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- Two World Financial Center is one of the largest skyscrapers in New York City, located at 225 Liberty Street in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Rising 645 feet (197 m), the building is the second tallest of the four buildings in the World Financial Center complex that stands in southwest Manhattan. It is similar in design to Three World Financial Center, except that its roof is dome-shaped rather than 3 WFC's solid pyramid design. The building is home to Commerzbank, Deloitte & Touche, Merrill Lynch, Nomura Group, State Street Corporation, Thacher Proffitt & Wood, LLP, and several divisions of France Telecom, among other companies. It is an example of postmodern architecture, as designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, and contains over 2,491,000 ft² (231,000 m²) of rentable office area. It connects to the rest of the World Financial Center complex through a courtyard leading to the Winter Garden, a dramatic glass-and-steel public space with a 120-foot vaulted ceiling under which there is an assortment of trees and plants, including sixteen 12-meter palm trees from the Mojave Desert. It is notably similar in design to One Canada Square in London's Canary Wharf development. Canary Wharf was, like the World Financial Center, a project by Canadian developers Olympia and York, and One Canada Square was designed by the same architects. Two World Financial Center was severely damaged by the falling debris when the World Trade Center towers collapsed due to the September 11 attacks. The building had to be closed for repairs from September 11, 2001 until May 2002 as a result of damage sustained in the terrorist attacks. Though the building has a nominall address on Liberty Street, its most prominent facade is on West Street between Liberty and Vesey Streets.
- Two World Financial Center Fichier:World Financial Center. jpg Le Two World Financial Center est un gratte-ciel situé dans le Financial District de Manhattan, à New York, situé sur West Street. Le building culmine à 197 mètres, ce qui en fait le deuxième plus haut du World Financial Center. Son architecture est très proche de celle du Three World Financial Center, cependant, les deux gratte-ciels se distinguent par la forme de leur toit, celui du Two étant en forme de dôme, alors que celui du Three est en forme de pyramide. L'architecture postmoderne de l'immeuble est due à Cesar Pelli et à son cabinet d'architectes Cesar Pelli & Associates, en charge des plans du World Financial Center. Parmi les locataires principaux de l'immeuble, on retrouve la Commerzbank, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Merrill Lynch, Nomura Group (conlomérat japonais), State Street Corp. (fournisseur de services financiers) et Thacher Proffitt & Wood (cabinet d'avocats). En outre, le Two World Financial Center est, des quatre immeubles du complexe du World Financial Center celui qui offre la surface du bureaux louables la plus importante (231,000 m²). Le Two World Financial Center est relié aux autres bâtiments du World Financial Center grâce au Winter Garden (jardin d'hiver), espace public construit sous une armature de verre et d'acier culminant à 36 mètres, et abritant divers arbres et plantes, dont seize palmiers de souze mètres provenant du désert des Mojaves. À l'instar du Three World Financial Center et des autres bâtiments du complexe, le Two World Financial Center a été touché par les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, ce qui lui a valu d'être fermé entre la date des attentats et mai 2002, pour permettre d'effectuer les réparations nécessaires (remplacement des vitres ...).
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- Two World Financial Center is one of the largest skyscrapers in New York City, located at 225 Liberty Street in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Rising 645 feet (197 m), the building is the second tallest of the four buildings in the World Financial Center complex that stands in southwest Manhattan. It is similar in design to Three World Financial Center, except that its roof is dome-shaped rather than 3 WFC's solid pyramid design.
- Two World Financial Center Fichier:World Financial Center. jpg Le Two World Financial Center est un gratte-ciel situé dans le Financial District de Manhattan, à New York, situé sur West Street. Le building culmine à 197 mètres, ce qui en fait le deuxième plus haut du World Financial Center.
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