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| caption = Southwest corner of Six World Trade Center after the [[September 11 attacks]]
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| completion_date = 1973
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| opened_date = January 1974<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Twin Towers |url=https://old.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/history-twin-towers.html |website=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108073114/https://old.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/history-twin-towers.html |archive-date=8 January 2020 |date=11 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| opened_date = January 1974<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Twin Towers |url=https://old.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/history-twin-towers.html |website=The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |access-date=May 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108073114/https://old.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/history-twin-towers.html |archive-date=January 8, 2020 |date=September 11, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| destruction_date = [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]]
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'''Six World Trade Center''' was an eight-story building in [[Lower Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. It opened in 1974 and was the building in the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] complex that had the fewest stories. The building served as the [[New York Custom House|U.S. Customs House]] for New York. It was destroyed in 2001 due to the [[Collapse of the World Trade Center|collapse]] of the [[List of tenants in One World Trade Center|North Tower]] during the [[September 11 attacks]]. It is not set to be replaced as part of the new World Trade Center.
'''6 World Trade Center''' was an eight-story building in [[Lower Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. It opened in 1974 and was the building in the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] complex that had the fewest stories. The building served as the [[New York Custom House|U.S. Customs House]] for New York. It was demolished in late 2001 due to the damage from the [[Collapse of the World Trade Center|collapse]] of the [[List of tenants in 1 World Trade Center (1971-2001)|North Tower]] during the [[September 11 attacks]]. Its site is now the location of the new [[One World Trade Center]] and the [[Perelman Performing Arts Center]].


== Original building (1973–2001) ==
== History<span class="anchor" id="Original building (1973–2001)"></span> ==
Six World Trade Center was first proposed in 1968 as part of the original [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] complex. The building was designed by [[Minoru Yamasaki]], along with [[Emery Roth & Sons]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Norval White |author2=Elliot Willensky |author3=Fran Leadon |title=AIA guide to New York City |date=2010 |location=New York, New York |isbn=9780199758647 |page=136 |edition=Fifth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTJlkowOwA4C&pg=PT136}}</ref> Construction was completed in 1973 on the eight-story building. Six World Trade Center was home to the [[U.S. Customs Service]] for the state of [[New York (state)|New York]], from 1974 to 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huxtable |first1=Ada Louise |title=New Custom House: Modern, Functional, No Match for the Old |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/04/archives/new-custom-house-modern-functional-no-match-for-the-old.html |access-date=19 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=4 October 1973 |location=New York City |page=94 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="voa">{{cite web |last1=Lipin |first1=Michael |title=Ground Zero - Then and Now |url=https://projects.voanews.com/ground-zero/ |website=Voice of America |access-date=10 May 2022 |date=11 September 2021}}</ref>
6 World Trade Center was first proposed in 1968 as part of the original [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] complex. The building was designed by [[Minoru Yamasaki]], along with [[Emery Roth & Sons]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Norval White |author2=Elliot Willensky |author3=Fran Leadon |title=AIA guide to New York City |date=2010 |location=New York, New York |isbn=9780199758647 |page=136 |edition=Fifth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTJlkowOwA4C&pg=PT136}}</ref> Construction was completed in 1973 on the eight-story building. 6 World Trade Center was home to the [[U.S. Customs Service]] for the state of [[New York (state)|New York]], from 1974 to 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huxtable |first1=Ada Louise |title=New Custom House: Modern, Functional, No Match for the Old |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/04/archives/new-custom-house-modern-functional-no-match-for-the-old.html |access-date=February 19, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=October 4, 1973 |location=New York City |page=94 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="voa">{{cite web |last1=Lipin |first1=Michael |title=Ground Zero - Then and Now |url=https://projects.voanews.com/ground-zero/ |website=Voice of America |access-date=May 10, 2022 |date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>


=== Tenants ===
==Tenants==
{{Main|List of tenants in Six World Trade Center}}
*[[Internal Revenue Service]] Inspection Service (Internal Affairs)
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*[[United States Customs Service]]
*[[United States Department of Commerce]]
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*[[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|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)


