200 Liberty Street, formerly known as One World Financial Center, is one of four towers that comprise the Brookfield Place complex in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Rising 40 floors and , it is situated between the Hudson River and the World Trade Center. The building is on Liberty Street between South End Avenue and West Street. The building opened in 1986 as part of the World Financial Center and was designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates.
It has a leasable area of . Similarly to other WFC buildings it has a unique roof which is a truncated square pyramid. It is connected to the rest of the complex by a skybridge over Liberty Street.
The building is located across the street from the World Trade Center site and was significantly damaged in the September 11 attacks. The initial dust cloud and other explosions shattered many windows, heavily damaging nearby Winter Garden Atrium and other buildings of the World Financial Center complex. It was closed for several months and reopened in 2002 after extensive restoration.
It was renamed 200 Liberty Street when the rest of the complex became Brookfield Place in 2014.
Notable tenants
Associated Press
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Deloitte and Touche
Dow Jones & Co. Fidelity Investments Financial Industry Regulatory Authority GfK National Financial Services Northwestern Mutual Royal Alliance Santander Bank The Wall Street Journal Willis Towers Watson
See also
World Trade Center
Brookfield Place (New York City) List of tallest buildings in New York City
References
External links
Emporis database
1986 establishments in New York City
Office buildings completed in 1985
Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan
Brookfield Place (New York City) Brookfield Properties buildings Battery Park City West Side Highway