Welcome To Umair's
World Trade Center Page
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| The World Trade Center was designed by Minoru Yamasaki and build
by The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey as headquarters for the development of
international business. Construction began in 1966, the complex opened in December 1970,
and was dedicated in April 1973. The World Trade Center consists of two 110-story office towers (One and Two World Center), a 47-story office building (Seven World Trade Center), two nine-story office buildings (Four and Five World Trade Center), an eight-story U.S. Customhouse (Six World Trade Center), and the 22-story New York Marriott World Trade Center Hotel (Three World Trade Center) all constructed around the five-acre landscaped Austin J. Tobin Plaza. The World Trade Center's Mall, located immediatedly below the Plaza, features a wide range of specialty shops, services and restaurants and is the main interior pedestrian circulation level for the complex. The Twin Towers, each rising 1,350 feet, are the tallest buildings in New York and the second tallest in the world. The Austin J.Tobin Plaza is New York City's largest public plaza, and the Mall is LowerManhattan's largest enclosed shopping center. The World Trade Center is located on a 16-acre site in Lower Manhattan, stretching from Church Street on the east to West Street on the west, and from Liberty Street on the south to Barclay and Vesey Streets on the north. Some 50,000 people work in the The World Trade Center. Another 70,000 business and leisure visitors come to the center. |
