Photo credit: 9/11 Memorial staff
Accession Number: C.2015.191.25
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
June 1977, Volume 4, No. 6 issue of 110 News, a newsletter published for the World Trade Center community by the Port Authority. Photographs on the front depict people hanging out on the Plaza.
Featured headlines in this issue include:
List of performers on the Plaza
-Arrival of the Manhattan Savings Bank
-Visit from nine Athabaskan Native American Indian youth to the South Tower Observation Deck
-Newly elected president of Foreign Credit Insurance Association, Robert Keenan
-"Guiding Red" by Helen Frankenthaler unveiled on the South Tower Mezzanine
-$680 billion in assets held by the 32 banks calling WTC their home
-Eyes on the World optical store opening in the Concourse Mall
-Entertainment and attractions in lower Manhattan
-The Carter Administration on World Trade
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.