would be even more beautiful!

boswell
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 @ 6:32pm
Rating: Five stars.
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...

Alexander Dominic
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 @ 3:14pm
The Name of the Building "FREEDOM" is the most sutiable name has been given.May God bless all the people who are putting their effort behind this building.Let the people around the world remember those who have lost their loved ones behalf of this great building.

Duarte Serrao
Friday, March 21st, 2008 @ 2:46pm
Rating: Five stars.
i think the design is excellent good bless america

George Young
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 @ 11:54pm
Rating: One star.
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.

Angelo Chacon
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 @ 1:56pm
Rating: Four stars.
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.

Arjan
Monday, March 17th, 2008 @ 1:42pm
Rating: Four stars.
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.

CGallo
Sunday, March 16th, 2008 @ 10:36pm
Rating: Five stars.
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

christine
Saturday, March 15th, 2008 @ 10:51pm
Rating: Five stars.
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

Bill Wood
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 @ 1:45am
Rating: Four stars.
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!

suzete h
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 @ 1:51pm
Rating: Four stars.
For the greatest city, for the greatest country, for a new president that will lead us into a hopeful future. I love NY.

Dom Calleja
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 @ 9:46am
Rating: Four stars.
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.

Amaro
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 @ 3:15pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

K2
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 @ 4:47am
Brilliant design, this should show those extremists what for. Suppourt Australian and American troops in Iraq!5 stars do it!

Ewan McGregor
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 @ 4:42am
Yeah, brilliant deign, love it. Its good how you have a memorial site, very symbollic.

Drew Johnston
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 @ 7:28am
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Sid Busch
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 @ 5:38am
Rating: Five stars.
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.

David Cruz
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 @ 9:21pm
Rating: Five stars.
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!!

Alok
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 @ 4:40am
Rating: Four stars.
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.

C.Thompson
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 @ 1:27pm
Rating: Three stars.
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

mark stephens
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 @ 6:06am
Rating: Three stars.
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

Steve Noble
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 @ 12:42pm
Rating: Five stars.
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!

John Holstlaw
Monday, February 18th, 2008 @ 3:01pm
Rating: Three stars.
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. :(

Susan Coleman
Monday, February 18th, 2008 @ 2:07am
Rating: One star.
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.

Sean Frisbey
Saturday, February 16th, 2008 @ 4:27pm
Rating: Four stars.
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!

sergio sandes
Friday, February 15th, 2008 @ 10:10am
Rating: Five stars.
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.

dania
Monday, February 11th, 2008 @ 11:38pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

David Owens Jeffcoat
Sunday, February 10th, 2008 @ 6:24pm
Rating: One star.
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 Cruz
Friday, February 8th, 2008 @ 3:47pm
Rating: Three stars.
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

Steven
Friday, February 8th, 2008 @ 2:15pm
Rating: Three stars.
I think this freedom tower should be the tallest building of the world, beating those in chinna and kuwait and emirates ara

Karen
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 @ 12:37pm
Rating: Four stars.
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.

Pam Hassan
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 @ 10:28am
Rating: Five stars.
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

James NYC
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 @ 5:43pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.......!!!!!!!!

Himanshu Shamsukha
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 @ 5:19pm
Rating: Four stars.
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.

evan
Monday, February 4th, 2008 @ 3:47pm
awsome tower! WTC were great but better to have something than a big hole in the ground!

evan
Monday, February 4th, 2008 @ 3:47pm
awsome tower! WTC were great but better to have something than a big hole in the ground!

D Crepps
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 @ 2:55pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

CoCo
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 @ 11:12am
Rating: One star.
It is a really wonderful building, the design is futuristic. Congratulations to the architect.

George
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 @ 6:13pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Never ForGet
Monday, January 28th, 2008 @ 7:24pm
Rating: Three stars.
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!!!

Yoshinori
Sunday, January 27th, 2008 @ 2:07pm
Rating: Four stars.
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.

sam
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 @ 12:10pm
Rating: One star.
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.

