 The south facade of the old WTC7 with reflections of the Twin Towers. There are two buildings that have been named 7 World Trade Center; one was destroyed September 11, 2001 and one now occupies the same site. Although the two buildings share a name and a location, they share no resemblance in architectural style. Image File history File links Originalwtc7. ...
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Seven World Trade Center first began construction in 1984, and in March 1987 the building opened to become the seventh structure comprising the World Trade Center. The building was destroyed on September 11, 2001. The original structure had 47 floors and was 570 feet (174 m) in height. It was clad in a red exterior masonry and had a pedestrian bridge connecting it to the main WTC complex. Emery Roth & Sons designed the building which stood just north of the main World Trade Center complex, across Vesey Street. The Center's management leased space to financial institutions, insurance companies, and government agencies. The resulting explosion after the crash of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower. ...
Emery Roth (1871 – August 20, 1948) was an American architect who built many of the definitive New York City hotels and apartment buildings of the 1920s and 30s, incorporating Beaux-Arts and Art Deco details. ...
The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings mostly designed by Japanese-American architect Minoru Yamasaki and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ...
From the former two categories, the building housed Salomon Smith Barney, American Express Bank International, Standard Chartered Bank, Provident Financial Management, ITT Hartford Insurance Group, First State Management Group, Inc., Federal Home Loan Bank, and NAIC Securities. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Standard Chartered Bank (LSE: STAN, HKEx: 2888) is a British bank headquartered in London with operations in many countries, especially in Asia and Africa. ...
The Federal Home Loan Banks are an essential source of stable, low-cost funds to financial institutions for home mortgage, small business, rural and agricultural loans. ...
The government agencies housed at 7 World Trade Center were the United States Secret Service, the Department of Defense, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, the Internal Revenue Service Regional Council (IRS), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). USSS redirects here. ...
The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...
The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was a part of the United States Department of Justice which used to handle legal and illegal immigration and naturalization. ...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, commonly referred to as the SEC, is the United States governing body which has primary responsibility for overseeing the regulation of the securities industry. ...
Originally formed in 1996 as part of the Mayors Office under Rudy Giuliani, the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) became an independent agency, headed by a Commissioner who reports to the Mayor, by a vote of City residents in 2001. ...
IRS is short for U.S. Internal Revenue Service short for Indian Revenue Service short for Independent rear suspension, used in automobiles. ...
The CIAs seal features an eagle atop a sixteen-point compass. ...
Collapse At 5:20 pm EDT on September 11, 2001, 7 World Trade Center collapsed. September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ...
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In May, 2002, the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States ("FEMA") released a report on the collapse. [1] FEMA made preliminary findings that collapse was due primarily to fires on multiple stories caused by debris from the other two towers, and not to the actual impact damage of 1 WTC and 2 WTC as they collapsed. The report noted that, prior to this collapse, there was no record of the fire-induced collapse of a large fire-protected steel building such as 7 WTC. The report did not reach final conclusions, and outlined a number of issues that needed to be explored with respect to the cause of the collapse. Specifically, FEMA made these findings: New FEMA seal The Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA is a government agency in the United States which is organized under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate. ...
“Loss of structural integrity was likely a result of weakening caused by fires on the 5th to 7th floors. The specifics of the fires in WTC 7 and how they caused the building to collapse remain unknown at this time. Although the total diesel fuel on the premises contained massive potential energy, the best hypothesis has only a low probability of occurrence. Further research, investigation, and analyses are needed to resolve this issue.” (Chapter 5, pg 31.) On July 22, 2004, the 9/11 Commission Report was released, but made no mention of 7 World Trade Center. The cover of the final 9/11 report, which can be purchased in bookstores across the United States and around the world The 9/11 Commission Report, formally titled The Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report on the events...
In response to FEMA's concerns, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has conducted a three-year, $24 million investigation into the structural failure and progressive collapse of several WTC complex structures, including 7 World Trade Center.[2] The study included not only in-house technical expertise but also drew upon the knowledge of several outside private institutions, including the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (SEI/ASCE), the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY). The National Institute of Standards and Technology (or NIST) formerly known as The National Bureau of Standards is a non regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration. ...
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. ...
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a U.S. organization (albeit with some international members) charged with creating and maintaining minimum standards and requirements for fire prevention and suppression activities, training, and equipment, as well as other life-safety codes and standards. ...
The Council on Tall buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was founded at Lehigh University in 1969. ...
On April 5, 2005, NIST released its report on 1 WTC and 2 WTC.[3] On June 20, 2005, NIST asserted in a press release that its report on 7 World Trade Center would be released "at a later date."[4]
While FEMA's preliminary finding that fire caused the collapse is widely accepted, some individuals and groups have presented alternate viewpoints and theories, usually as part of a larger belief in a 9/11 conspiracy.
Larry Silverstein was quoted in a 2002 PBS documentary America Rebuilds: 7 World Trade Center Larry A. Silverstein (born 1932 in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York) is a real estate investor and operator and the head of Silverstein Properties Inc. ...
