North Tower of the World Trade Center

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World Trade Center building destroyed building office building skyscraper

The North Tower of the World Trade Center was one of the original Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, and a defining symbol of the city’s skyline until its destruction in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Tower	2
World Trade Center 1	2
1 World Trade Center (original)	1
One World Trade Center (pre-2001)	1
WTC 1	1
World Trade Center North Tower	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Trade Center building ⓘ destroyed building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ surface form: 1 World Trade Center (original) North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ surface form: WTC 1 North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ surface form: World Trade Center 1
antennaAdded	1978 ⓘ
architect	Minoru Yamasaki ⓘ
architecturalFirm	Emery Roth & Sons ⓘ
category	Buildings destroyed in the September 11 attacks ⓘ Former skyscrapers in New York City ⓘ
citySymbol	New York City skyline ⓘ
collapseTime	2001-09-11T10:28:22-04:00 ⓘ
completionDate	1972 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1966 ⓘ
coordinates	40.7126°N 74.0132°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
destructionCause	terrorist attack ⓘ
destructionDate	2001-09-11 ⓘ
destructionEvent	September 11 attacks ⓘ
developer	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
feature	antenna mast ⓘ tubular structural system ⓘ
floorCount	110 ⓘ
heightIncludingAntenna_ft	1727 ⓘ
heightToRoof_ft	1368 ⓘ
heightToRoof_m	417 ⓘ
hitBy	American Airlines Flight 11 ⓘ
impactTime	2001-09-11T08:46:30-04:00 ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Manhattan ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
material	glass ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
openingDate	1973 ⓘ
owner	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
partOf	World Trade Center (reconstructed complex) ⓘ surface form: World Trade Center
primaryUse	office ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
style	modernist architecture ⓘ
tenant	Cantor Fitzgerald ⓘ Marsh & McLennan ⓘ Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
topFloor	110 ⓘ
toppedOutDate	1970 ⓘ
twinWith	South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Tower of the World Trade Center → alsoKnownAs → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Trade Center 1

North Tower of the World Trade Center → alsoKnownAs → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: WTC 1

North Tower of the World Trade Center → alsoKnownAs → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1 World Trade Center (original)

American Airlines Flight 11 → attackTarget → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

American Airlines Flight 11 → crashSite → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

original World Trade Center → hasPart → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Trade Center 1

original World Trade Center → hasPart → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Tower

American Airlines Flight 11 → impactTower → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Tower

September 11 attacks → locationOfImpact → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

Leslie E. Robertson → notableWork → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Trade Center North Tower

Cantor Fitzgerald → officeLocation → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: One World Trade Center (pre-2001)

Empire State Building → surpassedBy → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

South Tower of the World Trade Center → twinWith → North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