Isabelle
Monday, January 21st, 2008 @ 1:32pm
Rating: Five stars.
wow too beautiful and the new name have a great signification...God bless the new tower...

ty
Monday, January 21st, 2008 @ 12:15pm
i believe that the new freedom tower is a nice new fresh start for not only NYC but also america, if we were to rebuild the twin towers i dont think it would be the same, it would be just dumb, the freedom towers represent what america stands for FREEDOM

trevor
Sunday, January 20th, 2008 @ 7:52pm
Rating: Four stars.
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...

DESIGN
Sunday, January 20th, 2008 @ 5:24pm
Rating: Two stars.
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.

Ericson
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 @ 2:44pm
Rating: Five stars.
The Freedom Tower, and the new strutures around it are beautiful.This tower will remind us of those who died that day. Sept 2001

student
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 @ 1:15pm
Rating: Five stars.
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 @ 1:08pm
Rating: Five stars.
wow want can i say the freedom tower is going to a beuitful sight but it can never replace the twin towers

Jake
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 @ 5:44am
Rating: Five stars.
really nice building. could be very special to america. nyc is my 2d favourite city in the world well done!

bobby
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 @ 5:46pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Dennis
Friday, January 4th, 2008 @ 4:46pm
Rating: Four stars.
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

Adamjay
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 @ 12:51pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

mickey
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 @ 2:07am
Rating: Four stars.
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

Alexander
Monday, December 31st, 2007 @ 8:00pm
Rating: Four stars.
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

Kenneth Brown
Saturday, December 29th, 2007 @ 7:03pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

kasmir pacana
Saturday, December 15th, 2007 @ 9:44am
I like the new deisign of the freedom tower.It purely symbolize freedom that only come into ur heart. It heights reflect that freedom is gift from God that people in the world must treasure it by enhancing our right to live and do what is right. I salute the people of the United states. Congratulations.

Robert S
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 @ 3:55am
Rating: Five stars.
A beautiful , future building , for a beautiful city !!!

Pat
Thursday, November 29th, 2007 @ 4:04pm
Rating: Five stars.
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!!!

Sonny McCarty & Max Henderson
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 @ 10:13pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Sean Anglin
Saturday, November 24th, 2007 @ 7:24pm
Rating: Five stars.
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!!

Eric
Friday, November 23rd, 2007 @ 11:43am
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Josh Jaggers
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 @ 5:21am
Rating: Five stars.
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!

mokie
Monday, November 12th, 2007 @ 9:49am
Rating: Four stars.
This is great design, but it needs to be taller for sure. We should keep NYC alive,free, and strong as it should be.

Bill Anderson
Sunday, November 11th, 2007 @ 1:31pm
Rating: Four stars.
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 !!

Danielle
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 @ 1:20pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

billy
Friday, November 2nd, 2007 @ 11:36am
Rating: Five stars.
the freedom tower will be amazing,in the greatest city in the world.

tater
Thursday, November 1st, 2007 @ 1:56pm
Rating: Five stars.
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

jp
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 @ 7:44pm
Rating: Four stars.
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.

Patrick
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 @ 2:38am
Rating: Three stars.
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.

david
Monday, October 29th, 2007 @ 7:01am
Rating: Five stars.
ilove the tower it amazingly shaped and beutiful site to look at just pure fabulasous. brillant!

Stephen Gair
Saturday, October 27th, 2007 @ 9:17pm
Rating: Five stars.
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!

Karen
Thursday, October 25th, 2007 @ 5:50pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

alex
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 @ 3:32pm
Rating: Five stars.
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

Anthony Matthews
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 @ 3:51pm
Rating: Five stars.
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

kelly
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 @ 3:27pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Christian
Sunday, October 14th, 2007 @ 8:31am
Rating: Two stars.
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.

