1 WTC to Become City's Tallest Next Week

As One World Trade Center inches closer to replacing the Empire State as the tallest building in New York, a newly released time-lapse video documents the building's epic construction, from inception to what it is today in just two minutes.

The video, produced by EarthCam, captures 1 World Trade's historic rise, which is expected to hit a major milestone to surpass the Empire State building's 1,454 feet as early as Monday.



1 World Trade Center is slated to complete construction at the end of 2013 and will stand at 1,776 feet tall.