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New WTC Tower Declared Tallest US Building

CHICAGO — The new World Trade Center tower in New York will replace Chicago’s Willis Tower as the nation’s tallest building when it is completed next year, an international panel of architects announced Tuesday.

Publication New York Post
Date 2013-11-12
Author Associated Press

World Trade Center Back on Top

Skyscraper Council Affirms 1,776-Foot Measurement; Willis Tower to No. 2

Publication Wall Street Journal
Date 2013-11-12
Author Eliot Brown

By a Spire, Manhattan Regains a Title From Chicago

1 World Trade Center Is Ruled Tallest Building in the U.S.

Publication New York Times
Date 2013-11-12
Author Patrick McGeehan and Charles V. Bagli

New WTC is Finally Beaming

Lower Manhattan residents were awestruck Friday night as the bright lights atop 1 World Trade Center were switched on in a test for the first time.

Publication New York Post
Date 2013-11-09
Author Kenneth Garger

Chicago Contending if One World Trade Center Rises Above Second City's Willis Tower on a Technicality

With the imminent completion of 1 World Trade Center, the logical question arises: is it bigger than the Willis Tower in Chicago.

Publication NY Daily News
Date 2013-11-08
Author Larry McShane
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