| 5 World Trade Center | |
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 5 World Trade Center as seen from theAustin J. Tobin Plaza | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Demolished |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | Lower Manhattan,New York City, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°42′43″N74°0′41″W / 40.71194°N 74.01139°W /40.71194; -74.01139 |
| Current tenants | List |
| Construction started | 1970 |
| Opened | March 1972[1] |
| Demolished | December 2001 (heavily damaged on September 11, 2001) |
| Owner | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Height | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 9 |
| Design and construction | |
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5 World Trade Center, also known as theNortheast Plaza Building, was a nine-story building inLower Manhattan inNew York City. Part of theWorld Trade Center complex, it opened in March 1972. The building was damaged during theSeptember 11 attacks and later demolished. Its former site is now the location of theWorld Trade Center Transportation Hub and the proposed2 World Trade Center.
5 World Trade Center (5 WTC) was originally a steel-framed nine-story low-riseoffice building built in 1970–72 atNew York City'sWorld Trade Center. The building was designed byMinoru Yamasaki andEmery Roth & Sons. The structure was 118 ft (36 m) tall and had a black exterior. The building was L-shaped and occupied the northeast corner of theWorld Trade Center site. Overall dimensions were 330 by 420 feet (100 by 130 m), with an average area of 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) per floor. It hosted a police desk.[2]
TheChambers Street and World Trade Center (A, C, and E trains) subway stations were located directly east of the building, and one exit to the station was available through the lobby. The building's remaining underground concourse space housedThe Mall at the World Trade Center. The largestBorders inNew York City spread across three floors of 5 World Trade Center, on the corner of the building adjacent to the intersection ofChurch andVesey Street.
In 1984, artist Joanna Gilman Hyde painted the 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) canvas titled "Self Organizing Galaxy" on the roof of 5 World Trade Center, a temporary art exhibit.[3] It took eight days to paint and was signed on October 10, 1984.
5 WTC was the least damaged building of the entire complex. Floors 4–9 suffered partialcollapse and/orfire damage as a result of theSeptember 11 attacks, while Floors 1–3 were not damaged. The building'sstructural integrity on its upper floors were partially compromised due to the impact of steel and other debris from theNorth Tower. Other collapsed sections were due tofire damage. Portions of internal collapse and burnout were found on upper floors, mainly floors 6–8. The black exterior facade suffered severe fire damage. Floors 5–9 were on fire after the collapse of theSouth Tower. A section of thefuselage fromUnited Airlines Flight 175 landed on the roof and a plane engine was found in the ninth floor cafeteria.[4] TheBorders was undamaged after both towers collapsed.
The building was delared unsafe and unsalvagable and was demolished by weakening its internal structure and using cables to pull down the rest of the structure, the same way4 and6 World Trade Center were demolished.[citation needed] The last standing section of 5 WTC was removed by December 2001.
TheFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/ASCE Building Performance Study Team found that some connections between the structural steel beams failed in the fire. This was most apparent in the collapse of 5 World Trade Center, where the fireproofing did not protect the connections, causing the structure to fail. The structural failure didn't cause the entire building to collapse, as seen after the attacks that the structural skeleton remained intact.[5]
The building was the location of theSurvivors' Staircase, which was moved 200 feet alongVesey Street in 2008 to prevent further damage. In 2010, the staircase was placed inside theNational September 11 Memorial & Museum, where it resides today.
2 World Trade Center will stand at the exact location where the original 5 World Trade Center once stood.
The following is a list of tenants of 5 World Trade Center prior to its destruction:[6]
| FL# | Companies |
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| 9 | Credit Suisse First Boston, American Shipper Magazine,Howard Publications, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Council Of State Governments, Hunan Resources and Tech Institute, Our Planet Management Institute Ltd. |
| 8 | Credit Suisse First Boston,New York Court of Claims, Continental Forwarding, Hon. Christopher J. Mega |
| 7 | Credit Suisse First Boston |
| 6 | Morgan Stanley |
| 5 | Morgan Stanley |
| 4 | Morgan Stanley |
| 3 | Borders, Affiliated Physicians of St. Vincent, World Trade Center Dental |
| 2 | Borders |
| PL | Chase Bank,Citibank,Borders, Children's Discovery Center,Krispy Kreme,Morgan Stanley,HSBC Bank,FedEx Corporation, Satellite Airlines Counter, Daniel Pehr, Inc. |
| C | The Mall at the World Trade Center |
The Satellite Airlines Counter, in the Plaza Level, was a retail space where airlines would lease out "booths" to house airline services. Tenants includedDelta Air Lines,United Airlines, Inc.,US Airways, and many others. Courier tenants includedFedEx Corporation andDHL. The space was located adjacent to the lower floor of the three-floorBorders.[7]
