Two World Trade Center
- Architect
- Minoru Yamasaki
- Year
- 1971
- Style
- International Style
- City
- Manhattan, NY
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The original Two World Trade Center, the South Tower, opened in 1973 as one of the Twin Towers designed by Minoru Yamasaki, rising 1,362 feet and distinguished from its twin by having no television antenna. It held the Top of the World Trade Center Observatories on its 107th floor and an outdoor deck on the roof. On September 11, 2001, it was struck by United Airlines Flight 175 at 9:03 a.m. and collapsed at 9:59 a.m., the first of the towers to fall.
the building
Observation decks. The 107th floor housed the Top of the World Trade Center Observatories, a popular tourist attraction, with an additional outdoor observation deck and a disused helipad on the roof.
the style
International Style (c. 1925–1975): Glass walls hung on exposed steel or concrete grids: weightless, ornament-free, and endlessly repeatable.
More on International Stylethe architect
Minoru Yamasaki designed the tower as part of the original World Trade Center complex, completed in 1971 in the modern architectural idiom.
significance
Of the 2,996 people killed in the September 11 attacks, around 1,000 were in the South Tower or on the ground when it collapsed. A new Two World Trade Center has since been planned for the site.
nearby
- World Trade Center
- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
- 1 World Trade Center
- 3 World Trade Center
- 4 World Trade Center
- West Street Building