Anchal
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 @ 5:01pm
Rating: Five stars.
This luks amazing...i love the name FREEDOM TOWER. The way its designed really pays a homage to the twin towers.

andy bob
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 @ 12:52pm
Rating: Five stars.
I love the freedom tower it is a beautiful monument to the victims of 9/11.

D. Rouze
Friday, August 24th, 2007 @ 12:25am
Rating: Five stars.
It stands for the oneness that we have since the attack...Rock on America..

clark
Sunday, August 19th, 2007 @ 9:43pm
Rating: Five stars.
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

George Baritakis
Thursday, August 16th, 2007 @ 10:50pm
Rating: Three stars.
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.

Andre carlo Saenz
Thursday, August 9th, 2007 @ 10:19pm
Rating: Four stars.
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?

Adam Cairns
Monday, July 30th, 2007 @ 4:30pm
Rating: Three stars.
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.

efren m. cabutaje
Sunday, July 29th, 2007 @ 5:37am
Rating: Four stars.
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.

Hector
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 @ 7:48pm
Rating: Five stars.
WOW no other way to show THE AMERICAN FORM OF BONDING, FAITH and HOPE!!!!

Rickey
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 @ 1:29pm
Rating: Four stars.
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. :)

Sarah Evans
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 @ 11:49am
Rating: Five stars.
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!

Cliff and Eric
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 @ 6:19pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.....

chris
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 @ 1:31pm
Rating: Five stars.
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

Vasilios Stratis
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 @ 9:43am
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Jorge
Monday, July 23rd, 2007 @ 10:20pm
Rating: One star.
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.

Dave
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 @ 8:37pm
Rating: Three stars.
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

ryan
Thursday, July 19th, 2007 @ 7:14pm
Rating: Four stars.
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 12th, 2007 @ 2:07pm
Rating: Five stars.
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.

Anthony
Monday, July 2nd, 2007 @ 11:52am
Rating: Five stars.
I can not wait too see the new towers they will look alsome and i hope this never happens again.

Robby Wezer
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007 @ 12:32am
Rating: Two stars.
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.

David
Friday, June 22nd, 2007 @ 6:48am
Rating: Five stars.
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!

athena popolopolis
Saturday, June 16th, 2007 @ 9:53pm
Rating: One star.
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.

Steve
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 @ 2:38pm
Rating: Four stars.
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.

Arhitect Raheel King
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 @ 7:34am
Rating: Five stars.
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

Beth
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 @ 9:40am
Rating: Two stars.
If the Freedom Tower is ever going to live up to it’s lofty and romanticized expectations of symbolizing our freedom and proudly announcing our resilient defiance of terrorism to an ever-scrutinizing world in the midst of memorializing victims (deep breath), then this building needs to be special. You cannot merely assign these ideals and virtues to a raw, new building, but they can be evoked and engendered over time with a truly remarkable, bold, vibrant, and fresh design. I’m no architect, but take a good look at this design. Do you find yourself marveling in awe of a majestic pedestal, a centerpiece to one of the world’s most beloved cities, quickly ushering in your friends to see a work of art? Personally, I see something common, standing awkwardly in mediocrity, watered down by years of bickering and delays like an featureless stalagmite: the classless observation deck of Las Vegas, the visible spire supports of yesteryear, the sliced edges of all new skyscrapers. The new Freedom Tower lacks vision; it lacks unprecedented ingenuity and ominous construction “impossibilities”; it lacks the manifestation of architectural genius. The Freedom Tower should symbolize what it is, a fresh, pure and virgin start. Rebuilding the twin towers would be to erect a ghost, haunting the world with whispers of defeat and denial. This is New York City people: one, if not THE birthplace of skyscrapers from which the term "skyline" developed. Places like Dubai and Kuala Lumpur (Petronas Towers) are merely responding to our precedent, yet they have surpassed us profoundly. The Freedom Tower should be the tallest building in the world, it should move us. This building doesn’t move me, and it should. It has a responsibility to the people who lost their lives, as well as every American to be special, and it simply is not.

