South Tower of the World Trade Center

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destroyed building office building skyscraper twin tower

The South Tower of the World Trade Center was one of the twin skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, that collapsed after being struck during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
South Tower 2
2 World Trade Center 1
The South Tower 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf destroyed building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
twin tower ⓘ
aircraftImpact United Airlines Flight 175 ⓘ
aircraftImpactTime 2001-09-11T09:03:00-04:00 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2 World Trade Center ⓘ
South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
surface form: WTC 2
architect Emery Roth & Sons ⓘ
Minoru Yamasaki ⓘ
architecturalHeight 415 m ⓘ
attackDate 2001-09-11 ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
buildingType commercial offices ⓘ
causeOfDestruction aircraft impact and subsequent collapse ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
collapseTime 2001-09-11T09:59:00-04:00 ⓘ
completionDate 1973 ⓘ
complexNumber 2 ⓘ
coordinates 40.7115°N 74.0125°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolitionDate 2001-09-11 ⓘ
developer Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
elevatorCount 99 ⓘ
floorArea approximately 4,300,000 sq ft ⓘ
floorCount 110 ⓘ
height 1362 ft ⓘ
415 m ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Manhattan ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedOnSiteOf current 2 World Trade Center construction site ⓘ
material glass ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
notableEvent September 11 attacks ⓘ
openingDate 1973 ⓘ
owner Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
partOf World Trade Center (reconstructed complex) ⓘ
surface form: World Trade Center complex
roofHeight 415 m ⓘ
startDate 1968 ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ
streetAddress 2 World Trade Center ⓘ
surface form: 2 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10048, USA
structuralEngineer Leslie E. Robertson ⓘ
style modernist architecture ⓘ
twinWith North Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

South Tower of the World Trade Center → alsoKnownAs → South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: WTC 2
original World Trade Center → hasPart → South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Tower
United Airlines Flight 175 → impactBuilding → South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 World Trade Center
United Airlines Flight 175 → impactTarget → South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
September 11 attacks → locationOfImpact → South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
Don Gummer → notableWork → South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: The South Tower
Leslie E. Robertson → notableWork → South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Trade Center South Tower
2 World Trade Center → replaces → South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Tower
North Tower of the World Trade Center → twinWith → South Tower of the World Trade Center ⓘ