NEW YORK | Decision to market Freedom Tower as 1 WTC - Page 4

uaarkson · #61 Posted **Dec 17, 2010, 12:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zapatan

I think the name freedom tower should be forgotten forever...not only is it cheesy, tacky and downright stupid, it's not even called that anymore

1WTC it shall always be

it's silly how they think that the fact that it has reached the 52nd floor means its halfway, they have no idea how to measure in feet...

You're getting way too hung up on petty details, as usual.

JACKinBeantown · #62 Posted **Jan 23, 2011, 4:06 AM**

( nevermind )

Zapatan · #63 Posted **Feb 11, 2011, 5:36 PM**

It's not called the Freedom Tower anymore for a reason.

JACKinBeantown · #64 Posted **Feb 11, 2011, 9:21 PM**

Yes, please make all updates including the correct name.

Upward · #65 Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 5:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by photolitherland

Freedom Tower just sounds so redneck and republican.

I agree. For some reason, a lot of people who would also agree are somehow unaware of the name change. Perhaps various media outlets just started referring to it as One World Trade Center, without explicitly announcing the name change, and most people haven't noticed since most people aren't skyscraper nerds who actively seek this kind of information.

On the other hand, I haven't encountered anyone who prefers to call it the Freedom Tower and is convinced the name change means Obama is a socialist, but I'm sure such a person exists.

kool maudit · #66 Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 5:54 PM**

it was a silly name reflecting a juvenile, comic-book sensibility concerning world affairs and the role of america.

Alliance · #67 Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 6:56 PM**

To me, its confusing why 1 WTC was ever marketed as "Freedom Tower"

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #68 Posted **Feb 25, 2011, 4:12 PM**

ive never understood the opposition to the name "Freedom Tower". in reality its a nickname, like SWFC being called the can opener or the GE bldg being called the slab.

Modulair · #69 Posted **Jun 2, 2012, 9:20 PM**

oh by the way, i had a question to all of you who live in new york:

Do new-yorkers call that new skyscraper "Tower one of the world trade center", or "freedom tower" ???

i mean, when you go to chicago, you notice that the tallest skyscraper is called 'willis tower' since 2009 but EVERYONE says 'sears tower' in chicago..

so i wanted to know what is the point of view of new yorkers...

Many buildings in the world have an official name but also a actual name used by people : The famous example is the 'gherkin' in london, although its official name is 'st mary axe'...

Is it the same for "freedom tower" ?

Hudson11 · #70 Posted **Jun 2, 2012, 9:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by Modulair

oh by the way, i had a question to all of you who live in new york:

Do new-yorkers call that new skyscraper "Tower one of the world trade center", or "freedom tower" ???

i usually hear freedom tower or 1 world trade.

NewYorkDominates · #71 Posted **Jun 2, 2012, 9:51 PM**

^I hear Trade Center

Yankee fan for life · #72 Posted **Jun 2, 2012, 10:05 PM**

Freedom tower.

castellammare · #73 Posted **Jun 2, 2012, 10:17 PM**

^I hear/say One World Trade.

Roadcruiser1 · #74 Posted **Jun 2, 2012, 11:10 PM**

I am a New Yorker and me and other New Yorkers living in New York City call her One World Trade Center. That is her name.

BillyBoy · #75 Posted **Jun 2, 2012, 11:50 PM**

I'm a New Yorker and more people than I'd like to think still call it The Freedom Tower and I'm always correcting them.

Gabedamien · #76 Posted **Jun 3, 2012, 1:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by Modulair

oh by the way, i had a question to all of you who live in new york:

Do new-yorkers call that new skyscraper "Tower one of the world trade center", or "freedom tower" ???...

I hear both.

NYC GUY · #77 Posted **Jun 3, 2012, 3:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by Modulair

oh by the way, i had a question to all of you who live in new york:

Do new-yorkers call that new skyscraper "Tower one of the world trade center", or "freedom tower" ???

i mean, when you go to chicago, you notice that the tallest skyscraper is called 'willis tower' since 2009 but EVERYONE says 'sears tower' in chicago..

so i wanted to know what is the point of view of new yorkers...

Many buildings in the world have an official name but also a actual name used by people : The famous example is the 'gherkin' in london, although its official name is 'st mary axe'...

Is it the same for "freedom tower" ?

At least 80% of the people I've spoken to about it call it the Freedom Tower. Even some of the news stations call it the Freedom Tower.

RockMont · #78 Posted **Aug 27, 2012, 1:58 PM**

After the name 'Freedom Tower' had been rendered unofficial a while back, I found it interesting, in that Panthers vs Jets preseason football game last night, that Al Michaels of NBC, still referred to it as such, while showing it on television, during the game.

NYGrail · #79 Posted **Aug 27, 2012, 2:22 PM**

You're correct--they actually called it that every time the camera panned it. Not one mention of "World Trade Center" at all. I find that New Yorkers have become comfortable calling it the new world trade center, but I wonder if outside the area it's still universally "Freedom Tower."

jd3189 · #80 Posted **Aug 27, 2012, 2:30 PM**

It might as well evolve into a nickname.