Former 6 World Trade Center

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Six World Trade Center was the U.S. Customs House. It was a 537,693sqft (49,953-sqm), 7-story low-rise building in Manhattan, New York City. Construction finished in 1975. It was heavily damaged on September 11, 2001, from the collapse of 1 World Trade Center and 2 World Trade Center.

Debris from the North tower covered the area near 6 WTC digging a deep crater into the buildings basement. The building was demolished to make way for reconstruction. AMEC Construction handled the demolition, in which the building was weakened and then pulled down with cables.

The new 1 World Trade Ceneter, which will be 1,776 ft tall Freedom Tower will roughly be on 6 WTC's site.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_World_Trade_Center
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Coordinates:   40°42'46"N   74°0'46"W

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  • Six World Trade Center was the U.S. Customs House: a 537,693-square-foot (49,953-m²), 7-story low-rise building in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Construction finished in 1975. It was heavily damaged on September 11, 2001, from the collapse of 1 World Trade Center and 2 World Trade Center. Debris from the North tower covered the area near 6 WTC digging a deep crater into the buildings basement. The building was demolished to make way for reconstruction. AMEC Construction handled the demolition,[1] in which the building was weakened and then pulled down with cables.
  • I miss you 6 World Trade Center! The new construction needs a 6th World Trade Center.
  • WTC 6 was the building in the Northwest corner of the WTC site. The buildings major tenants were all government agencies one of them the US customs. The building housed the offices of 760 US customs employees. 800 workers were evacuated form building 6 within the first 12 minutes after the first plane crash.
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