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6 World Trade Center (1974–2001)

Former building in Manhattan, New York

Field	Value
name	6 World Trade Center
alternate_names
status	Destroyed
image	Six WTC SW Corner.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	Southwest corner of 6 World Trade Center after the September 11 attacks
location	Lower Manhattan
location_town	New York City
location_country	United States
coordinates
start_date	1969–1970
completion_date	1973
opened_date	January 1974
demolition_date	Late 2001 (heavily damaged on September 11, 2001)
architect
owner	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
floor_area	537693 sqft
floor_count	7
building_type	Office
architectural_style	Modern
current_tenants	List
height	93.28 ft
structural_engineer	Leslie E. Robertson Associates
main_contractor	Tishman Construction

Note

the original building known as 6 World Trade Center that was demolished after September 11, 2001

6 World Trade Center was a seven-story building in Lower Manhattan in New York City. It opened in 1974 and was the building in the World Trade Center complex that had the fewest stories. The building served as the U.S. Customs House for New York. It was demolished in late 2001 due to the damage sustained by the collapse of the North Tower during the September 11 attacks. Its site is now the location of the new One World Trade Center and the Perelman Performing Arts Center.

History

6 World Trade Center was first proposed in 1968 as part of the original World Trade Center complex. The building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, along with Emery Roth & Sons. Construction was completed in 1973 on the eight-story building. 6 World Trade Center was home to the U.S. Customs Service for the state of New York, from 1974 to 2001.

Tenants

The following is a list of tenants of 6 World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001:

FL#	Companies	7	6	5	4	3	2	P	C
United States Customs Service
United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, United States Department of Labor, US Export Assistance Center
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
North bridge to World Financial Center, Escalators from 1WTC lobby
Storage, loading docks, lower lobby, firing range

September 11 attacks and cleanup

During the September 11 attacks, the collapse of the North Tower destroyed large sections of 6 World Trade Center. Two days later, within the crushed section of the building, two steel beams connected in the shape of a cross were found, believed to be debris from the tower. The beams have since become known as the World Trade Center cross, and is displayed within the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

The building's ruins were demolished to make way for reconstruction of the current World Trade Center site. AMEC Construction handled the demolition, in which the building was weakened and then pulled down with cables. The new One World Trade Center and Perelman Performing Arts Center stand at the site where 6 World Trade Center originally stood.

Gallery

File:6-wtc-photo.jpg|NOAA aerial image following the September 11 attacks. North is approximately upper right on the image. File:WTC Building Arrangement and Site Plan.svg|Map of WTC site. 6 WTC located in upper left corner of WTC Plaza. File:WTC-7 - IMG10a 015.jpg|6 WTC on fire during the September 11 attacks, visible behind 7 WTC and its footbridge. File:World Trade Center 6 after the 9-11 attacks.jpg|6 WTC during Ground Zero cleanup operations. File:CBP World Trade Center Photography 6.jpg|Interior of 6 WTC showing debris from the North Tower in the open area, including a piece that became the World Trade Center cross. File:September 17 2001.jpg|6 WTC's remains on September 17, 2001.

References

(September 11, 2015). "History of the Twin Towers".
(2010). "AIA guide to New York City". Oxford University Press.
(October 4, 1973). "New Custom House: Modern, Functional, No Match for the Old". The New York Times.
(September 11, 2021). "Ground Zero - Then and Now".
"6 World Trade Center - U.S. Customs House".
(October 5, 2001). "Frank Silecchia, a construction worker, and Father Brian Jordan, a Franciscan priest, discuss the metal cross that they found at ground zero and the faith it offers". CBS News, The Early Show (interview).
(July 23, 2011). "World Trade Center Cross Moving to Permanent Home". CBSNewYork/AP.
(November 29, 2001). "A NATION CHALLENGED: THE SITE; Engineers Have a Culprit in the Strange Collapse of 7 World Trade Center: Diesel Fuel". The New York Times.
(May 2, 2013). "Spire hoisted atop One World Trade Center". USA Today.
(July 3, 2018). "A Journey Through the New World Trade Center, New York's Symbol of Rebirth". Elle Decor.

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