original World Trade Center

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The original World Trade Center was a landmark complex in Lower Manhattan best known for its Twin Towers, which were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building complex
commercial complex
skyscraper complex
alsoKnownAs WTC
World Trade Center
architect Emery Roth & Sons
Minoru Yamasaki
architecturalStyle modernist architecture
attackedOn 1993-02-26
2001-09-11
bestKnownFor Twin Towers
cityDistrict Financial District
constructionEnd 1973
constructionStart 1966
coordinates 40.7115°N 74.0133°W
country United States
demolitionDate 2001-09-11
destroyedIn September 11 attacks
developer Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
feature Windows on the World restaurant
observation deck
groundbreakingDate 1966
hasPart 7 World Trade Center
North Tower
South Tower
World Trade Center 1
World Trade Center 2
World Trade Center 3
World Trade Center 4
World Trade Center 5
linked to: 5 WTC

World Trade Center 6
heightOfTallestTowers_m 417
heightOfTallestTowersWithAntenna_m 526
location Lower Manhattan
Manhattan
New York City
memorialAtSite National September 11 Memorial & Museum
notableEvent 1993 World Trade Center bombing
numberOfBuildings 7
numberOfFloorsOfTwinTowers 110
openingDate 1973
ownedBy Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
primaryUse commercial
office
replacedBy new World Trade Center complex
significance iconic part of New York City skyline
symbol of global trade
structuralEngineer Leslie E. Robertson

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World Trade Center (reconstructed complex) replaces original World Trade Center
Minoru Yamasaki notableWork Original World Trade Center complex
linked to: original World Trade Center
Minoru Yamasaki designed original World Trade Center
subject linked to: Yamasaki
World Trade Center Twin Towers partOf original World Trade Center
subject linked to: Yamasaki
Yamasaki & Associates notableWork original World Trade Center
Minoru Yamasaki designed original World Trade Center
subject linked to: Teruko Hirashiki
200 Greenwich Street replaces original 2 World Trade Center (North Tower)
linked to: original World Trade Center
200 Greenwich Street locatedOnSiteOf former World Trade Center
linked to: original World Trade Center
World Trade Center 6 partOfComplex original World Trade Center complex
linked to: original World Trade Center