--- title: Paris Attacks: One World Trade Center Spire in French Colors description: After the Paris terror attacks, One World Trade Center, San Francisco City Hall, and CN Tower in Toronto are blue, white and red canonical: https://time.com/4112621/paris-attacks-france-terror-one-world-trade/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-14T02:55:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:49.082Z og:title: See One World Trade Center's Spire Lit in Colors of French Flag og:description: San Francisco City Hall also turned blue, white, and red og:url: https://time.com/4112621/paris-attacks-france-terror-one-world-trade/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e51a0fb73d0425e/6988710bab6d77521d6a7231/one-world-trade-center-paris-attacks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Security Increased In New York City After Attacks In Paris og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See One World Trade Center's Spire Lit in Colors of French Flag twitter:description: San Francisco City Hall also turned blue, white, and red twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e51a0fb73d0425e/6988710bab6d77521d6a7231/one-world-trade-center-paris-attacks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See One World Trade Center's 408-Ft. Spire Lit in the Colors of the French Flag  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Nov 14, 2015 2:55 AM UTC  One World Trade Center's spire is lit in the colors of the French flag, white, blue and red, in solidarity with France after terror attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, 2015 in New York City. One World Trade Center's spire is lit in the colors of the French flag, white, blue and red, in solidarity with France after terror attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, 2015 in New York City.Daniel Pierce Wright—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Nov 14, 2015 2:55 AM UTC New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the [408-ft. spire](http://www.wtc.com/about/buildings/1-world-trade-center) atop One World Trade Center will be lit up in the colors of the French flag Friday night and “in the days ahead” in memory of the [at least 100 people feared dead](http://time.com/4112502/france-terror-paris-attacks-bataclan/) following multiple terror attacks across the French capital that led President François Hollande to shut down the country’s borders and declare a state of emergency. “Today, and in the days ahead, New York will light One World Trade Center in blue, white and red as we stand in solemn solidarity with the people of France, just as they have done for us in our own times of tragedy,” Cuomo [said in a statement](https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-directs-one-world-trade-center-be-lit-blue-white-and-red-solidarity-people). > [](https://twitter.com/jonswaine/status/665335444758994944) Other monuments also paid tribute to France. San Francisco City Hall tweeted a photo of the French flag flying from the building and changed its avatar to a photo of the building lit up in the [flag’s colors](https://twitter.com/SFCity%5FHall). > [](https://twitter.com/SFCity%5FHall/status/665340904245342208) Canadian news outlets have been tweeting photos of Toronto’s CN Tower in blue, white, and red, while _The Dallas Morning News_ and other local media outlets have been tweeting photos of the city’s Omni Hotel in blue, white, and red. > [](https://twitter.com/CBCToronto/status/665350579699494913) > [](https://twitter.com/dallasnews/status/665327240671043584) ### Photos: Fatal Shootings, Explosions Rock Paris  The crowd rushes on Quay de Valmy following terrorist attacks in central Paris, on Nov. 13, 2015. Jerome Sessini—Magnum for TIME  French fire brigade members carry an injured individual near the concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, on Nov. 13, 2015. Christian Hartmann—Reuters  A member of the French fire brigade aids an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris on Nov. 13, 2015. Christian Hartmann—Reuters  Wounded people are evacuated from the Stade de France in Saint Denis, outside of Paris on Nov. 13, 2015. Ian Langsdon—EPA  Rescue workers attend to victims of the attacks in the 10th district of Paris on Nov. 13, 2015. Jacques Brinon—AP  Police are seen outside a restaurant in 10th arrondissement of the French capital Paris on Nov. 13, 2015. Kenzo Tribouillard—AFP/Getty Images  A suspect is apprehended near Place Republique on Nov. 13, 2015, in Paris. John Van Hasselt—Corbis  French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (left) and French President Francois Hollande during an emergency meeting in the security control room at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on Nov. 13, 2015. Christelle Alix—AFP/Getty Images  A police officer directs people outside the Stade de France stadium during the international friendly soccer France against Germany, in Saint Denis, outside of Paris, Nov. 13, 2015. Michel Euler—AP  Crowds wait on the pitch during a soccer match at Stade de France on Nov. 13, 2015 in Paris, after the game was halted following an explosion. Xavier Laine—Getty Images  Spectators invade the pitch of the Stade de France stadium after the international friendly soccer France against Germany in Saint Denis, outside Paris on Nov. 13, 2015. Michel Euler—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4112621/paris-attacks-france-terror-one-world-trade/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4112621/paris-attacks-france-terror-one-world-trade/"},"headline":"See One World Trade Center's 408-Ft. 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