Freedom Tower to replace Twin Towers
The plan for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Centre which comes after months of contentious negotiations between designers Daniel Libeskind and David Childs retains many elements of Libeskind's original plan but appears to smooth out its most angular elements.
"We owe it to the heroes who died on September 11 and 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," Governor George Pataki said.
