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September 13, 2001 at 08:00 PM
NU Online News Service, Sept. 13, 2:11 p.m. – New York radio station WINS is reporting that authorities have evacuated rescue workers from the American Express building at the World Financial Center complex, a complex next to the Manhattan World Trade Center complex, because smoke appears to be coming from the building and there are worries about its stability.
The 51-story, 2.3 million-square-foot building, also known as 3 World Financial Center, was designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates and is now owned by Brookfield Financial Properties, a subsidiary of Brascan Corp., Toronto.
The value of the building was assessed at $184 million in 1999, according to a paper by the City Project, New York, a nonprofit group, at http://www.cityproject.org/Older%20Publications/Stacks/2000-10-30.html
The Skyscraper Museum, New York, has posted a photo and description of the building at http://www.skyscraper.org/exhibitions/bb/jumbos/j_20.htm
