2 World Trade Center is a skyscraper being developed as part of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. It will replace the original 2 World Trade Center, which was completed as part of the first World Trade Center in 1973 and subsequently destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001, and it will occupy the position of the original 5 World Trade Center. The foundation work was completed in 2013, though no construction has taken place since.
Artist's impression of a 2022 Foster and Partners redesign, with 3 World Trade Center south of 2 WTC
The two original towers, 1 World Trade Center (with the antenna) and 2 World Trade Center (without the antenna) on September 1, 2001
United Airlines Flight 175 hits 2 World Trade Center in the September 11 attacks
The building's proposed design by Bjarke Ingels Group in 2015
World Trade Center (2001–present)
The World Trade Center (WTC) is a complex of buildings in the Lower Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, replacing the original seven buildings on the same site that were destroyed in the September 11 attacks of 2001. The site is being rebuilt with up to six new skyscrapers, four of which have been completed; a memorial and museum to those killed in the attacks; the elevated Liberty Park adjacent to the site, containing the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and the Vehicular Security Center; the Perelman Performing Arts Center; and a transportation hub. The 104-story One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, is the lead building for the new complex.
The complex seen on September 11, 2020 One WTC (left), Brookfield Place (left and center), 3 WTC and 4 WTC (right). 7 WTC, the Perelman Performing Arts Center, the 2 WTC and 5 WTC sites, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, the Liberty Park, the WTC Transportation Hub and the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church are not visible in the picture.
The original World Trade Center in March 2001
Construction of the September 11 Memorial complex in January 2008
The World Trade Center site in July 2010