The current 3 World Trade Center is the second building at the site to bear this name . The original building was the Marriott World Trade Center , a hotel located in the southwest corner of the World Trade Center complex . The hotel was a 22-story steel-framed structure with 825 rooms . It had a roof height of . Construction began in 1979 and it opened in July 1981 as the Vista International Hotel . The entire World Trade Center complex was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
3 World Trade Center