the new world trade center was completed on april 27, 2006.
when was the new world trade center completed?
april 27, 2006
after years of delay and controversy, reconstruction at the world trade center site started. the new complex includes one world trade center, 3 world trade center, 4 world trade center, 7 world trade center, and one other high-rise office building being planned at 2 world trade center. the new world trade center complex also includes a museum and memorial, and a transportation hub building that is similar in size to grand central terminal. 7 world trade center opened on may 23, 2006, making it the first of five skyscrapers to have been completed in the world trade center complex. 4 world trade center, the first building completed as part of the site's master plan, opened on november 12, 2013. the national september 11 memorial opened on september 11, 2011, while the museum opened on may 21, 2014. one world trade center was opened on november 3, 2014. the world trade center transportation hub opened to the public on march 4, 2016, and 3 world trade center opened on june 11, 2018. 2 world trade center's full construction was placed on hold in 2009, with a new design announced in 2015.
world trade center (2001–present)
one world trade center began construction in 2006 as the lead building of the new world trade center complex; upon its topping out in may 2013, the skyscraper surpassed the willis tower to become the tallest building in the united states. one world trade center is part of the redevelopment of the world trade center, which also includes the 3 world trade center, the 4 world trade center, the 7 world trade center and one partly-constructed on-hold building: the 2 world trade center.
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