2 World Trade Center (1971–2001)
| 2 World Trade Center | |
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The World Trade Center's South Tower (WTC2), pictured in 2001 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Location | Liberty Street, New York, NY 10048, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°42′39.4″N 74°00′47.0″W / 40.710944°N 74.013056°W |
| Construction started | January 1969 |
| Topped-out | July 19, 1971 |
| Completed | 1973 |
| Opened | September 1971 |
| Inaugurated | April 4, 1973 |
| Destroyed | September 11, 2001, 9:59 a.m. Eastern Time Zone |
| Owner | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Management | Silverstein Properties |
| Height | |
| Roof | 1,362 ft (415 m) |
| Observatory | 1,377 ft (420 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 110 |
| Floor area | 4,759,040 sq ft (442,129 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 99 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | |
| Structural engineer | Leslie E. Robertson (Worthington, Skilling, Helle, and Jackson) |
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The original Two World Trade Center (also known as the South Tower, Tower 2, Building Two, or 2 WTC) was one of the Twin Towers in the original World Trade Center Complex in New York City. The Tower was completed and opened in 1973 at a height of 1,362 feet (415 m) to the roof, distinguishable from its twin, the North Tower (1 World Trade Center), by the absence of a television antenna. On the 107th floor of this building was a popular tourist attraction called "Top of the World Trade Center Observatories," and on the roof was an outdoor observation deck accessible to the public and a disused helipad at the center. The address of this building was 2 World Trade Center, with the WTC complex having its own ZIP code of 10048.
The South Tower was destroyed along with the North Tower in the September 11 attacks. At 9:03 a.m, seventeen minutes after its twin was hit, the South Tower was struck by United Airlines Flight 175. Although it was the second of the two skyscrapers to be hit by a hijacked airliner, it was the first to collapse, at 9:59 a.m., after burning for 56 minutes. Of the 2,977 victims killed in the attacks, around 1,000 were in the South Tower or on the ground.
The new 2 World Trade Center, which is currently on hold, is planned to have a stair step-shaped façade, with no observation deck, and no mechanical floors. At the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the southern pool marks the spot where the South Tower stood.