User:CookieMonster755/World Trade Center in popular culture

This article is about cultural references to the World Trade Center unaffected by the September 11 attacks. For cultural references to the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks, see List of cultural references to the September 11 attacks. For cultural references to the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex, see One World Trade Center in popular culture. For other uses, see World Trade Center (disambiguation).

The original World Trade Center in March 2001. The tower on the left, with the antenna spire, was 1 WTC. The tower on the right was 2 WTC.

The original World Trade Center, which featured the landmark Twin Towers (1 WTC and 2 WTC), was a building complex in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan, New York City. 1 and 2 World Trade Center–the North and South Tower–stood at 1,368 feet and 1,362 feet with 110-stories, respectively, becoming the tallest buildings in the world from 1971–1973. The North Tower, with its antenna included, was the tallest building in the world by pinnacle height until the towers were destroyed in the September 11 attacks in 2001. An iconic feature of the New York City skyline for nearly three decades, the World Trade Center has been featured in cartoons, comic books, computer games, films, photographs, and artwork.