Vista International
| Marriott World Trade Center | |
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The Marriott World Trade Center (bottom) below the Twin Towers.
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| General information | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | 3 World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°42′42″N 74°00′45″W / 40.71167°N 74.01250°WCoordinates: 40°42′42″N 74°00′45″W / 40.71167°N 74.01250°W |
| Construction started | December 1979 |
| Completed | c. 1981 |
| Opening | July 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 | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Developer | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Structural engineer | Leslie E. Robertson Associates |
| Main contractor | Tishman Construction |
The Marriott World Trade Center was a 22-story steel-framed hotel building with 825 rooms. It opened in July 1981 as the Vista International Hotel and was located at 3 World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City, with the World Trade Center complex having its own zip code of 10048. The hotel no longer operates and was destroyed beyond repair as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, after the collapse of the Twin Towers. The hotel will not be replaced as part of the new World Trade Center complex, but will rather share its name with the new office tower.
The Vista International was the first hotel to open in Lower Manhattan since 1836. The building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was originally owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and KUO Hotels of Korea, with Hilton International acting as management agent. It was sold in 1995 to Host Marriott Corporation.
The hotel was connected to the North and South towers, and many went through the hotel to get to them. The hotel had a few establishments including The American Harvest Restaurant, The Greenhouse Café, Tall Ships Bar & Grill, a store called Times Square Gifts, The Russia House Restaurant, and a Grayline New York Tour Bus ticket counter. It also housed a gym that was the largest of any hotel in New York at the time, and a hair salon named Olga's. The hotel also had 26,000 square feet (2,400 m2) of meeting space on the entire 3rd floor, along with the New Amsterdam Ballroom on the main floor. It was considered a four-diamond hotel by AAA.
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