Official 11 Year Time-Lapse Movie of One World Trade Center

Update: Watch EarthCam's latest September 2021 release here:
"EarthCam Premieres 20 Year 9/11 Anniversary Time-Lapse Film, ‘Never Forgotten’
Documenting two decades of the rescue, recovery and rebuilding at the World Trade Center site"

In recognition of the opening of One World Observatory in New York City, we have released a special edition of our One World Trade Center video. Watch and share this commemorative time-lapse showing the building progress from October 2004 to Memorial Day 2015. Over the past 11 years, EarthCam’s construction cameras captured hundreds of thousands of high definition images and our Creative Team hand-edited the footage to create this exclusive movie.

Produced and Directed by Brian Cury, EarthCam's CEO & Founder, "It's our mission to continue to document this for future generations, so people can see what it took to rebuild these important 16 acres."

[earthcam]

EarthCam just announced an updated 20 year anniversary time-lapse, 'Never Forgotten' featuring millions of new images. Watch it here:

[crayoneater.]

Props to the guy standing there recording this for 11 years

[WawamuStats]

Can we just appreciate the fact that this video took over a decade to complete.

[blackskullx]

Imagine the cameraman sitting there and sippin coffee for 11 years and at last realizes he never pressed the record button.

[starpawsy]

Four years ago when my cancer was diagnosed as terminal, I went through all of my saved souvenirs and found one from August 1981. A ticket to the top of the original WTC. Four years later I am still alive (long story), and hoping to get a ticket from this one one day.

[pugz]

11 years later:
“Uhm, guys, I forgot to hit record.”

[jaredvirasami]

I was lucky enough to grow up in nyc where my dad would drive me everyday to school and the tower would slowly build

[heiloloheimir]

“I’ve been doing a little building off camera”

[TheGrades]

I've lived in New York for 11 years. I moved here when cranes were still working on One World Trade, but I've gotta say, every time I see that building I feel a little bit of awe. It's a beautiful thing.

[aliahsraf]

Imagine waiting 11 years to find out that you didn't hit record

[maximilian_garay]

Props to the guy who recorded this for 11 years straight without sleeping 😱

[nighter]

11 years of time lapse
"oh sorry it wasn't recording"

[Bhuvan_MS]

Dude is an epitome of patience. Making of timelapse of 11 years isn't as easy as it seems.

[sheepboi]

Props to the cameraman for flying and standing still for a few years. Give him a raise. Edit: I didn't know somebody else made a comment like this one, so i didn't copy it.

[KarterGR]

Shoutout to the camera man who stayed there for 11 years just to film the building being built. What a legend.

[jway_tv]

Did anyone else just randomly get this recommended

[ScottRandolph-dddr]

❤ greetings from coastal Mississippi. I lost friends on 9/11/01. North Tower, Windows On the World and Marriott Hotel. I have been to the 911 Memorial many times. That is Sacred ground. May we Always Remember, Never Forget ❤

[abhinavsingh-scve]

Did anyone else notice that there was no night during those 11 years.

[ihavetowaitdaystochangem]

Why did it took 11 years to build? Just use Creative mode

[its_north]

1:32 lol the cranes are like: “Ok, now what?”