The following is a list of tenants of 6 World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001:<ref name="www.cnn.com a695">{{cite web | title=6 World Trade Center - U.S. Customs House | website=www.cnn.com | url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/tenants6.html | access-date=April 16, 2024}}</ref>
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=== After September 11 and cleanup (2001–present) ===
During the [[September 11 attacks]], the collapse of the North Tower destroyed large sections of the Six World Trade Center.<ref name="voa"/>


{| class="wikitable"
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The building's ruins were demolished to make way for reconstruction of the current [[World Trade Center site]]. [[AMEC]] Construction handled the demolition,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glanz |first1=James |title=A NATION CHALLENGED: THE SITE; Engineers Have a Culprit in the Strange Collapse of 7 World Trade Center: Diesel Fuel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/29/nyregion/nation-challenged-site-engineers-have-culprit-strange-collapse-7-world-trade.html |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=29 November 2001}}</ref> in which the building was weakened and then pulled down with cables. The new [[One World Trade Center]] stands at the site where Six World Trade Center originally stood, with the latter not going to be rebuilt.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bacon |first1=John |title=Spire hoisted atop One World Trade Center |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/02/wtc-world-trade-center-spire-topped/2129023/ |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=USA Today |date=2 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fiandaca |first1=Roberto |title=A Journey Through the New World Trade Center, New York's Symbol of Rebirth |url=https://www.elledecor.com/it/best-of/a22169112/new-world-trade-center-new-york/ |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=Elle Decor |date=3 July 2018}}</ref>
! FL# !! Companies
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! 7
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| [[US Customs Service]]
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! 6
| [[United States Department of Commerce]], [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]], [[United States Department of Labor]], US Export Assistance Center
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! 5
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! 4
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! 3
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! 2
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| [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]]
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! [[Lobby (room)|L]]
|North bridge to World Financial Center, Escalators from 1WTC lobby
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! [[Concourse|C]]
|Storage, loading docks, lower lobby, firing range
|}

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=== September 11 attacks and cleanup ===
During the [[September 11 attacks]], the collapse of the North Tower destroyed large sections of the 6 World Trade Center.<ref name="voa"/> Two days later, within the crushed section of the building, two steel beams connected in the shape of a cross were found, believed to be debris from the tower.<ref>{{cite news|title=Frank Silecchia, a construction worker, and Father Brian Jordan, a Franciscan priest, discuss the metal cross that they found at ground zero and the faith it offers |publisher=CBS News, The Early Show (interview) |date=October 5, 2001}}</ref> The beams have since become known as the [[World Trade Center cross]], and is displayed within the [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum]].<ref name="World Trade Center Cross Moving to Permanent Home">{{cite web|title=World Trade Center Cross Moving to Permanent Home|date=July 23, 2011|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/07/23/world-trade-center-cross-moving-to-permanent-home/|publisher=CBSNewYork/AP|access-date=November 19, 2023}}</ref>

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The building's ruins were demolished to make way for reconstruction of the current [[World Trade Center site]]. [[AMEC]] Construction handled the demolition,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glanz |first1=James |title=A NATION CHALLENGED: THE SITE; Engineers Have a Culprit in the Strange Collapse of 7 World Trade Center: Diesel Fuel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/29/nyregion/nation-challenged-site-engineers-have-culprit-strange-collapse-7-world-trade.html |access-date=May 9, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 29, 2001}}</ref> in which the building was weakened and then pulled down with cables. The new [[One World Trade Center]] and [[Perelman Performing Arts Center]] stand at the site where 6 World Trade Center originally stood.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bacon |first1=John |title=Spire hoisted atop One World Trade Center |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/02/wtc-world-trade-center-spire-topped/2129023/ |access-date=May 10, 2022 |work=USA Today |date=May 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fiandaca |first1=Roberto |title=A Journey Through the New World Trade Center, New York's Symbol of Rebirth |url=https://www.elledecor.com/it/best-of/a22169112/new-world-trade-center-new-york/ |access-date=May 10, 2022 |work=Elle Decor |date=July 3, 2018}}</ref>


