World Trade Center (1973–2001): Then and Now

The Twin Towers, completed in 1973 and for a time the tallest buildings in the world, destroyed in the attacks of 11 September 2001. One World Trade Center now stands nearby.

Key facts

Country today	United States
Status	Lost
Date	1973
Nearest city on the map	Philadelphia (about 130 km)
Location	40.712° N, 74.013° W

Map showing World Trade Center (1973–2001) in 1960 — Border map for 1960. See the world in 1960.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–101 BC	Eastern North American hunter-gatherers
100 BC–499	Unclaimed / no data
500–1491	Eastern North American hunter-gatherers
1492–1499	Munsee Lenape
1500–1599	Delaware
1600–1649	Montana
1650–1782	New Amsterdam
1783–1814	United States of America
1815–1879	United States
1880–1913	United States of America
1914–today	United States

Other landmarks nearby

Statue of LibertyStanding · 1886
Independence HallStanding · 1753

More: Historic landmarks of United States · All landmarks