Six World Trade Center

Six World Trade Center

Southwest corner of 6 WTC following September 11, 2001.
Alternative names 6 WTC
General information
Status Destroyed
Type Office, Retail
Architectural style Modern
Location Lower Manhattan
Town or city New York City
Country United States
Coordinates 40°42′46.44″N 74°0′47.52″W / 40.7129000°N 74.0132000°WCoordinates: 40°42′46.44″N 74°0′47.52″W / 40.7129000°N 74.0132000°W
Current tenants List
Completed 1973
Destroyed 2001
Owner Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Height 93.28 ft (28 m)
Technical details
Floor count 8
Floor area 537,693 sq ft (49,953 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firm Yamasaki & Associates
Emery Roth & Sons
6 WTC, the building with the large, black crater near the northwest corner of the photo.
NOAA aerial image following the September 11, 2001 attacks. North is approximately upper right on the image.
6 WTC, upper left corner.

Six World Trade Center was an 8-story building in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The building opened in 1973. It was also the building in the World Trade Center that had the least number of floors. The building served for a short period of time as the US Customs House. It was demolished in 2001 as a result of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Original building (1973–2001)

Six World Trade Center was first proposed in 1968 together with the World Trade Center site. Construction finished in 1973. The original 6 World Trade Center was home to the US Custom House. It is a 537,693-square-foot (49,953-square-meters), 8-story building in Lower Manhattan, New York City, part of the World Trade Center skyscraper family. It was also the building in the World Trade Center that had the fewest floors, (the building had 8 floors). From the Austin J. Tobin Plaza level, on which the main structure was built, it had a height of 92 feet (28 m) but was 105 feet (32 m) above the actual ground level. It was demolished following the destruction of the World Trade Center, during the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Tenants

After September 11 and cleanup (2001–2012)

The building's ruins were demolished to make way for reconstruction of the current One World Trade Center, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, and a possible new 6 World Trade Center for the current World Trade Center site. AMEC Construction handled the demolition,[1] in which the building was weakened and then pulled down with cables. The new One World Trade Center stands at the site where 6 World Trade Center originally stood.

New building

There is no clearly defined 'Six World Trade Center' in the new World Trade Center master plan yet, although a proposed Performing Arts Center designed by Frank Gehry could be named Six World Trade Center in the future. If there is a Six World Trade Center for the plan in the near future, it may be the last WTC office building to be constructed on the site.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The New York Times. "A Nation Challenged: The Site." October 13, 2001.

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