| 6 World Trade Center | |
| Status: | Demolished |
| Location: | Lower Manhattan |
| Location Town: | New York City |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 40.7128°N -74.0133°W |
| Start Date: | 1969–1970 |
| Completion Date: | 1973 |
| Opened Date: | January 1974[1] |
| Demolition Date: | Late 2001 (heavily damaged on September 11, 2001) |
| Owner: | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Floor Area: | 5376930NaN0 |
| Floor Count: | 8 |
| Building Type: | Office |
| Architectural Style: | Modern |
| Current Tenants: | List |
| Height: | 93.280NaN0 |
| Structural Engineer: | Leslie E. Robertson Associates |
| Main Contractor: | Tishman Construction |
6 World Trade Center was an eight-story building in Lower Manhattan in New York City. It opened in 1974 and was the building in the World Trade Center complex that had the fewest stories. The building served as the U.S. Customs House for New York. It was demolished in late 2001 due to the damage sustained by the collapse of the North Tower during the September 11 attacks. Its site is now the location of the new One World Trade Center and the Perelman Performing Arts Center.
The following is a list of tenants of 6 World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001:[5]
| FL# | Companies | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | US Customs Service | |
| 6 | United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, United States Department of Labor, US Export Assistance Center | |
| 5 | — | |
| 4 | — | |
| 3 | — | |
| 2 | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | |
| L | North bridge to World Financial Center, Escalators from 1WTC lobby | |
| C | Storage, loading docks, lower lobby, firing range |
During the September 11 attacks, the collapse of the North Tower destroyed large sections of the 6 World Trade Center.[4] Two days later, within the crushed section of the building, two steel beams connected in the shape of a cross were found, believed to be debris from the tower.[6] The beams have since become known as the World Trade Center cross, and is displayed within the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.[7]
The building's ruins were demolished to make way for reconstruction of the current World Trade Center site. AMEC Construction handled the demolition,[8] in which the building was weakened and then pulled down with cables. The new One World Trade Center and Perelman Performing Arts Center stand at the site where 6 World Trade Center originally stood.[9] [10]