Alex
Monday, May 28th, 2007 @ 2:18pm
Rating: Five stars.
I saw the towers come down, and for me there can no better fitting tribute to my fellow New Yorkers who lost their lives, and a tribute to the year 1776, which embodies all this great nation stand for, Freedom, Liberty and Justice, all those for which the founding fathers stood for. The Towers will rise again, but the evil that commited the attacks will fall.LONG LIVE AMERICA!

sanjay patel
Sunday, May 27th, 2007 @ 1:38am
Rating: Five stars.
all these buildings are mind blowing. realy it is the proud of nation

Hannu Kukkonen
Saturday, May 26th, 2007 @ 3:08pm
The freedom tower is best tower on the NY skyline (but twins are still in our hearts). God bless America and the world.

sandra
Friday, May 25th, 2007 @ 2:09pm
Rating: Five stars.
I pray every night for all that we lost that day ,and i like what ever we do, god bless american and to all the loved ones we lost that day .

Michael Castaldo Jr
Thursday, May 24th, 2007 @ 1:28pm
Rating: Five stars.
September 11 2001 Was a day for me that ripped the soul right from my heart what we have too realize here is not a building going up in its place. But a place in all living human beings minds too realize that Freedom must never be forsaken and that the love and unity must never be forgotten after that tragic day too me this is what symbolizes Mandkind......True we must never forget the loss we all suffered and i feel the loss of those familys too this day iam 41 now and i can never escape the horror of that day ...... GOD BLESS ALL WHO SUFFERED AND ARE STILL SUFFERING...

Lewis
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 @ 2:13pm
Rating: Four stars.
I think there needs to be a second freedom tower diagonal from the freedom tower they are constructing and call it liberty tower.In order to make room for the second tower the would have elliminate greenwich street from the site because nobody really cares about the street grid returning to ground zero. And you could still have the memorial footprints next to the two freedom towers.I gave the present freedom tower design 4 out 5 because i dont like the way it gets thinner in width towards top.If David Childs made the design of the freedom as wide as it is at the base it would look more rectangular in shape and more the original twin towers in sillouette.

Marco Aurelio
Monday, May 21st, 2007 @ 9:55pm
I was there when it happened, I am also a New Yorker at heart, a beutiful gift to a beautiful city.God bless the USA.

toren
Monday, May 21st, 2007 @ 10:48am
Rating: Five stars.
I like the tower a lot. Much better than before.

Christine
Thursday, May 17th, 2007 @ 3:23pm
Rating: Five stars.
As I watched the twin towers collapse into dust I turned to my 14 year old son and I said to him, "Now everything we know will be changing." And I was right. Things in the world have changed dramatically all because of a horrific scheme boiled up in the mind of an uncaring and homicidal madman. The world is an angrier place the world is a more dangerous place. I hope to one day visit the freedom tower and go to the top of the observation deck and look out onto a landscape of peace and security. We visit New York City and the hollow spot in the sky that once held the mighty towers always fills me with the deepest and most profound sadness. Sadness for the world and the cruelty that can so easily be inflicted on our fellow man.Freedom does ring, though...I can hear it if I listen closely enough.God Bless us all.

Joe
Monday, May 14th, 2007 @ 7:56am
A true memorial to victims and survivors of the 911 tragedy would be to build the Freedom Tower to a height that would numerically symbolize the date of the tragedy with a total height of 2911 feet: 2001 feet of vertical occupancy space, and the remaining 911 feet reserved for the antennae. This value would certainly ensure that the 911 tragedy is never forgotten and hopefully a wakeup call for us to never allow it to happen again. In addition, building the Freedom Tower to 2911 feet would make it the tallest building in the world, surpassing the Burj Dubai’s 2651 foot tower by 260 feet. While I appreciate the gesture to numerically symbolize the Freedom Tower’s current height limit of 1776 in association with our nation’s foundational freedom, it should be noted that 911 was also the one event that forever changed many of our individual rights and freedoms, some of which we lost. Hence, even the name “Freedom Tower” doesn’t seem relevant? “What about the name “Liberty Tower” since we have a statue and a bell why not a building?

