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Austin Joseph Tobin (May 25, 1903 – February 8, 1978) was an American businessman who served as the executive director of the Port of New York Authority, ...
The Austin J. Tobin Plaza, also known as the World Trade Center Plaza, was a large public square that was located on the World Trade Center site from 1966 until its destruction during the September 11 attacks in 2001. It covered 5 acres (220,000 sq ft; 2.0 ha), making it the largest plaza in New York City by acreage at the time.
The sculpture survived the immediate attacks and collapse of the adjacent buildings, but was demolished several days later by emergency efforts to access and clear the site [2] and provide a stable area for heavy machinery to further access Austin J. Tobin Plaza. Following the sculpture's demolition, its remains were removed from Ground Zero ...
The granite and concrete staircase consists of thirty-seven steps that once connected the outdoor Austin J. Tobin Plaza outside of the twin towers down to Vesey Street below. [1] Prior to the attacks it had weighed 175 tons and stood 22 feet (6.7 m) high; by the time it was moved in 2008 the staircase weighed 65 tons. [2] [3]
The world's largest bronze sculpture of modern times stood between the Twin Towers on the Austin J. Tobin Plaza of the World Trade Center in New York City from 1972 until the September 11 attacks. The work, weighing more than 20 tons, was the only remaining work of art to be recovered largely intact from the ruins of the collapsed Twin Towers.
Austin J. Tobin Plaza is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive. Austin J. Tobin Plaza has been listed as one of the Art and architecture good articles under the good article criteria.
5 World Trade Center (5 WTC) was originally a steel-framed nine-story low-rise office building built in 1970–72 at New York City's World Trade Center.The building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki and Emery Roth & Sons.
The Austin J. Tobin Plaza, with Ideogram in view. Located on the Austin J. Tobin Plaza, [6] in front of the Marriott World Trade Center, the work was lost in the September 11 attacks. Though the sculpture may have survived the attacks and collapse of the buildings, its steel material was indistinguishable from the Ground Zero rubble.