One World Trade Center

Passengers disembark a ferry from the Statue of Liberty in front of One World Trade Center and the New York skyline in Jersey City, New Jersey.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Sunlight breaks through overcast skies to hit One World Trade Center and Lower Manhattan from a ferry near the Statue of Liberty.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Views of One World Trade Center from the north and southwest in Lower Manhattan.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The fins of Santiago Calatrava’s PATH station under construction are visible near One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

One World Trade Center and the New York skyline from Jersey City, New Jersey.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

An American flag flies from a ferry in the Hudson River over One World Trade Center and the New York skyline.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Fading light strikes One World Trade Center differently before and after sunset from Jersey City.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

A woman feeds her baby on a ferry to the Statue of Liberty in front of One World Trade Center and the New York skyline.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Tourists view One World Trade Center and the New York skyline from the Statue of Liberty.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Hudson River ferries churn the water in front of One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Dusk falls on One World Trade Center from Jersey City. A memorial on the shoreline includes bent steel from the original Twin Towers.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

One World Trade Center viewed from Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

A worker polishes the east entrance to One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

One World Trade Center reflected in the new 4WTC, behind a subway entrance, and as the backdrop to a pickup basketball game on West Street.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

One World Trade Center appears to rise to a point behind a construction fence.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The September 11 Memorial and Museum in front of the new One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The morning sun breaks through Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center site. The new 4WTC is at left.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Wind blows a spray from the waterfalls onto the North Pool wall at the September 11 Memorial near One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

One World Trade Center and it’s reflective glass base rise behind the September 11 Memorial pools.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Glass panels near the base of One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The lobby of One World Trade Center under construction.

A view south to the Statue of Liberty from the 63rd floor of One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

A diagram shows varying octagonal floor plans of One World Trade Center as the building rises and the shape changes.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

An open expanse on the unfinished 63rd floor of One World Trade Center shows the Hudson River and Manhattan.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

A view of Manhattan and the Empire State Building from a top floor of One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

A hot dog vendor in Lower Manhattan has a view of One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The September 11 Memorial pools glow at night at the World Trade Center site.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The rising sun hits One World Trade Center and Lower Manhattan behind the Brooklyn Bridge.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The rising sun hits One World Trade Center behind the Brooklyn Bridge.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

A man works on the Brooklyn Bridge in front of One World Trade Center.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The lobby of the September 11 Museum includes massive tridents from the original World Trade Center buildings and a view out to the new 1WTC.

People wander through the September 11 Museum at the World Trade Center site.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Mangled steel hangs above the points where original columns were drilled into bedrock inside the September 11 Museum at the World Trade Center site.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

A wall reflects people’s memories of the color of the sky on 9/11 inside the September 11 Museum at the World Trade Center site.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The footprints of the original buildings are outlined by the points where their steel columns met bedrock inside the September 11 Museum at the World Trade Center site in New York. Inside these walls are most of the museum’s collections about that day.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

A mangled FDNY firetruck inside the September 11 Museum.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The original slurry wall that holds back the Hudson River is visible inside the September 11 Museum. At center is the “Last Column,” a piece of steel that remained inside the site during relief efforts where rescue workers left memorial messages.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

One World Trade Center is reflected in Liberty Plaza.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

A couple smiles in front of One World Trade Center and the New York skyline.  (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)