Revised WTC Freedom Tower Design Unveiled

[Dan Murphy]

<p>A new design for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site slopes
gracefully into a spire rising 1,776 feet, echoing the Statue of Liberty, images
released Friday show.</p>
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news story</a></b></p>
<p><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" alt="Image: Freedom Tower design" hspace="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/031219/031219_wtc_hlrg_7a.hlarge.jpg" border="0" width="519" height="273"></p>
<p><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/ts/121903freedomtower&a=&tmpl=sl&ns=&l=0&e=5&a=0"><img alt=" Click For Small photo" src="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20031219/i/r1577279213.jpg" border="1" width="342" height="450"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/ts/121903freedomtower&a=&tmpl=sl&ns=&l=0&e=12&a=0"><img alt=" Click For Small photo" src="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20031219/i/r3417080362.jpg" border="1" width="409" height="410"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/ts/121903freedomtower&a=&tmpl=sl&ns=&l=0&e=13&a=0"><img alt=" Click For Small photo" src="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20031219/i/r1362624874.jpg" border="1" width="410" height="410"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/ts/121903freedomtower&a=&tmpl=sl&ns=&l=0&e=15&a=0"><img alt=" Click For Small photo" src="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20031219/i/r1954178661.jpg" border="1" width="410" height="205"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=events/ts/121903freedomtower&a=&tmpl=sl&ns=&l=0&e=16&a=0"><img alt=" Click For Small photo" src="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20031219/i/r3702683542.jpg" border="1" width="369" height="450"></a></p>

We owe it to the heroes who died on Sept. 11 and we owe it as an expression of our confidence in the future to have this soaring tribute to the memory of the heroes we lost and to freedom--Gov. George Pataki

 

[maci]

It looks beautiful!!!!

 

[Melora]

Hubby showed me this story this morning.. how beautiful!! It should take 4 years to build.

 

[Aurora63]

I am very glad to see this new design. It is so much better than anything else that was proposed. It is truly beautiful, and a fitting tribute to those who died there.

 

[Laura]

Thanks for the photos, Dan! I'm looking forward to visiting NYC someday and seeing it for myself.

 

[joeokw]

What I have been reading the WHOLE complex ie Freedom Tower, the memorial, other office buildings, hotels, stores. and the rest of project will take over 10 years to build