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==Original buildings==

[[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 1,368&nbsp;ft (417 metres), 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), [[Four World Trade Center|4 WTC]], [[Five World Trade Center|5 WTC]], [[6 World Trade Center|6 WTC]], and [[7 World Trade Center|7 WTC]]. All of these buildings were built between 1975 and 1985, with a construction cost of $400&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|400000000|1971|{{Inflation-year|US}}|r=-8}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars).{{Inflation-fn|US}} The complex was located in New York City's [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] and contained {{convert|13400000|sqft|m2}} of office space.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E4D81030F935A35752C0A9649C8B63 |title=Commercial Property; In Office Market, a Time of Uncertainty |work=The New York Times |author=Holusha, John |date=January 6, 2002 |access-date=November 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_30_48/ai_83762552 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526191512/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_30_48/ai_83762552 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 26, 2012 |title=Ford recounts details of Sept. 11 |work=Real Estate Weekly |date=February 27, 2002 |publisher=BNET |access-date=January 3, 2009 }}</ref>

==External links==

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*[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/10/nyregion/2010-wtc.html?ref=multimedia Reviving Ground Zero] - interactive slideshow with audio by ''[[The New York Times]]''

 

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