Dedication of the World Trade Center

Date: April 4, 1973 • Location: New York City, United States

A year after the completion of the second of the complex's twin towers, the World Trade Center in New York City was officially dedicated.

The construction of the first World Trade Center complex in New York City was conceived as an urban renewal project to help revitalize Lower Manhattan spearheaded by David Rockefeller. The project was developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Built primarily between 1966 and 1975, it was dedicated on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed on September 11, 2001. The idea for the World Trade Center arose after World War II as a way to supplement existing avenues of international commerce in the United States.