5 World Trade Center (1970–2001)

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Former building in Manhattan, New York This article is about the original building demolished after the September 11 attacks. For its proposed replacement, see 5 World Trade Center.

5 World Trade Center
5 World Trade Center as seen from the Austin J. Tobin Plaza

Alternative names	5 WTC WTC 5 Building 5
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Office
Architectural style	Modern
Location	Lower Manhattan
Town or city	New York City
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°42′43″N 74°0′41″W / 40.71194°N 74.01139°W / 40.71194; -74.01139
Current tenants	List
Opened	March 1972
Demolished	December 2001 (heavily damaged on September 11, 2001)
Owner	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Technical details
Floor count	9
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Yamasaki & Associates Emery Roth & Sons

5 World Trade Center, also known as the Northeast Plaza Building, was a nine-story building in Lower Manhattan in New York City. Part of the World Trade Center complex, it opened in March 1972. The building was damaged during the September 11 attacks and later demolished. Its former site is now the location of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub and the proposed 2 World Trade Center.

History

5 World Trade Center (5 WTC) was originally a steel-framed nine-story low-rise office building built in 1970–72 at New York City's World Trade Center. The building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki and Emery 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 the World 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 m) per floor. It hosted a police desk.

The Chambers 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 housed The Mall at the World Trade Center. The largest Borders bookstore in New York City spread across three floors of 5 World Trade Center, on the corner of the building adjacent to the intersection of Church and Vesey Street.

In 1984, artist Joanna Gilman Hyde painted the 10,000-square-foot (930 m) canvas titled "Self Organizing Galaxy" on the roof of 5 World Trade Center, a temporary art exhibit. It took eight days to paint and was signed on October 10, 1984.

September 11 attacks

5 WTC was the least damaged building of the entire complex. Floors 4–9 suffered partial collapse and/or fire damage as a result of the September 11 attacks, while Floors 1–3 were not damaged. The building's structural integrity on its upper floors were partially compromised due to the impact of steel and other debris from the North Tower. Other collapsed sections were due to fire 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 the South Tower. A section of the fuselage from United Airlines Flight 175 landed on the roof and a plane engine was found in the ninth floor cafeteria. The Borders bookstore was undamaged after both towers collapsed.

The building was demolished by weakening its internal structure and using cables to pull down the rest of the structure, the same way 4 and 6 World Trade Center were demolished. The last standing section of 5 WTC was removed by December 2001.

The Federal 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.

The building was the location of the Survivors' Staircase, which was moved 200 feet along Vesey Street in 2008 to prevent further damage. In 2010, the staircase was placed inside the National 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.

Tenants

The following is a list of tenants of 5 World Trade Center prior to its destruction:

FL#	Companies
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 Bookstore, Affiliated Physicians of St. Vincent, World Trade Center Dental
2	Borders Bookstore
PL	Chase Bank, Citibank, Borders Bookstore, 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 included Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Inc., US Airways, and many others. Courier tenants included FedEx Corporation and DHL. The space was located adjacent to the lower floor of the three-floor Borders Bookstore.

Gallery

Original 5 World Trade Center building seen from the courtyard of The Sphere, 1998.
An aerial view of the World Trade Center site, including 5 WTC, after the September 11 attacks, featuring the building footprints.
Closeup of WTC 5's remains from the air.

References

"History of the Twin Towers". The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on January 8, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
"World Trade Center History". New York City. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
Bird, David; Carroll, Maurice (September 5, 1984). "New York Day By Day: Putting Mop to Canvas". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
Newman, Marissa (September 10, 2021). "When ash fell like snow: 20 years on, a fire warden's 9/11 memories still haunt". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on February 14, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
Testimony of Dr. W. Gene Corley Archived September 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, on behalf of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), to Subcommittee on Research, Committee on Science, U. S. House of Representatives, May 1, 2002.
"Building: 5 World Trade Center – Northeast Plaza". www.cnn.com. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
"City Ticket Offices." Delta Air Lines. Retrieved on November 20, 2012. "World Trade Center Ticket Office 5 World Trade Center – Plaza Level New York, New York 10048"

World Trade Center

First WTC
(1973–2001)

Art	1993 World Trade Center Bombing Memorial Bent Propeller Ideogram Sky Gate, New York The Sphere The World Trade Center Tapestry World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture
Major events	February 26, 1993 bombing January 14, 1998 robbery September 11, 2001 attacks Collapse Timeline Victims Aftermath Rescue and recovery effort NIST report on collapse Deutsche Bank Building St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Second WTC
(2001–present)

Site, towers, and structures	One Construction Tenants 2 3 4 5 7 Perelman Performing Arts Center Vehicular Security Center Liberty Park St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Westfield Mall Artwork ONE: Union of the Senses The Sphere
Rapid transit	PATH stations Transportation Hub New York City Subway stations Chambers Street–WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt Street (2, 3, A, C, E, N, R, and W trains) WTC Cortlandt (1 train) Fulton Street (2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, and Z trains) Fulton Center Corbin Building Dey Street Passageway
9/11 memorials	9/11 Tribute Museum National September 11 Memorial & Museum Competition Memory Foundations Tribute in Light America's Response Monument Empty Sky To the Struggle Against World Terrorism Postcards memorial The Rising memorial Relics from the original WTC The Sphere Cross Survivors' Staircase

