Six World Trade Center

Six World Trade Center
Southwest corner of Six World Trade Center after the September 11 attacks
Alternative names	6 WTC
General information
Status	Destroyed
Type	Office, Retail
Architectural style	Modern
Location	Lower Manhattan
Town or city	New York City
Country	United States
Coordinates
Current tenants	List
Construction started	1970
Completed	1973
Destroyed	2001
Owner	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Height	93.28 ft (28 m)
Technical details
Floor count	8
Floor area	537,693 sq ft (49,953 m2)
Design and construction
Architect	Yamasaki & Associates Emery Roth & Sons
Structural engineer	Leslie E. Robertson Associates
Main contractor	Tishman Construction

6 WTC, the building with the large, black crater near the northwest corner of the photo.

NOAA aerial image following the September 11, 2001 attacks. North is approximately upper right on the image.

6 WTC, upper left corner.

Six World Trade Center was an 8-story building in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The building opened in 1973. It was also the building in the World Trade Center that had the least number of floors. The building served as the U.S. Customs House. It was demolished in 2001 as a result of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Original building (1973–2001)

Six World Trade Center was first proposed in 1968 together with the World Trade Center site. Construction finished in 1973. The original 6 World Trade Center was home to the US Custom House. It is a 537,693-square-foot (49,953-square-meters), 8-story building in Lower Manhattan, New York City, part of the World Trade Center skyscraper family. It was also the building in the World Trade Center that had the fewest floors, (the building had 8 floors). From the Austin J. Tobin Plaza level, on which the main structure was built, it had a height of 92 feet (28 m) but was 105 feet (32 m) above the actual ground level. It was demolished following the destruction of the World Trade Center, during the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Tenants

Main article: List of tenants in Six World Trade Center

• United States Customs Service
• United States Department of Commerce
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
• United States Department of Agriculture - Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (AAPHIS)
• United States Department of Labor
• The Peace Corps (New York Regional Office)
• Export-Import Bank of the United States
• Eastco Building Services (building management)

After September 11 and cleanup (2001–2012)

The building's ruins were demolished to make way for reconstruction of the current One World Trade Center, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, and a possible new 6 World Trade Center for 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 stands at the site where 6 World Trade Center originally stood.

See also

• Marriott World Trade Center

External links

• Emporis entry on this building
• Tenants of 6 World Trade Center via CNN