6 World Trade Center was a seven-story building in

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. It opened in 1974 and was the building in the World Trade Center complex that had the fewest stories. The building served as the U.S. Customs House for New York. It was demolished in late 2001 due to the damage sustained by the collapse of the North Tower during the

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. Its site is now the location of the new

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and the Perelman Performing Arts Center.

History

6 World Trade Center was first proposed in 1968 as part of the original World Trade Center complex. The building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, along with Emery Roth & Sons. Construction was completed in 1973 on the eight-story building. 6 World Trade Center was home to the

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for the state of New York, from 1974 to 2001.

Tenants

The following is a list of tenants of 6 World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001:

September 11 attacks and cleanup

During the

, the collapse of the North Tower destroyed large sections of 6 World Trade Center. Two days later, within the crushed section of the building, two steel beams connected in the shape of a cross were found, believed to be debris from the tower. The beams have since become known as the World Trade Center cross, and is displayed within the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The building's ruins were demolished to make way for reconstruction of the current World Trade Center site. AMEC Construction handled the demolition, in which the building was weakened and then pulled down with cables. The new

and Perelman Performing Arts Center stand at the site where 6 World Trade Center originally stood.

Gallery

File:6-wtc-photo.jpg, NOAA aerial image following the September 11 attacks. North is approximately upper right on the image. File:WTC Building Arrangement and Site Plan.svg, Map of WTC site. 6 WTC located in upper left corner of WTC Plaza. File:WTC-7 - IMG10a 015.jpg, 6 WTC on fire during the September 11 attacks, visible behind 7 WTC and its footbridge. File:World Trade Center 6 after the 9-11 attacks.jpg, 6 WTC during Ground Zero cleanup operations. File:CBP World Trade Center Photography 6.jpg, Interior of 6 WTC showing debris from the North Tower in the open area, including a piece that became the World Trade Center cross. File:September 17 2001.jpg, 6 WTC's remains on September 17, 2001.

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