Mr. Carpenter's architectural design work includes the facade of the new 7 World Trade Center tower in New York and the renovation of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, completed in 2010.

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Trump properties include Trump Place and Trump World Tower in New York City, the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza and Trump Marina casinos, as well as a number of golf courses and office buildings.

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One of the most thriving neighborhoods, in fact, is the area near the World Trade Center, where a new, taller tower is nearly complete.

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It is located one block west of the new 104-storey One World Trade Center (also known as the Freedom Tower).

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People now have more money to spend, and some of them go to the new Shangri-La-run hotel at the top of the China World Tower, Beijing's tallest building.

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Walking to a meeting in the financial district past the Freedom Tower built on the site of the World Trade Centre, New York seemed quieter than usual.

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But it's been nothing like the horrendous process of designing the structure now being called the Freedom Tower, the edifice that will stand on the site of New York City's former World Trade Center.

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When the new Freedom Tower is complete in lower Manhattan, it will be one of the top five tallest buildings in the world with a total peak height of 1, 776 feet.

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