The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's (CTBUH) height committee has settled a dispute that makes way for 1 World Trade Center to be the tallest building in the U.S., upon its completion in early 2014. The 1,776-ft tower was dubbed the "Freedom Tower" after 9/11, but the building is now known as 1 WTC. Two points were at issue: whether the tower's topmost structure is a spire or an antenna and which of the building's entrances would be the starting point for measuring its height. The committee determined that 1 WTC's spire is a "permanent architectural feature," which qualifies toward the record, while an antennas would not. The committee also determined that 1 WTC's main entrance is the south side facing the 9/11 Memorial plaza.
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