Revised Design for the Freedom Tower

Governor George E. Pataki, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, World Trade Center developer Larry A. Silverstein and architect David Childs today released the revised design for the Freedom Tower, the first office tower to be rebuilt on the World Trade Center site.

As with the original design, the Freedom Tower will soar to 1,776 feet in the sky and serve as an inspirational and enduring beacon in the New York City skyline.

The Tower's design evokes classic New York skyscrapers in its elegance and symmetry while also referencing the torch of the Statue of Liberty.

The revised Freedom Tower builds upon the original's extraordinary level of life safety features and will include other features that will make it unprecedented in terms of life safety and security.

In addition, the Freedom Tower will further its distinction as 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.

Governor Pataki said, "Together we faced