The Deutsche Bank Building was a skyscraper at 130 Liberty Street in New York City, United States, adjacent to the World Trade Center (WTC). Opened in 1974 as Bankers Trust Plaza, the building was acquired by Deutsche Bank when it acquired Bankers Trust in 1998. It was part of the skyline of Lower Manhattan. The Deutsche Bank Building was heavily damaged in the September 11, 2001 attacks after being blasted by the avalanche of debris, ash, dust, and asbestos that spread from the collapse of the South Tower. World Trade Center Tower 5 will eventually replace the building, expanding the ground space on which the World Trade Center stands, as this land was not part of the original World Trade Center.
The structure has since been completely dismantled, clearing the way for the construction of 5 World Trade Center and a vehicle security center.
The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon which also designed the Empire State Building and Peterson & Brickbauer.
Read more about Deutsche Bank Building: Damage, Remains, Deconstruction, Future of The 130 Liberty Street Site
Famous quotes containing the words bank and/or building:
“What’s breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?”
—Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)
“Our civilization is characterized by the word “progress.” Progress is its form rather than making progress being one of its features. Typically it constructs. It is occupied with building an ever more complicated structure. And even clarity is sought only as a means to this end, not as an end in itself. For me on the contrary clarity, perspicuity are valuable in themselves.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)