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="170" heights="130" perrow="3">
<gallery>
File:World Trade Center Site After 9-11 Attacks With Original Building Locations.jpg|6 WTC, the building with the large, black crater in the upper left part of the photo.
File:World Trade Center Site After 9-11 Attacks With Original Building Locations.jpg|6 WTC, the building with the large, black crater in the upper left part of the photo.
File:6-wtc-photo.jpg|NOAA aerial image following the September 11, 2001 attacks. North is approximately upper right on the image.
File:6-wtc-photo.jpg|NOAA aerial image following the September 11, 2001 attacks. North is approximately upper right on the image.
File:WTC Building Arrangement and Site Plan.svg|6 WTC, upper left corner.
File:WTC Building Arrangement and Site Plan.svg|Map of WTC site. 6 WTC located in upper left corner of WTC Plaza.
File:WTC-7 - IMG10a 015.jpg|6 WTC on fire during the September 11th attacks, visible behind 7 WTC and its footbridge.
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File:CBP World Trade Center Photography 6.jpg|Interior of 6 WTC showing debris from north tower in the open area, including a piece that became the [[World Trade Center cross]].
File:WTC 6 water.jpg|Firefighters spraying water onto 6 WTC.
File:WTC collapse on 9-11 IMG25 030.jpg|6 WTC following the collapse of the North Tower.
File:World Trade Center 6 after the 9-11 attacks.jpg|6 WTC during Ground Zero cleanup operations.
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File:CBP World Trade Center Photography 6.jpg|Interior of 6 WTC showing debris from the North Tower in the open area, including a piece that became the [[World Trade Center cross]].
File:September 17 2001.jpg|6 WTC's remains on September 17, 2001.
File:September 17 2001 Ground Zero 02.jpg|View of Ground Zero on September 17th, 2001, with 6 WTC visible on the left.
File:6 World Trade Center Aerial View.jpg|6 WTC and 7 WTC's remains.
</gallery>
</gallery>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Marriott World Trade Center]]
* [[Marriott World Trade Center]]
* [[Destroyed Buildings in United States|Destroyed Buildings]]


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=134497 Emporis entry on this building]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040415080152/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=134497 Emporis entry on this building]
*[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/tenants6.html Tenants of 6 World Trade Center via CNN]
* [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/tenants6.html Tenants of 6 World Trade Center via CNN]


{{World Trade Center}}
{{World Trade Center}}


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Latest revision as of 20:57, 19 April 2024

6 World Trade Center
Southwest corner of 6 World Trade Center after the September 11 attacks
Map
Alternative names
  • 6 WTC
  • WTC 6
  • Building 6
General information
StatusDestroyed
TypeOffice
Architectural styleModern
LocationLower Manhattan
Town or cityNew York City
CountryUnited States
Coordinates40°42′46″N 74°00′48″W / 40.71278°N 74.01333°W / 40.71278; -74.01333
Current tenantsList
Construction startedc. 1969–1970
Completed1973
OpenedJanuary 1974[1]
DemolishedLate 2001
OwnerPort Authority of New York and New Jersey
Height93.28 ft (28 m)
Technical details
Floor count8
Floor area537,693 sq ft (49,953 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)
Structural engineerLeslie E. Robertson Associates
Main contractorTishman Construction

6 World Trade Center was an eight-story building in Lower Manhattan in New York City. It opened in 1974 and was the building in the World Trade Center complex that had the fewest stories. The building served as the U.S. Customs House for New York. It was demolished in late 2001 due to the damage from the collapse of the North Tower during the September 11 attacks. Its site is now the location of the new One World Trade Center and the Perelman Performing Arts Center.

