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The original Two World Trade Center (also known as the South Tower, Tower 2, Building Two, or 2 WTC) was one of the Twin Towers in the original World Trade Center Complex in New York City. The Tower was completed and opened in 1973 at a height of 1,362 feet (415 m) to the roof, distinguishable from its twin, the North Tower (1 World Trade Center), by its outdoor observation deck and the absence of a television antenna. Both the South Tower and the North Tower had mechanical floors, and the same type of walls. On the 107th floor of this building was a popular tourist attraction called "Top of the World Trade Center Observatories," and on the roof was an observation deck accessible to the public and a disused helipad at the center. The address of this building was 2 World Trade Center with the WTC complex having its own ZIP code of 10048.
2 World Trade Center | |
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General information | |
Status | Destroyed |
Location | Liberty Street, New York, NY 10048, United States |
Construction started | January 1969 |
Topped-out | July 19, 1971[1] |
Completed | 1973 |
Opened | September 1971[1] |
Inaugurated | April 4, 1973 |
Destroyed | September 11, 2001, 9:59 a.m. Eastern Time Zone[lower-alpha 1] |
Owner | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
Management | Silverstein Properties |
Height | |
Roof | 1,362 ft (415 m) |
Observatory | 1,377 ft (420 m)[2] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 110 |
Floor area | 4,759,040 sq ft (442,129 m2) |
Lifts/elevators | 99 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | |
Structural engineer | Leslie E. Robertson (Worthington, Skilling, Helle, and Jackson) |
The South Tower was destroyed along with the North Tower in the September 11 attacks. At 9:03 a.m,[lower-alpha 2] seventeen minutes after its twin was hit, the South Tower was struck by United Airlines Flight 175. Although it was the second of the two skyscrapers to be hit by a hijacked airliner, it was the first to collapse, at 9:59 a.m.,[lower-alpha 3] after burning for 56 minutes. Of the 2,977 victims killed in the attacks, around 1,000 were in the South Tower or on the ground.
The new 2 World Trade Center, which is currently on hold, is planned to have a diagonally-pointed roof, with no observation deck, and no mechanical floors. At the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the southern pool marks the spot where the South Tower stood.