After years of costly1 delays and political infighting, the crown jewel of the new World Trade Center complex will finally be open for business Monday, welcoming its first wave of workers.
在历经多年代价高昂的延期和政治博弈之后，美国纽约“王冠明珠”建筑新世贸中心终于于本周一正式投入运营，迎来了首批进驻员工。
About 175 employees from anchor
tenant2 and publishing giant Condé Nast -- whose employees include Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter, Vogue's Anna Wintour and the New Yorker's David Remnick -- will move into offices on floors 20 through 44 of the 104-floor "Freedom Tower," officially 1 World Trade Center.
Although they won't have access to the 1,776-foot skyscraper's breathtaking 102nd-floor observation deck before it opens in the spring, the new
tenants3 are happy to be part of lower Manhattan's latest chapter.
"Condé Nast is proud to be a part of this important moment of
renewal4 for the city of New York," said Condé Nast spokeswoman Patti Rockenwagner.
"We are excited about contributing to the
vitality5 of this community for years to come."
Rockenwagner said the 3,400 staffers who are
slated6 to move will not relocate all at once. The company is planning to move in stages from its Times Square offices with plans to fill its new home by the end of February.
"It's a beautiful thing,'' said a construction worker Sunday at the WTC site, where he has
toiled10 or 12 years. "People were
depressed11 from before. Now, they are more happy that they see a positive change.''
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