| 2 World Trade Center | |
| Start Date: | January 1969 |
| Opened: | September 1971[1] |
| Topped Out Date: | July 19, 1971 |
| Completion Date: | 1973 |
| Destruction Date: | September 11, 2001, 9:59 a.m. Eastern Time Zone |
| Inauguration Date: | April 4, 1973 |
| Location: | Liberty Street, New York, NY 10048, United States |
| Status: | Destroyed |
| Roof: | 1362feet |
| Observatory: | 1377feet[2] |
| Floor Count: | 110 |
| Floor Area: | 4759040square feet |
| Elevator Count: | 99 |
| Structural Engineer: | Leslie E. Robertson (Worthington, Skilling, Helle, and Jackson) |
| Owner: | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Management: | Silverstein Properties |
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 1362feet to the roof, distinguishable from its twin, the North Tower (1 World Trade Center), by its outdoor observation deck and the absence of a television antenna. Both the South Tower and the North Tower had mechanical floors, and the same type of walls. 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 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 diagonally-pointed roof, 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.
Note: Floor numbers in
red are part of United Airlines Flight 175's impact area during the September 11 attacks, with floors above this zone marked in dark gray .| Floor # | Companies | Business | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | Outdoor Observatory | Tourism | |
| 109 | |||
| 108 | |||
| 107 | Business services, Tourism, Food, Entertainment | ||
| 106 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 105 | Insurance | ||
| 104 | Insurance, Investment | ||
| 103 | Insurance | ||
| 102 | Insurance | ||
| 101 | Insurance | ||
| 100 | Insurance | ||
| 99 | Insurance | ||
| 98 | Insurance | ||
| 97 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 96 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 95 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 94 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 93 | AON Corporation, Regus Business Centers | Insurance, Co-working | |
| 92 | Insurance | ||
| 91 | Engineers, Manufacturing | ||
| 90 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 89 | Investment | ||
| 88 | Investment | ||
| 87 | |||
| 86 | Government | ||
| 85 | Attorneys | ||
| 84 | EuroBrokers | Financial | |
| 83 | IQ Financial Systems, Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking | Financial | |
| 82 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 81 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 80 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 79 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 78 | Skylobby, First Commercial Bank, Baseline Financial Services | Banks/Financial, Financial | |
| 77 | Baseline Financial Services | Financial | |
| 76 | |||
| 75 | |||
| 74 | Investment | ||
| 73 | Investment | ||
| 72 | Investment | ||
| 71 | Investment | ||
| 70 | Investment | ||
| 69 | Investment | ||
| 68 | Investment | ||
| 67 | Investment | ||
| 66 | Investment | ||
| 65 | Investment | ||
| 64 | Investment | ||
| 63 | Investment | ||
| 62 | Morgan Stanley, Demeter Management Corporation | Investment, Not available | |
| 61 | Investment | ||
| 60 | Investment | ||
| 59 | Investment | ||
| 58 | Financial Information Provider | ||
| 57 | Hold Brothers[3] | Financial | |
| 56 | Investment | ||
| 55 | Guy Carpenter, Garban Intercapital, Harlows | Reinsurance, Investment, Not available | |
| 54 | Reinsurance | ||
| 53 | Reinsurance | ||
| 52 | Reinsurance | ||
| 51 | Reinsurance | ||
| 50 | Reinsurance | ||
| 49 | Reinsurance, Insurance | ||
| 48 | Insurance, Reinsurance | ||
| 47 | Reinsurance | ||
| 46 | Investment | ||
| 45 | Investment | ||
| 44 | Investment | ||
| 43 | Investment | ||
| 42 | |||
| 41 | |||
| 40 | Not available, Attorneys | ||
| 39 | Attorneys | ||
| 38 | Attorneys | ||
| 37 | — | — | |
| 36 | Frenkel and Company | Insurance | |
| 35 | Frenkel and Company | Insurance | |
| 34 | Investment | ||
| 33 | Investment | ||
| 32 | OppenheimerFunds, Commerzbank Capital Markets | Investment, Financial | |
| 31 | Investment | ||
| 30 | Financial, Insurance | ||
| 29 | Investment, Financial | ||
| 28 | New York Stock Exchange, Inc., Big A Travel Agency, Law Office Of Joseph Bellard, Hua Nan Commercial Bank Ltd. | Financial, Transportation, Law Firms, Financial Institutions | |
| 27 | — | — | |
| 26 | Computer services | ||
| 25 | Computer services | ||
| 24 | Insurance, Organizations, Travel, Insurance, Not available, Investment | ||
| 23 | SCOR U.S. Corporation, Unistrat Corporation of America | Insurance, Consultants | |
| 22 | Antal International, Mancini Duffy, NYS Retirement System | Not available | |
| 21 | Employment agency, Research, Architects, Not available | ||
| 20 | Thacher Proffitt & Wood, LLP, New York Shipping Association | Attorneys, Transportation | |
| 19 | Transportation, Not available | ||
| 18 | AbraCadabra Digital Printing, Alliance Consulting Group, Weiland International Inc. | Business Services, Not available | |
| 17 | Banks/Financial | ||
| 16 | Research | ||
| 15 | Candia Shipping, Orient International(South Korean investment company,later merged with Yuanta Securities) CINDE Costa Rican Investment Board, DigiOrbit Corporation, Millennium Management Resources Inc., Optech Systems Inc., Stallion Commerce Corporation, TD Ameritrade | Not available, Investment, Not available, Banks/Financial | |
| 14 | Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Business services, Banks/Financial | ||
| 13 | Verizon Communications | Telecommunication | |
| 12 | Telecommunication | ||
| 11 | Verizon Communications, Candia Shipping | Telecommunication, Shipping | |
| 10 | Telecommunication | ||
| 9 | Telecommunication | ||
| 8 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 6 | — | — | |
| 5 | — | — | |
| 4 | — | — | |
| 3 | — | — | |
| 2 | Ticket booth | ||
| 1 | Colortek Kodak Imaging Center | Business services | |
| L | Nichols Foundation | Government/Schools | |
| C | The Mall at the World Trade Center | Retail | |
| B | Xerox Document Company, Morgan Stanley, Anthem, NY Chamber of Commerce | Manufacturing, Investment, Insurance, Government | |
| NA | Continental Insurance Company | Insurance | |
| SOURCES: CoStar Group Inc.; Skyscrapers, An Architectural Type of Modern Urbanism; compiled from AP wire reports. | |||
NOTE: Atlantic Bank of New York had moved out in July 2001, but they were still paying for the rent as of September 2001.