- I remember getting a call from the, er, fire department commander, telling me that they were not sure they were gonna be able to contain the fire, and I said, 'We've had such terrible loss of life, maybe the smartest thing to do is pull it.' And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collapse.[5]
While "pull" is standard construction industry jargon for demolition through explosives, Silverstein, through his spokesmen, has said the use of the term "pull" referred to pulling the fire personnel. However, the quote has been cited in 9/11 conspiracy theories as suggestive of the theory that the World Trade Center collapses were the result of controlled demolition. This article is becoming very long. ...
Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. ...
- For more details on this topic, see 9/11 conspiracy theories#7 World Trade Center.
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2002-2006: Reconstruction
 7 World Trade Center heralds the spirit of redevelopment and renewal in Lower Manhattan. Reconstruction of 7 World Trade Center began in 2002 and is scheduled for occupancy in May 2006. As of April 2006, it was still under construction but nearing completion. (Daily Updates (Official Site)). The 52 story building will have 1,700,000 square feet of leasable office space starting from the 11th floor, while the first ten floors will be used to house an electrical substation which will power most of lower Manhattan. The office tower will have a narrower footprint at ground level than its predecessor (as the course of Greenwich Street will be restored in an effort to re-unite Tribeca and the Financial District). The architect was David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill who worked in conjuction with glass artist and designer James Carpenter to create a structure that capitalizes on reflectivity and light. According to Silverstein Properties, the owner of the building, it "will incorporate a host of life-safety enhancements that will become the prototype for new high-rise construction..." Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 351 KB) Summary The new World Trade Center 7 in New York City. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 351 KB) Summary The new World Trade Center 7 in New York City. ...
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Citigroups Global Corporate and Investment Bank has its headquarters in TriBeCa. ...
A view up Broad Street in the Financial District in Manhattan Federal Hall The Financial District is the neighborhood in New York City on the southernmost section of the island of Manhattan which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the citys major financial institutions, including the New...
383 Madison at night David M. Childs (born 1941 Princeton, New Jersey) is the Consulting Design Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill who has projects all over the world and now is designing the Freedom Tower in New York. ...
Shaklee Terraces, San Francisco, designed in 1982 with a flush aluminum facade and rounded corners. ...
This building is not included in the World Trade Center master plan by Daniel Libeskind and thus does not share the new architectural design of the rest of the site. The aluminium clad east face of the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. ...
As of January 2006, the announced tenants of 7 World Trade Center are Silverstein Properties, American Express Financial Services, and Beijing Vantone Real Estate Co. Ltd. which will rent 200,000 square feet on floors 48 through 52 to create a hub for Chinese businesses moving to New York and for firms interested in investing in China. In total, 8 floors have been let as of 2006-03-17 (New York Metro). American Express NYSE: AXP is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. ...
(help· info) (IPA pei˩ tɕɪŋ˦), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ...
Trivia 7 WTC was the setting of the 1988 movie Working Girl (though the office scenes were filmed in another building). [6] [7] See also: 1987 in film, other events of 1988, 1989 in film, list of years in film. // Events Michael Jacksons first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise Who Framed Roger Rabbit Coming to America Big, starring Tom Hanks Crocodile Dundee II...
Working Girl is an Academy Award winning 1988 American romantic dramedy film which tells the story of a Staten Island secretary, Tess McGill, working in Manhattan whose ideas are stolen by her boss, Katharine Parker. ...
The 1933 Double Eagle was temporarily stored in the US Secret Service Vaults at 7 WTC. It was relocated to Fort Knox months before September 11th, before its record-breaking sale in New York for $7.59 Million in 2002. The 1933 Double Eagle The 1933 double eagle (United States 20-dollar gold coin) currently holds the record for highest price brought at auction for a single U.S. coin. ...
There is also a Fort Knox in the state of Maine, across the Penobscot River from Bucksport. ...
In March 2006, the new and unopened 7 WTC frontage and lobby were filmed in scenes for the movie Perfect Stranger with Halle Berry and Bruce Willis.[8] Perfect Stranger is an upcoming movie starring Halle Berry, Julia Roberts And Bruce Willis. ...
Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and model. ...
Bruce Willis in Virginia Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and musician. ...
See also The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings mostly designed by Japanese-American architect Minoru Yamasaki and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ...
6 World Trade Center was the U.S. Customs House: a 537,693 square foot (49,953 m²), 7 story low rise building, in Lower Manhattan, New York City. ...
7 World Trade Center Larry A. Silverstein (born 1932 in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York) is a real estate investor and operator and the head of Silverstein Properties Inc. ...
External links - 7 World Trade Center (pre-September 11 and post-September 11) on Emporis
- WiredNewYork.com - '250 Greenwich Street (7 World Trade Center)', Wired New York
- CBS report on the CIA facility at 7 WTC
- wtc7.net - A website claiming 7 WTC was demolished by planted explosives.
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