SIGHTSEEING TOUR TO THE FUTURE FREEDOM TOWER IN NEW YORK

SIGHTSEEING TOUR TO THE FUTURE FREEDOM TOWER IN NEW YORK

After the terrible events of 911, the area occupied once by the Twin Towers will house the New Freedom Tower.

The Freedom Tower will be featured by an extraordinary level of life safety features and will include other features that will make it very special in terms of life safety and security. In addition, the Freedom Tower will be a world-class model of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.

Still located on the northwest corner of the World Trade Center site, the revised Freedom Tower features a cubic base, rather than a parallelogram as originally conceived, and is set back further from West Street – to an average of 90 feet. As part of the new design, the tower’s footprint, measuring 200 feet by 200 feet, is the same size as the footprints of the original Twin Towers.

A mast containing an antenna for the Metropolitan Television Alliance (MTVA), designed by a collaboration of architects, artists, lighting designers and engineers, and secured by a system of cables, rises from a circular support ring, similar to Liberty’s torch, to a height of 1,776 feet. In keeping with the original design, the entire composition evokes the Statue of Liberty’s torch and will emit light, becoming its own Beacon of Freedom.

The Freedom Tower will keep some elements of the original, including 2.6 million-square feet of office space, tenant amenity spaces, an observation deck, world-class restaurants. The design also provides for below-grade shopping and access to the PATH and subway trains, as well as the World Financial Center.