Tallest Tower Title Returning to Lower Manhattan

By Monday, the rising steel frame of the new One World Trade Center is expected to surpass the Empire State Building in height. When completed, at 1,776-feet and 104 floors, the new skyscraper will be 408 feet taller than the Twin Towers previously occupying the site (a 408-foot broadcast antenna will top the structure). The new building will also surpass the 1,451-foot Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in Chicago to become the tallest in the Western Hemisphere. The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, at 2,717 feet.