Description
May 1977, Volume 4, No. 5 issue of 110 News, a newsletter published for the World Trade Center community by the Port Authority. A photograph on the front depicts the bakery at the Big Kitchen.

Featured topics covered in this issue include:

-The opening of the Big Kitchen retail shops on the Concourse Mall
-13th Annual Avant Garde Festival of N.Y. coming to the Plaza in June
-6th Annual International Children's Art Exhibition at the Bank of Tokyo Trust
-Visit from the U.S. Air Force Band
-New shops in the Concourse Mall: Optical World and Locksmith
-Performances at the WTC

An extra page slipped into this issue highlights May 23 as the National Maritime Day on the Plaza, a salute to the Merchant Marine.

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.