7 World Trade Center

7 World Trade Center
7 World Trade Center
	7 World Trade Center nearing completion, January 2006
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	250 Greenwich Street; Manhattan, New York City 10006, United States
Coordinates	40°42′48″N 74°00′43″W / 40.7133°N 74.0120°W
Construction started	May 7, 2002
Completed	2006
Opened	May 23, 2006
Height
Architectural	743 ft (226 m)
Roof	741 ft (226 m)
Top floor	679 ft (207 m)
Technical details
Floor count	52
Floor area	1,681,118 sq ft (156,181 m2)
Lifts/elevators	29
Design and construction
Architect(s)	David Childs of SOM
Developer	Silverstein Properties
Engineer	Jaros, Baum & Bolles (MEP)
Structural engineer	WSP Cantor Seinuk
Main contractor	Tishman Construction
Website
	7 World Trade Center, wtc.com
References

7 World Trade Center (7 WTC, WTC-7, or Tower 7) is an office building constructed as part of the new World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The tower is located on a city block bounded by Greenwich, Vesey, Washington, and Barclay Streets on the east, south, west, and north, respectively. 7 World Trade Center was developed by Larry Silverstein, who holds a ground lease for the site from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

The building was constructed to replace the original structure on the site, part of the original World Trade Center. The previous structure, completed in 1987, was destroyed in the September 11 attacks in 2001. Construction of the new 7 World Trade Center began in 2002 and was completed on May 23, 2006. The building is 52 stories tall (plus one underground floor), making it the 64th-tallest in New York.^[2] It is built on a smaller footprint than the original; a small park across Greenwich Street occupies space that was part of the original building's footprint.

The current building's design emphasizes safety, with a reinforced concrete core, wider stairways, and thicker fireproofing on steel columns. It also incorporates numerous green design features. The building received the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification and was part of the council's pilot program for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Core and Shell Development (LEED-CS).^[5]

^ Bagli, Charles V. (May 8, 2002). "As a Hurdle Is Cleared, Building Begins At Ground Zero". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 28, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "7 World Trade Center – The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b 7 World Trade Center Archived December 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
^ ^a ^b See: * Building Tenants Archived February 5, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Silverstein Properties *
^ "About the WTC". Wtc.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.

[nyt-7wtcstart-1] Bagli, Charles V. (May 8, 2002). "As a Hurdle Is Cleared, Building Begins At Ground Zero". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 28, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2009.

[skyscraperCenter-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "7 World Trade Center – The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

[som-3] 7 World Trade Center Archived December 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

[Silverstein_Properties-4] See: * Building Tenants Archived February 5, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Silverstein Properties *

[5] "About the WTC". Wtc.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.

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