page_title: Deutsche Bank Building
section_title: Plans
hierarchical_section_title: Deutsche Bank Building / After the September 11 attacks / Plans
caption_attribution_description: English: Deutsche Bank Building damaged by falling debris. Original description by FEMA: "New York, NY, September 21, 2001 -- This building adjoining the World Trade Center sustained considerable damage during the terrorist attack. Photo by Michael Rieger/ FEMA News Photo"
context_page_description: The Deutsche Bank Building was a 39-story office skyscraper located at 130 Liberty Street in Manhattan, New York City, adjacent to the World Trade Center site. The building opened in 1974 and closed following the September 11 attacks in 2001, due to contamination that spread from the collapse of the South Tower. The structure was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, which also designed the Empire State Building.
  The building was purchased by Deutsche Bank when it acquired Bankers Trust in 1998. It was part of the skyline of Lower Manhattan, and was demolished between 2007 and 2011. 5 World Trade Center will eventually replace the building, expanding the ground space on which the World Trade Center stands, as this land was not part of the original World Trade Center.
context_section_description: The collapse of the South Tower during the September 11 attacks tore a 24-story gash into the facade of the building. Steel and concrete protruded from the building for months afterward, which was eventually cleaned up. However, due to extensive contamination, Deutsche Bank decided that the 39-story ruin was to be taken down. During the cleanup and recovery period, netting was placed inside gashes and holes to prevent collapse. The owner maintained that the building could not be restored to habitable condition, while its insurers sought to treat the incident as recoverable damage rather than a total loss. Work on the building was deferred for over two years during which the condition of the building deteriorated.
  In September 2005, human remains were found on the roof, and in March 2006, construction workers found more bone fragments and remains. This prompted calls from victims' family members for another search of the building by forensic experts.  Between April 7 and 14, 2006, more than 700 human bone fragments were discovered in the ballast gravel on the roof.
  The cost of demolition had steadily increased to $75 million by Bovis Lend Lease, as large amounts of asbestos, dioxin, lead, silica, quartz, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chromium, and manganese had been found within the building.
caption: Detail of gash in the facade imparted by the collapse of the World Trade Center. A segment of the South Tower facade is visible hanging from the gash.
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