Photo credit: 9/11 Memorial staff
Accession Number: C.2015.191.19
Dimensions: 11 in X 8.5 in
Dimensions (Metric): 27.94 cm X 21.59 cm
Credit Line: Gift of Daniel Sassa in remembrance of the FDNY's 343
Description
September 1975, Volume 2, No. 9 issue of 110 News, a newsletter published for the World Trade Center community by the Port Authority. A photograph on the front depicts an old ship, Norway's windjammer Christian Radich in the South Street Seaport.
Featured topics covered in this issue include:
-Commodity News Service and Transportation News Ticker are in operation at the World Trade Information Center
-Monthly parking availability in the WTC garage
-W. Kodak, Jewelers and Manfra, Tordella & Brookes (foreign currency dealer) both open for business in the Concourse Mall
-Airlines tickets available for purchase at the Satellite Airlines ticket center in the North Tower lobby
-Moscow World Trade Center opening
-Free technical briefings on New York-New Jersey Port trade
-7th Avenue subway nearly complete
-First bicycle rack installed at the WTC on Vesey Street
-New president of Zim Israel Navigation Co., Ltd - Avner Manor
-New tenants at the WTC
Historical Notes
As of 2001, the World Trade Center was home to more than 430 businesses from 28 different countries. Approximately 50,000 people worked in the World Trade Center with tens of thousands more passing through the complex each day. The World Trade Center complex contained 12 million square feet of office space and 22 different food and drink vendors.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) was the interstate agency that created and managed the World Trade Center until July 24, 2001. The Port Authority maintained offices in both the North and South Towers throughout the life of the World Trade Center. The World Trade Center's 110 News was a monthly newsletter published for the World Trade Center community by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.