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| caption1 = The original Twin Towers of the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] in 1992
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| caption2 = The site as it appeared twelve days after [[September 11 attacks|9/11]]
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| caption3 = The site as it appeared in 2012: The pools lie on the approximate site of each
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[[File:World Trade Center, New York City - aerial view (March 2001).jpg|thumb|right|200px|The original World Trade Center complex]]
At the time of their completion the "Twin Towers"—the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower), at {{cvt|1368|ft|m}}, and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower)—were the [[History of the tallest buildings in the world#Tallest buildings (from 1901)|tallest buildings]] in the world. The other buildings in the complex included the [[Marriott World Trade Center]] (3 WTC), [[
The World Trade Center experienced a [[1975 World Trade Center fire|fire]] on {{Nowrap|February 13}}, 1975, a [[1993 World Trade Center bombing|bombing]] on {{Nowrap|February 26}}, 1993 and [[1998 Bank of America robbery|a robbery]] on {{Nowrap|January 14}}, 1998. In 1998, the Port Authority decided to privatize the World Trade Center, leasing the buildings to a private company to manage, and awarded the lease to [[Silverstein Properties]] in {{Nowrap|July 2001}}.
===September 11 attacks===
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[[File:Remarks from Ground Zero September 14, 2001.webm|thumb|thumbtime=00:11|[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] making remarks from "Ground Zero" on September 14, 2001]]
Soon after the September 11 attacks, [[Mayor of New York City|Mayor]] [[Rudy Giuliani]], [[List of Governors of New York|Governor]] [[George Pataki]], and President [[George W. Bush]] vowed to rebuild the World Trade Center site. On the day of the attacks, Giuliani proclaimed, "We will rebuild. We're going to come out of this stronger than before, politically stronger, economically stronger. The skyline will be made whole again."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0926/today.html |title=Rebuilding in New York |date=September 26, 2001 |author=Taylor, Tess |magazine=Architecture Week |access-date=May 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511012010/http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0926/today.html |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=dead
In a later address before [[United States Congress|Congress]], the president declared, "As a symbol of America's resolve, my administration will work with Congress, and these two leaders, to show the world that we will rebuild New York City."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html |title=Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People |publisher=The White House |date=September 20, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225062850/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html |archive-date=February 25, 2008}}</ref> The immediate response from World Trade Center leaseholder [[Larry Silverstein]] was that "it would be the tragedy of tragedies not to rebuild this part of New York. It would give the terrorists the victory they seek."<ref>{{cite news |title=In place of the Trade Center; Ideas range from building new towers to playground |author=Litt, Steven |publisher=Plain Dealer (Cleveland) |date=September 17, 2001}}</ref> However, by 2011, only one building, [[7 World Trade Center]], had been rebuilt. The buildings that have been rebuilt as of June 2018 include 7 World Trade Center, [[One World Trade Center]], [[4 World Trade Center]], and [[3 World Trade Center]]. The original twin towers took less than three years from start of construction to be finished and five years from the beginning planning stages. However, given the complexity and highly political nature of the rebuilding efforts, they are often cited as an example of a successful public-private collaboration and are taught as a case study in successful negotiations.<ref>Cornell Real Estate Review, Volume 10, Number 1 (July 2012), 39-53, http://cip.cornell.edu/cpre.crer/1342144023; http://www.cornell.edu/video/?videoID=1680</ref>
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