Financial District in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
World Trade Center
Misoru Yamasaki, with Emery Roth and Sons, 1966-67
— Heritage Trails New York —
Photographed By Larry Gertner, 2007
1. World Trade Center Marker
Still in place, six years after the event.
Misoru Yamasaki, with Emery Roth and Sons, 1966-67
Heritage Trails New York
What has 200 elevators, 1,200 restrooms, 40,000 doorknobs, 200,000 lighting fixtures, 7 million square feet of acoustical tile ceilings, more structural steel than the Verrazano Narrows Bridge – and was built for a final cost of over one billion 1970s dollars? That’s right, the World Trade Center, built by the Port Authority on New York and New Jersey, as part of a plan conceived by the Rockefeller-led Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association, to shore up Downtown’s fortunes.
Now, every weekday, 50,000 people come to work in 12 million square feet of office, hotel, and commercial space in the seven buildings in this city-within-a-city, where they are joined by 80,000 visitors, passing through an enormous interior shopping mall below the 5-acre Austin. J. Tobin Plaza.
The Trade Center welcomes visitors from around the world to a splendid observatory, the Top of the World on the 107th floor of Two World Trade center. As many as 10,000 visitors in a single day ride the non-stop express elevators – from the lobby to the 107th floor in 82 seconds – to take in the spectacular views of the city and its surroundings.
Erected by Heritage Trails New York.
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Location. Marker has been reported permanently removed. It was located near 40° 42.601′ N, 74° 0.681′ W. Marker was in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It was in the Financial District. Marker could be reached from Church Street near Cortland Street. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: New York NY 10007, United States of America.
We have been informed that this sign or monument is no longer there and will not be replaced. This page is an archival view of what was.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location. July 11, 1957 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); May 20, 1958 (about 300 feet away); June 23, 1958 (about 300 feet away); January 29, 1959 (about 300 feet away); March 13, 1959 (about 300 feet away); March 12, 1956 (about 300 feet away); October 14, 1959 (about 300 feet away); Double Check (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.
More about this marker. The marker was removed for display at the Memorial Museum. This entry was submitted
Photographed By Larry Gertner, 2008
2. Inset
A view from the top
Also see . . . World Trade Center (1973–2001). Wikipedia entry. (Submitted on April 13, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
3. Inset
The Twin Towers and the World Financial Center
4. Inset
Construction with the “kangaroo cranes”
5. Inset
The excavation job, including the “bathtub” and the “slurry walls”
Photographed By Larry Gertner, 1979
6. Looking uptown from the open observation deck
via The New York Times, 2008
7. New York Times, March 2008
Detailing the marker's removal.
Photographed By Larry Gertner, 2008
8. World Trade Center Marker removed, March 2008
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 212 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on March 25, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 24, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 7, 8. submitted on March 25, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
