“It’s a great tribute to America to see this.”<br /><br /> The words of a worker moving into the One World Trade Center on its first day of business, dominating the site where the Twin Towers stood before the September 11 attacks.<br /><br /> Publisher Condé Nast is the first commercial tenant.<br /><br /> “This is a terrific day for lower Manhattan, a wonderful day for New York City and an absolutely great day for Condé Nast,” said the firm’s CEO Charles Townsend.<br /><br /> Some 104 storeys high, the One World Trade Centre is the tallest building in the US.<br /><br /> By early next year Condé Nast, whose publications include Vanity Fair, will have more than 3,000 employees in the tower, said to be almost 60 percent leased.<br /><br /> Monday was an emotional day for many in New York. Over 2,700 people perished when hijacked planes slammed into the original World Trade Centre in 2001.<br /><br /> Its replacement, which has risen from the rubble at a cost of more than 3 billion euros, has been hailed as ‘the most secure office building in America’.
