Marriott World Trade Center

Marriott World Trade Center
The Marriott World Trade Center (bottom) below the Twin Towers, May 2001.
Alternative names	Vista International Hotel (1981–1995) Three World Trade Center
General information
Status	Destroyed
Type	Hotel
Location	World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°42′41″N 74°00′50.5″W / 40.71139°N 74.014028°W / 40.71139; -74.014028
Construction started	March 1979
Completed	July 1, 1981
Opening	April 1, 1981
Destroyed	September 11, 2001
Management	Host Marriott Corporation
Height
Roof	73.7 m (242 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	22
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill[1]
Developer	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Structural engineer	Leslie E. Robertson Associates
Main contractor	Tishman Construction

The New York Marriott World Trade Center was a 22-story, 825-room hotel within the original World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. It opened in April 1981 as the Vista International Hotel and was the first major hotel to open in Lower Manhattan south of Canal Street since 1836. In November 1995, it was bought by Marriott Corporation and renamed to the Marriott World Trade Center. It was unofficially known as the Marriot Hotel, Vista Hotel and World Trade Center 3 (WTC 3 or 3 WTC).

The hotel was damaged in the World Trade Center bombing by al-Qaeda terrorists in February 1993. The city's Port Authority considered demolishing the building, but instead decided to repair it, reinforcing its structure. It re-opened in November 1994. In 2001, it was mostly destroyed by the collapse of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers during the September 11 attacks by al-Qaeda. Around 50 people inside the building died. Only the southern end of the hotel was spared, and it was eventually demolished to make way for reconstruction. The hotel was not replaced as part of the new World Trade Center complex, although its address was reused for the tower at 175 Greenwich Street.