And it’s official. 1WTC is the tallest building in the Americas.

1 World Trade Center has been designated the tallest building in the U.S. by the Council on Tall Buildings. http://t.co/S7gfctQ3kK

— WNYC (@WNYC) November 12, 2013

The Height Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced that 1WTC supplants the Willis Tower (fka Sears Tower) as tallest in the US. 1,776 ft is the new standard in the US.

Oh, and that’s still about 1,000 feet shorter than the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (2,717 feet).