One World Trade Center (and the Observatory within) is located in Lower Manhattan, which is easily the most wheelchair accessible part of this New York City borough. One World Observatory offers views of New York City’s iconic sights, surrounding waters and skyline. The Observatory is located on the 100th, 101st and 102nd floors of One World Trade Center.
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On May 10, 2013, the final piece of the spire was lifted to the top of One World Trade Center, bringing the tower to its full height of 1,776 (does this number ring a bell for my fellow Americans?) feet, and making it the fourth-tallest building in the world at the time. One World Trade Center’s steel structure topped out at the nominal 104th floor, with a total height of 1,368 feet (417 m), in August 2012. The proposals were part of a larger plan to memorialize the September 11 attacks and rebuild the complex.
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There were proposals for its reconstruction almost immediately, and by 2002, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation had organized a competition to determine how to use the site. The building’s architect is David Childs, whose firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) also designed the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (which I have also visited) and the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower in Chicago). Following the destruction of the original World Trade Center, there was debate regarding the future of the World Trade Center site. The new skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the 16-acre World Trade Center site, on the site of the original 6 World Trade Center. The supertall structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. One WTC is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest in the world. One World Trade Center (WTC) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The entire experience of visiting the One World Observatory on the 102nd floor is fully wheelchair accessible, and this is what the experience will be like for wheelchair users.
I am a veteran who served on 9/11, and being inside the building that stands as both a testament to American resiliency and a tribute to victims, rescue workers, and their families was really special. But visiting the top of One World Trade Center, also known as Freedom Tower, was different. I have always enjoyed visiting skyscrapers, and especially to an observation deck at the top in a high-speed elevator.
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