The World Trade Center

Once my favorite buildings in the world...

Construction Photos at www.nycsubway.org.

Former Owner: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Construction began: 1966
Tower 1 Complete: 1970
Tower 2 Complete: 1972

Each Tower:
Floors: 110
Interior Space: 50,000 ft² / floor
Elevators: 97 passenger, 6 freight

Tallest Relevant Buildings of the World:
1966: 1 - Empire State Building
1970: 1 - 1 World Trade Center, 2 - Empire State Building
1972: 1 - 1 World Trade Center, 2 - 2 World Trade Center, 3 - Empire State Building
2000: 5 - 1 World Trade Center, 6 - 2 World Trade Center

There were a total of 7 buildings in the WTC, 3 WTC (pictured, between the towers) was a Marriott Hotel, and 7 WTC was a 47 story building off to the side.

Both Towers: Carpeted concourse on second floor with exits to outdoor plaza. Skylobbies at 44 and 78. There were no floors for 3-8, this was open space above the second floor.
First floor lobby: Exits to West Street (Tower 1), Liberty Street (Tower 2), underground mall.

Graphic above taken from the Port Authority web site. Floor plan from any floor between 46 and 54.

Elevator Plan for World Trade Center. I've edited it so it would be readable and correct.

Graphic above taken from an elevator website, I forgot which, but if they request I will remove it. I edited it slightly because it was erroneous. It is now more correct.

Destruction Dates:
Tower 1: 9/11/01, 10:29 EDT

Tower 2: 9/11/01, 10:00 EDT