look familiar anybody?
Sure does. That is a pretty typical result of steel impacted by fire that burned out of control for many, many hours. Your point?
it looks exactly like your favorite photo...logic says the same kind of conditions produce similar effects.
:no, it doesn't look the same. Anyone who knows anything about steel would deduce that. Best of all, Bankers Trust wasn't on fire, nimrod. It was hit by falling debris.
ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS, DAWS!
there were fires in the bankers trust
Deutsche Bank Building
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40°42′35″N 74°00′48″W / 40.70972°N 74.01333°W / 40.70972; -74.01333
This article is about the former New York building. For the current New York building, see
60 Wall Street. For the Frankfurt building, see
Deutsche Bank Twin Towers. For the Sydney building, see
Deutsche Bank Place.
Deutsche Bank Building
View from the Southeast in 1997.
Alternative names
- Bankers Trust Plaza
- 130 Liberty Street
General information
Status Destroyed
Type Commercial Office
Location 130
Liberty Street,
Manhattan,
New York 10007
Construction started 1971
Completed 1973
Opening 1974
Demolished 2011
Cost $120 million (1973 USD)
Height
Roof 157.6 m (517 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 39
Design and construction
Architect Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
Developer Bankers Trust
Structural engineer The Office of James Ruderman
Main contractor Turner Construction Company
References
[1][2]
Overview of the site following the attacks. The Deutsche Bank Building is visible behind an angled red crane.
The
Deutsche Bank Building was a
skyscraper at 130 Liberty Street in
New York City, United States, adjacent to the
World Trade Center (WTC). The building, which existed from 1974–2007, was designed by
Shreve, Lamb and Harmon which also designed the
Empire State Building and Peterson & Brickbauer.
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 attacks in 2001 after being blasted by the avalanche of debris, ash, dust, and asbestos that spread from the collapse of the South Tower.
Five World Trade Center 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 the
World Trade Center Vehicle Security Center.
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Demolition[edit]
Detail of gash in the
facade imparted by the collapsing World Trade Center. A segment of WTC facade is visible hanging from the gash.
The collapse of
2 WTC during the September 11 attacks tore a 24-story gash into the
facade of the Deutsche Bank Building. Steel and concrete were sticking out of the building for months afterward. This was eventually cleaned up, but due to extensive contamination it was decided that the 39 story ruin was to be taken down. After the 9/11 attacks, netting was placed around the remains of the building. The bank maintained that the building could not be restored to habitable condition, while its insurers sought to treat the incident as recoverable damage rather than a total loss.
[3] Work on the building was deferred for over two years during which the condition of the building deteriorated.
In September 2005 human remains were found on the roof.
[4] In March 2006, construction workers who were removing toxic waste from the building before deconstruction found more bone fragments and remains. This prompted calls from victims' family members for another search of the building by forensic experts. In 2006, between April 7 to April 14, more than 700 human bone fragments were discovered in the ballast gravel on the roof. Workers sifted through the gravel to find more remains.
The cost of this deconstruction had steadily increased to $75 million by the Bovis Lend Lease construction company as large amounts of toxic dust associated with the collapse of the World Trade Center, asbestos, dioxin, lead, silica, quartz,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chromium and manganese had been found in the building.
[5]
In 2004, an agreement was announced to settle the disposition of the building and insurance claims. Later that year as part of this agreement, the
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation acquired the land and commenced its deconstruction.
[6] An Associated Press December 7, 2006 report indicated that the building would be dismantled. The report indicated that area residents were fearful of possibly toxic dust associated with the two towers' collapses within the building.
[7]
On May 17, 2007, work was halted after a 22-foot section of pipe being cut by workers fell 35 stories and through the roof of "The Ten House", home to Engine 10 and Ladder 10 of the
Fire Department of New York. Two firefighters were injured by the original falling debris, although they were not struck by the pipe itself.
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