World Trade Center Footage

World Trade Center Footage (1973–2001)

This article is about the World Trade Center building complex prior to the September 11 attacks. For the current buildings, see World Trade Center (2001–present).
World Trade Center

The original World Trade Center in March 2001. The tower on the left, with antenna spire, was The tower on the right was 2 WTC. All seven buildings of the WTC complex are partially visible; refer to map below. The red granite-clad building left of the Twin Towers was the original  In the background is the East River.



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World Trade Center Footage

Tallest in the world from 1971 to 1973
Preceded by Empire State Building
Surpassed by Willis Tower
General information
Status Destroyed
Location Lower Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates 40°42′42″N 74°00′45″WCoordinates: 40°42′42″N 74°00′45″W
Groundbreaking August 5, 1966; 52 years ago
Construction started

1 WTC: August 6, 1968
2 WTC: January 1969
3 WTC: March 1979
4, 5, and 6 WTC: 1970
7 WTC: October 2, 1984
Completed

1 WTC: December 23, 1970
2 WTC: July 19, 1971
3 WTC: April 1, 1981
4, 5, and 6 WTC: April 4, 1973
7 WTC: May 198
Opening April 4, 1973; 45 years ago
Destroyed September 11, 2001; 16 years ago


The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. It featured the landmark Twin Towers, which opened on April 4, 1973 and were destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. At the time of their completion, the Twin Towers — the original 1 World Trade Center, at 1,368 feet (417 m); and 2 World Trade Center, at 1,362 feet (415.1 m) — were the tallest buildings in the world. Other buildings in the complex included the Marriott World Trade Center (3 WTC), 4 WTC, 5 WTC, 6 WTC, and 7 WTC. The complex was located in New York City's Financial District and contained 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2) of office space.

The core of the complex was built between 1975 and 1985, with a cost of $400 million (equivalent to $2.27 billion in 2018) The World Trade Center experienced a fire on February 13, 1975 a bombing on February 26, 1993 and a bank robbery on January 14, 1998.In 1998, the Port Authority decided to privatize the World Trade Center, leasing the buildings to a private company to manage, and awarded the lease to Silverstein Properties in July 2001.