Beth
Sunday, May 13th, 2007 @ 10:32am
Rating: Four stars.
My family and I pray for your losses, and are al totally for the new design. xx

Gabby
Saturday, May 12th, 2007 @ 12:43pm
Rating: Five stars.
Visited NY for the second time in January, and did visit ground zero, My self and my husband both said it is such a sad place to visit as you know what the people of NY have gone through, The Freedom Tower is a new symbol, that America and the World will never give in to acts of terrorism

Daniel B
Thursday, May 10th, 2007 @ 9:04am
Bless NY! We pray for your people

Sheila A Manis
Thursday, May 10th, 2007 @ 12:04am
Rating: One star.
There is a gaping hole in lower Manhattan which one tower can not fill. The wtc should be built as it was before, with necessary structural enforcements. Anything less is defeat of our spirit. There are three things that must always be in the lower Manhattan skyline to welcome all: the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge and the World Trade Towers.Build them up again. It is time.

Lou
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 @ 11:25am
Rating: Three stars.
The more I read about and see plans for the Chicago Spire, the tower in Las vegas and the construction of Burj Dubai, the less I like the Freedom Tower. What a joke! These other buildings put the height and design of the Freedom tower to shame.Because of what happened in New York, the freedom tower should outclass and out do ANY building in the world or USA.If 1776 is SO important, make the Roof 1776 feet tall, NOT the spire!

Danny
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 @ 3:13pm
Rating: Five stars.
A marvelous structure that will be a huge testament to the resolve of New York City.

EMILIO
Saturday, May 5th, 2007 @ 8:39am
Rating: Five stars.
I would like the twin towers build again because the new generation firstly would see the magnificence and secondly could visit them and feel the emotions I had when I visited, and lastly to demonstrate that the occidental world do not feel frightened.EMILIO

daniel
Saturday, April 28th, 2007 @ 12:04pm
Rating: Five stars.
when the world sees the magnificent beauty of a new tower such as this we will then know that freedom still stands higher than anything on this planet and nothing can stop that. a great building for a great country.

jay
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 @ 7:47pm
Rating: Five stars.
I live in weststreet manhattan just 3 blocks away from former WTC.I strongly agree with many opinions in this web.The freedom tower must be much taller than burj dubai building.If my freedom tower is shorter than any other buildding in the worldI will not happy about this. I look forward to see wonderful the freedom tower in NY.God bless NY and America!!

raymundo rosas
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 @ 1:08am
i live in california but the effects were the same in the whole nation no matter what state you were in it still hurted, love this country and we should make the freedom tower bigger then the burj dubai building and show what usa and the whole north america can do. viva estados unidos y mexico

Alexander
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 @ 11:35pm
Rating: Two stars.
I don't like this design much like others here. It would be better if they built a second one beside it but I would prefer seeing the Twin Towers built again with added security modifications of course.

Liz
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 @ 3:48pm
Rating: Five stars.
This is gorgeous, may it shine for peace for everyone, the whole World. I love its luminescence and strangely angular twist.

derek
Saturday, April 21st, 2007 @ 9:44pm
A look to the future....I like the beam of lightthat shoots to the heavens!Peace on earth,we are all humans enough bloodshed.

Sasha
Friday, April 20th, 2007 @ 7:37pm
Rating: Five stars.
Bless USA! We pray for your people!

justine
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 @ 9:57pm
Rating: Five stars.
5 for beautiful , i am from jersey and experienced this and it was horrible and nothing will ever replace the twin towers but our love for this country will make us stronger. We the Americans make this country what it is <3 and no man will ever tear us apart<3 9-11 forever<3 rip.

krystin
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 @ 8:46am
Rating: Four stars.
It looks like a great design. I like that they want it to look like the twin towers.