History[edit]

6 World Trade Center was first proposed in 1968 as part of the original World Trade Center complex. The building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, along with Emery Roth & Sons.[2] Construction was completed in 1973 on the eight-story building. 6 World Trade Center was home to the U.S. Customs Service for the state of New York, from 1974 to 2001.[3][4]

Tenants[edit]

The following is a list of tenants of 6 World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001:[5]

FL# Companies
7 US Customs Service
6 United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, United States Department of Labor, US Export Assistance Center
5 —
4 —
3 —
2 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
L North bridge to World Financial Center, Escalators from 1WTC lobby
C Storage, loading docks, lower lobby, firing range

September 11 attacks and cleanup[edit]

During the September 11 attacks, the collapse of the North Tower destroyed large sections of the 6 World Trade Center.[4] Two days later, within the crushed section of the building, two steel beams connected in the shape of a cross were found, believed to be debris from the tower.[6] The beams have since become known as the World Trade Center cross, and is displayed within the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.[7]

The building's ruins were demolished to make way for reconstruction of the current World Trade Center site. AMEC Construction handled the demolition,[8] in which the building was weakened and then pulled down with cables. The new One World Trade Center and Perelman Performing Arts Center stand at the site where 6 World Trade Center originally stood.[9][10]

Gallery[edit]

  • 6 WTC, the building with the large, black crater in the upper left part of the photo.
    6 WTC, the building with the large, black crater in the upper left part of the photo.
  • NOAA aerial image following the September 11, 2001 attacks. North is approximately upper right on the image.
    NOAA aerial image following the September 11, 2001 attacks. North is approximately upper right on the image.
  • Map of WTC site. 6 WTC located in upper left corner of WTC Plaza.
    Map of WTC site. 6 WTC located in upper left corner of WTC Plaza.
  • 6 WTC on fire during the September 11th attacks, visible behind 7 WTC and its footbridge.
    6 WTC on fire during the September 11th attacks, visible behind 7 WTC and its footbridge.
  • Firefighters spraying water onto 6 WTC.
    Firefighters spraying water onto 6 WTC.
  • 6 WTC following the collapse of the North Tower.
    6 WTC following the collapse of the North Tower.
  • 6 WTC during Ground Zero cleanup operations.
    6 WTC during Ground Zero cleanup operations.
  • Interior of 6 WTC showing debris from the North Tower in the open area, including a piece that became the World Trade Center cross.
    Interior of 6 WTC showing debris from the North Tower in the open area, including a piece that became the World Trade Center cross.
  • 6 WTC's remains on September 17, 2001.
    6 WTC's remains on September 17, 2001.
  • View of Ground Zero on September 17th, 2001, with 6 WTC visible on the left.
    View of Ground Zero on September 17th, 2001, with 6 WTC visible on the left.
  • 6 WTC and 7 WTC's remains.
    6 WTC and 7 WTC's remains.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "History of the Twin Towers". The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on January 8, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Norval White; Elliot Willensky; Fran Leadon (2010). AIA guide to New York City (Fifth ed.). New York, New York. p. 136. ISBN 9780199758647.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Huxtable, Ada Louise (October 4, 1973). "New Custom House: Modern, Functional, No Match for the Old". The New York Times. New York City. p. 94. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Lipin, Michael (September 11, 2021). "Ground Zero - Then and Now". Voice of America. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  5. ^ "6 World Trade Center - U.S. Customs House". www.cnn.com. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Frank Silecchia, a construction worker, and Father Brian Jordan, a Franciscan priest, discuss the metal cross that they found at ground zero and the faith it offers". CBS News, The Early Show (interview). October 5, 2001.
  7. ^ "World Trade Center Cross Moving to Permanent Home". CBSNewYork/AP. July 23, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  8. ^ Glanz, James (November 29, 2001). "A NATION CHALLENGED: THE SITE; Engineers Have a Culprit in the Strange Collapse of 7 World Trade Center: Diesel Fuel". The New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  9. ^ Bacon, John (May 2, 2013). "Spire hoisted atop One World Trade Center". USA Today. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  10. ^ Fiandaca, Roberto (July 3, 2018). "A Journey Through the New World Trade Center, New York's Symbol of Rebirth". Elle Decor. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

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