Marriott World Trade Center
The Marriott World Trade Center was a 22-story[1] steel-framed hotel building with 825 rooms. It opened in July 1981 as the Vista International Hotel and was located at 3 World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City, with the World Trade Center complex.
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 The Marriott World Trade Center (Bottom) Below the Twin Towers. | |
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| Location | 3 World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°42′42″N 74°00′45″W / 40.71167°N 74.01250°WCoordinates: 40°42′42″N 74°00′45″W / 40.71167°N 74.01250°W |
| Closing date | September 11, 2001 |
| Developer | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
The hotel was destroyed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, after the collapse of the Twin Towers. The hotel was not replaced as part of the new World Trade Center complex, but will rather share its name with the new office tower.
The Vista International was the first hotel to open in Lower Manhattan since 1836.[2] The building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.[3]
Marriott World Trade Center Media
FEMA diagram of the damage sustained by the hotel during the bombing.
The lobby of the hotel in the mid-1990s
The hotel during the September 11 attacks, after the second plane crash at 9:03 a.m. and before the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m.
The South Tower collapsing onto WTC 3 on September 11th. Included in NIST album.
A map of debris after the collapse of the towers, showing the direction each tower's walls fell, and how the southern end of the hotel was barely saved
The section of the hotel remaining after the towers collapsed, located at its south end
References
- ↑ Lew, H. S., Richard W. Bukowski, and Nicholas J. Carino. "Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Structural and Life Safety Systems (pdf)" (PDF). National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Eisner, Harvey (April 2002). Terrorist Attack At New York World Trade Center. Firehouse Magazine. http://www.firehouse.com/terrorist/911/magazine/harvey.html.
- ↑ "New York Marriott World Trade Center (archived website)". Archived from the original on March 2, 2001. Retrieved March 2, 2001.
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