the world trade center was built in new york city on august 3, 1966.
when was the world trade center built in new york city?
august 3, 1966
bullet::::- world trade center (new york city 1973) - used prominently in the 1973 film version of "godspell" during the song "all for the best." climbed by king kong in the 1976 remake of "king kong". exploded and collapsed after being hit by a fragment of the "meteor" (1979). used as a makeshift runway by snake plissken in "escape from new york" (1981). features in the opening and closing sequences of "oliver & company" (1988). in the film "" (1992) kevin mccallister stops at the building while sightseeing. the towers are also seen in various scenes of the smash hit movie "die hard with a vengeance" (1995) severely damaged by meteor shower in "armageddon" (1998) and severely damaged by an ocean wave (from comet impact) in "deep impact". leaped onto from a failing helicopter in "read or die" (may 2001). the roof of the world trade center was also the original scene of the final climax in the film "men in black ii" (2002), but after the september 11, 2001 attacks, the producers chose to reshoot the scene with an "ordinary" roof in new york city. in steven spielberg's movie "munich" (2005), there is a scene in the last minutes of the film where two men are walking with the new york city skyline in the background. because the scene takes place before the world trade center fell, a digital version of the world trade center was added to the new york skyline. in the 2006 film "world trade center," the world trade center is seen, but is animated (or created with pictures from the time before 9/11). the building was the setting of 2008's academy award-winning documentary, "man on wire", about tightrope walker philippe petit's daring 1974 walk between the towers as well as in robert zemeckis' 2015 american 3d biographical drama film the walk. at the end of "gangs of new york" (2002), the towers are visible in the background of the scene showing time passing from the 19th century to the present. various spiderman movies were filmed in new york city and the towers were often used in the background. the towers play a significant role in the 2010 film "remember me".
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after years of delay and controversy, reconstruction at the world trade center site started. the new complex includes one world trade center, 3 world trade center, 4 world trade center, 7 world trade center, and one other high-rise office building being planned at 2 world trade center. the new world trade center complex also includes a museum and memorial, and a transportation hub building that is similar in size to grand central terminal. 7 world trade center opened on may 23, 2006, making it the first of five skyscrapers to have been completed in the world trade center complex. 4 world trade center, the first building completed as part of the site's master plan, opened on november 12, 2013. the national september 11 memorial opened on september 11, 2011, while the museum opened on may 21, 2014. one world trade center was opened on november 3, 2014. the world trade center transportation hub opened to the public on march 4, 2016, and 3 world trade center opened on june 11, 2018. 2 world trade center's full construction was placed on hold in 2009, with a new design announced in 2015.
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