Photo credit: 9/11 Memorial staff
Accession Number: C.2015.191.22
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
December 1975, Volume 2, No. 12 issue of 110 News, a newsletter published for the World Trade Center community by the Port Authority. Photographs on the front depict the opening of the South Tower Observation Deck.
Featured topics covered in this issue include:
-Official opening of the South Tower Observation Deck
-Bank of Tokyo, new tenants in 5 WTC with full commercial banking services
-Study of building NYC Convention Center in Battery Park City landfill (images of the renderings included)
-Free technical briefing on the economic overview of the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Region
-PACE University Lunch & Learn program series
-Enchanted World of Dolls exhibit on the North Tower mezzanine
-New York State Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection open office hours on the 46th floor of the South Tower
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.