Above, the dethroned Willis Tower (center), formerly known as the Sears Tower. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
One World Trade Center in New York City has been named the nation's tallest building, according to an article in the Japan Times.
According to the article:
NEW YORK – They set out to build the tallest skyscraper in the world — a giant that would rise a symbolic 1,776 feet from the ashes of ground zero.
Those aspirations of global supremacy fell by the wayside long ago, but New York won a consolation prize Tuesday when an international architectural panel said it would recognize One World Trade Center — at 541 meters high — as the tallest skyscraper in the United States.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, considered a world authority on supersized skyscrapers, announced its decision at simultaneous news conferences in New York and Chicago, home to the 442.26-meter Willis Tower, which is being dethroned as the nation’s tallest building.
Measuring the height of a building would seem to be a simple thing, but in the case of the new World Trade Center tower it is complicated by the 124.36-meter-tall needle atop the skyscraper’s roof.I tend to agree with those who say that a needle or antenna should not be counted when measuring the height of a building. But that is not my decision.
One World Trade Center, also known as "The Freedom Tower," is a beautiful building. I'll give it that.
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