Jake
Monday, April 9th, 2007 @ 1:12pm
Rating: Five stars.
I think this tower is awesome, but it should have another one to go with it just like the old ones.

kristen
Sunday, April 8th, 2007 @ 7:41pm
Rating: Five stars.
I think this is going to be the coolest tower ever.

nicolle
Saturday, April 7th, 2007 @ 1:16pm
Rating: Five stars.
i hope this construction will totatly work. i really think this amazing building might help us recoperate what we once lost.sincerely, nicolle

john
Friday, April 6th, 2007 @ 9:56pm
Rating: Three stars.
The best idea what to do in New York is to REBUILD what we lost. Make it stronger and safer -- but the form should be the same. This is not really about the height of the building, at least not in this place, it is about our pride, our symbol, the soul of New York. The new design is good, but it will never be as good as the old one.

Andrea Constable
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 @ 6:07am
Rating: Five stars.
My husband and i visited new york for the first time on 5th March 2007, my thoughts of those who lost their lives on September 11th started as we flew across the ocean, thinking how was it possible for a plane to hit the towers,what must those people have been going through, i was in the same position. on landing i didnt feel the joy i thought i would on being in the USA but an overwhelming feeling of sadness for everyone. Meeting americans and knowing that they were there on that day,they saw the smoke and those who lost loved ones. The drive to the World trade centre, butterflies appeared in my stomach, i would be there in the very spot, i would see the deverstation, how would i cope an emotion rollercoaster all of this even before i was out of the car. GROUND ZERO.. how do you put into words what you see, it was a day in my life i will never ever ever forget, my heart goes out to each and every person whom was affected by the tradgic event. I was very pleased to see the plans for the FREEDOM Tower it brightened up our day and boy something needed to, we have pledged a sum of money to pay for a stone to be laid in memory of those who fell and those who carried on. We WILL return to see the stone and the magnificiant tower. GOD BLESS AMERICA,

Vicki
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 @ 12:34pm
As an Australian who has travelled to her favourite city many times, I still find it very difficult to look at this sacred site after 9/11. The twin towers were an inspiring symbol almost guarding the entire NY city skyline. I feel they should re-build two towers, taller and stronger than ever. It is great to see that a memorial to honour and remember the victims will surround the Freedom tower. One tower just seems out of place in my opinion and we need to show these monsters that they will never win!

Tiffany
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 @ 9:50am
I think that this tower is a waste of money, but on the other hand it is a sign of freedom. I am not really sure what to think!

adrian
Sunday, April 1st, 2007 @ 4:08pm
Rating: Five stars.
A beautiful structure but i do feel that two should be built side ny side so we have the new twin towers in place.nevertheless it is gonna be a remarkable testamony when completed.notice btw how nobody from the islamic world has posted anything.all very quiet from them we see,what a suprise.

Kevin Trosper
Saturday, March 31st, 2007 @ 8:00pm
Rating: Four stars.
This Freedom Tower seems great but It should be bigger and badder than the twins.

Steve
Thursday, March 29th, 2007 @ 7:31pm
Rating: Five stars.
I am very proud of my country,i support the United States army.This will be a great symbol for that day.....9/11. This tower will remind us of those who died that day. I LOVE AMERICA!!!

richard
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 @ 2:50pm
Rating: Two stars.
I like the previous design more than this, more original. I wonder if they considered not building it and just building a garden. After all I think one of the problems with violence is that it stimulates action and response but sometimes it is not necessary to say anything. Just be. Just cry. And admit it hurt and admit that we are all distructable and not try to prove anything else.

