World Trade Centre Reopens For The First Time Since 9/11

Thirteen years after the terrorist attack masterminded by Osama bin Laden in sept. 11 2001 destroyed it, the World Trade Center is back in business.

The new One World Trade Center is a 104-story, $3.9 billion skyscraper, and is America’s tallest building. Some staffers of publishing giant Conde Nast began working at 1 World Trade Center on Monday. The 104-story, $3.9 billion skyscraper dominates the Manhattan skyline. The publishing giant becomes the first commercial tenant in America's tallest building. With construction fences gone and boxes of office equipment in place, the company moved into what Foye called "the most secure office building in America."

It’s the centerpiece of the 16-acre site where the decimated twin towers once stood and where more than 2,700 people died on that faithful day.
“The New York City skyline is whole again, as One World Trade Center takes its place in Lower Manhattan,” said Patrick Foye, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that owns both the building and the World Trade Center site.

He said One World Trade Center “sets new standards of design, construction, prestige and sustainability; the opening of this iconic building is a major milestone in the transformation of Lower Manhattan into a thriving 24/7 neighborhood.” The eight-year construction of the 1,776-foot high skyscraper came after years of political, financial and legal infighting that threatened to derail the project.