World Trade Center

World Trade Center

World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally called the WTC or Twin Towers) is a complex consisting of seven buildings, mostly designed by Japanese-American architect, Minoru Yamasaki and built by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Its construction was initiated by the Lower Manhattan Association, founded and chaired by David Rockefeller, with strong support from his brother, Nelson Rockefeller, who later became governor of New York.

The complex is located in the heart of New York City financial district has 1.24 million m² of office space, almost four percent of the total area of available office space in Manhattan. World Trade Center, known as the Twin Towers had 110 floors is a fire on February 13, 1975 and a bomb attack on February 26, 1993. The seven original building complex was destroyed in the September 11 attacks 2001: WTC 1, WTC 2 (South and North Tower) and WTC 7 collapsed; WTC 3 (Marriott Hotel) destroyed by the collapse of WTC 1 and WTC 2, whereas the WTC 4, WTC 5, and WTC 6 suffered irreparable damage until it had destroyed.