People

Other

Brookfield Place

Other nearby structures

Financial District

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

West of Broadway/ State Street	1 Broadway 21 West Street 65 Broadway 90 West Street 88 Greenwich Street 94 Greenwich Street 125 Greenwich Street 130 Cedar Street 195 Broadway American Stock Exchange Building Barclay–Vesey Building Bowling Green Offices Building Castle Clinton City Pier A Cunard Building Downtown Athletic Club Empire Building Firehouse, Engine Company 10 and Ladder Company 10 James Watson House New York County Lawyers' Association Building Old New York Evening Post Building Robert and Anne Dickey House St. George's Syrian Catholic Church St. Paul's Chapel St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Transportation Building Trinity and United States Realty Buildings Trinity Church Trinity Court Building Whitehall Building World Trade Center One 2 3 4 7 Perelman Performing Arts Center St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Vehicular Security Center Westfield Mall
East of Broadway/ State Street	1 Hanover Square 1 New York Plaza 1 Wall Street 1 Wall Street Court 1 William Street 2 Broadway 2 New York Plaza 5 Beekman Street 14 Wall Street 15 Broad Street 15 William 17 State Street 19 Dutch 20 Exchange Place 23 Wall Street 25 Water Street 26 Broadway 28 Liberty Street 32 Old Slip 37 Wall Street 40 Wall Street 45 Broad Street 48 Wall Street 52 Broadway 55 Broad Street 55 Wall Street 55 Water Street 56 Beaver Street (Delmonico's) 56 Pine Street 60 Wall Street 63 Wall Street 63 Nassau Street 70 Pine Street 75 Wall Street 90–94 Maiden Lane 116 John Street 120 Wall Street 130 William 140 Broadway 150 Nassau Street 161 Maiden Lane 161 Water Street 170–176 John Street 250 Water Street Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House American Bank Note Company Building American Surety Building Bennett Building Broad Exchange Building Chamber of Commerce Building Continental Bank Building Continental Center Corbin Building Down Town Association Equitable Building Excelsior Power Company Building Federal Hall National Memorial Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building Fraunces Tavern Home Insurance Plaza John Street Methodist Church Keuffel & Esser Company Building Lee, Higginson & Company Bank Building Liberty Tower Morse Building New York City Police Museum New York Stock Exchange Building New York Times Building Park Row Building Potter Building
Former buildings	Alexander Macomb House Astor House Barnum's American Museum Blair Building City Hotel City Investing Building Equitable Life Building Gillender Building Gilsey Building Government House Hanover National Building Howard Hotel Kemble Building Knickerbocker Trust Company Building Manhattan Life Insurance Building Mills Building Mortimer Building New York Produce Exchange New York Tribune Building New York World Building Pearl Street Station St. Paul Building Singer Building Stadt Huys Tontine Coffee House Tower Building Western Union Telegraph Building World Trade Center 3 4 5 6 7

Other points of interest

Arts and culture	Charging Bull China Chalet Fearless Girl Four Continents The Sphere Titanic Memorial
Parks and plazas	Austin J. Tobin Plaza‎‎ (former) The Battery Bowling Green Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza Hudson River Park Imagination Playground Liberty Park Louise Nevelson Plaza Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden Vietnam Veterans Plaza Zuccotti Park
Food and drink	Brasserie Les Halles China Chalet Crown Shy Delmonico's Fraunces Tavern Rolfe's Chop House Saga The Dead Rabbit

Education

Schools	High School of Economics and Finance Leadership and Public Service High School Léman Manhattan Preparatory School Millennium High School New York Film Academy Pace University Pine Street School New York
Museums	China Institute Federal Hall National Memorial Fraunces Tavern George Gustav Heye Center Mmuseumm Museum of American Finance Museum of Jewish Heritage New York City Police Museum Skyscraper Museum South Street Seaport

Transportation

Public transport	Subway Bowling Green Broad Street Fulton Street Rector St/Greenwich St Rector St/Trinity Pl South Ferry/Whitehall St Wall St/William St Wall St/Broadway WTC Cortlandt PATH World Trade Center Ferries Pier 11/Wall Street South Ferry Battery Maritime Building Whitehall Terminal
Other transport	Downtown Manhattan Heliport Wall Street Skyport
Streets	Albany Beaver Bridge Broad Broadway Church/Trinity Place Cortlandt Dey Exchange Fulton Greenwich John Liberty Maiden Lane Marketfield Nassau Pearl South Spruce State Stone Theatre Alley Vesey/Ann Wall Washington West Whitehall William

See also: Manhattan Community Board 1

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