The
Austin J. Tobin Plaza was a large public square that was located on the
World Trade Center site from 1966 until its destruction in 2001 during the
September 11 attacks. It covered five acres (220,000 sq ft; 2.0 ha), making it the largest plaza in
New York City by acreage at the time. The plaza opened as part of the
original World Trade Center complex on April 4, 1973, and was renamed in 1982 after
Austin J. Tobin, a former executive director of the
Port of New York Authority. The plaza was damaged by a car bomb in the
1993 World Trade Center bombing, and was destroyed by Islamist terrorists from
al-Qaeda eight years later on September 11, 2001. This photograph, taken in 1976 by the Hungarian-American photographer
Balthazar Korab, shows an elevated view of the Austin J. Tobin Plaza as seen from
5 World Trade Center.
The Sphere and
Ideogram, two of several public sculptures in the plaza, are visible in the image.
Photograph credit: Balthazar Korab
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