What does it take for an office move make international headlines?  When Conde Nast, the grande dame of fashion publishing worldwide ( think legendary titles like Vogue, Glamour, Brides and Allure) becomes the first tenant to move into  One World Trade Center.   

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Photographers and reporters waited on the street Monday, November 3, 2014  as Conde Nast employees began arriving at their new offices. The move comes  13 years after the attacks on the World Trade Center killed 2,700 people and reduced the twin towers to smoldering rubble. Conde Nast's change of address signaled to the world that the WTC is open again. The 104-story skyscraper is America's tallest building.  It cost $3.9 billion and took eight years to build. The  Center dominates Manhattan's break-taking skyline, just like Conde Nast award-winning titles are considered the most influential and  slick magazines in the world read by the famous, wealthy and elite.

Brides Magazine

For more than half a century brides-to-be have turned to the pages of Brides Magazine, a monthly Conde Nast publication.  They pour over the pages of  beautifully photographed wedding dresses.  Beyond finding the dress of their dreams, Brides readers get expert advice from photographs and articles on wedding shoes and other accessories, attire for the entire bridal party part including dresses for the Mother of the Bride plus helpful information on flowers,  cakes, ceremonies, receptions and honeymoons.

Vogue Magazine

Crowned the most influential fashion magazine in the world, Vogue, translates from French as "style",  reaches 24 readers worldwide each month. Worth noting, in 2013 the editors committed in writing to promoting positive body images by using models of all sizes and shapes.  (Think Adele on a Vogue cover!).

Pioneering Patriotic Move

Conde Nast's migration from midtown to downtown also symbolizes the transformation of lower Manhattan. After all, how often does a media giant give up its swanky digs in Times Square to become the first tenant of the resurrected  One World Trade Center? By Spring, all 3,400 of Conde Nast employees will have make the move from midtown to downtown.  The urban  vision is that their sophisticated palettes and exquisite sense of  fashion will help transform the stodgy and lack luster   financial district into a vibrant business neighborhood lined  with trendy eateries and bars, art galleries and shops with luxury brands. This is not the first time the publisher  made a ground-breaking change of address.  In 1973  Conde Nast moved  from the Graybar Building, above Grand Central Station, to Madison Avenue, on New York's tony East Side.