The New World Trade Center: More than halfway there!

(One World Trade Center, near left, taken in late January, 2011)

Well, it took forever to cease the squabbling and combative negotiations and finally get this thing going, but the main building that will replace the destroyed World Trade Center Twin Towers has now reached the 56th floor (of an eventual 105 floors).  It is now known as "One World Trade Center," as the Port Authority rather quietly "retired" the initial name of the building, which was "The Freedom Tower".  It will be (symbolically) 1776 feet tall and will be the tallest building in the U.S.

From the looks of the architectural drawings, it should be quite a grand building--and a fitting replacement for the iconic Twin Towers. It's hard to believe that this fall will mark the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, isn't it?