Scotty B.
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 @ 7:55am
Rating: Five stars.
I really think this is great because it sybolizes are freedom. we are free and i am proud. so lets show it off. i am doing a project on the freedom tower and i think it is more safe and more advanced than the twin towers. dont get me wrong i will miss the WTC. im from Ohio and i know everybody over here will never forget

Alan Christie
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 @ 9:22am
Rating: Four stars.
What a fitting name and design for such a spectacular monument as a testimony of strength and unity in the face of the evil of terrorism. In the Bible, Jesus said "Fear not for I have overcome the world". God Bless America

John
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 @ 12:57am
Rating: Five stars.
I love the symbolic height of the new tower and its stately and elegant design. I felt the original plan was too "artsy". New York City needs the new tower to be strong and to make an impact like the original twins. This city, to me, is the capital of the world and the Freedom Tower will soon be the financial capital of the world just like the World Trade Center once was. I would like to extend my appreciation to all of the people from around the world who have taken the time to respond. I have enjoyed reading your thoughtful responses and wish you all the best. God bless America and the world

Albert J. Pucciarelli
Saturday, March 17th, 2007 @ 11:00pm
Rating: Two stars.
I think the original Libeskind design, with torque in the bulding shaft and a spire offset to one side, reminiscent of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, was far more interesting and imaginative. A spire atop a vertical box, as was the case with the north tower of the twin towers, always looks like an afterthought, a toothpick on a cube of cheese. Also, the building obviously seeks grandiose height while it seems fearful of using the higher floors for human occupancy. Those "mechanicals" will have the best view. All in all, an obvious compromise on many counts. The iconic stature and origianality of the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building remain unchallenged, even now more than 75 years after they were designed.

Dave
Saturday, March 17th, 2007 @ 11:25am
Rating: Five stars.
yes, its important that this be the biggest most striking tower on the NY skyline.I have visited Ground Zero three times now, and it always brings tears to my eyes.

Dude
Thursday, March 15th, 2007 @ 3:50pm
Rating: Five stars.
I think It is a great idea it shows America and how we stand strong. This will be the best thing to do for America right now.

Andy
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 @ 6:31pm
Rating: Five stars.
the freedom tower is so cool. i like the way it looks.but there should be at least 2 towers to restore the beautiful skyline

phillip wright
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 @ 12:07pm
Rating: Five stars.
I think that it realy good that america is rebuilding where the world trade centre was and the freedon tower looks realy good.

Josh
Friday, March 9th, 2007 @ 8:01pm
Rating: Five stars.
after reading these comments, i am ashamed of all the american citizens. you guys are letting the world know that you are angry at the people who want to build something to those people who died. you guys say that you want the towers built again. that is just like saying "hey terrorists, try this model." the tower should be built as a memorial, not a decaration on the skyline. i say let the tower be built!

Zach
Thursday, March 8th, 2007 @ 6:38pm
Rating: Five stars.
I dont think any building can take the place of the twin towers but if anything is remotly close it is this

lesley berry
Monday, March 5th, 2007 @ 4:28pm
Rating: Five stars.
An awesome sight i hope to see first hand some day. Just looking at it sends my heart a fluttering. So exciting.

cheng
Monday, March 5th, 2007 @ 9:15am
Rating: Four stars.
i think it is meaningful and impressive. The glass prisms will reflect the heartbreaking memories and constantly remind us to stay strong always.

Marin
Sunday, March 4th, 2007 @ 5:57pm
Rating: Five stars.
Freedom tower looks great, but twins are still in our hearts. we remember all the heroes who gave their lives for others.

Alex Maricic
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 @ 8:05pm
Rating: Five stars.
i will always remember the WTC i lived in ny for half my life and now that i look back i remember even more. the new tower looks great but nothing will ever be the same as the old ones

Andrea diovani
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 @ 8:03pm
Rating: Three stars.
The twin towers were amazing even peoples in mi country loved it

Brian
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 @ 7:32pm
Rating: One star.
I think this design is an insult to America and could have been much bigger. It will look like a Garden shed when compared with Burj Dubai when they are both finished.

Jordi
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 @ 7:24pm
Rating: Five stars.
I like this tower. Will be the new symbol of NY, and not lost the WTC the our minds.

stephen lewis
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 @ 4:45pm
Rating: Five stars.
i think its a great way to move forward they will never beat us down good luck and god speed to the U