" L.M.D.C. looks to restore Cass Gilbert building,"

archive.org

by: Albert Amateau

April 17, 2002

Despite the fire that raged in 90 West St. for 24 hours on Sept. 11, the landmarked 1907 building designed by Cass Gilbert is structurally sound, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission and the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.

"But it's in terrible shape inside," said Andrew Winters, director of design for L.M.D.C. Debris from the World Trade Center, a block from 90 West St. with an intervening parking lot, fell on the north face of the building; the mansard roof was severely damaged and the terra cotta ornamentation on the limestone facade was largely destroyed. The building was vacated on Sept. 11 and remains unoccupied.

Nevertheless, L.M.D.C. heeded the pleas of preservationists and included a proposal calling for restoration of the 23-story building in the preliminary blueprint for the future of Lower Manhattan, making it the only individual structure mentioned in the report.

The owner of the building, FPG 90 West, a subsidiary of Agon, a Dutch insurance company, was in the midst of a $20-million restoration on Sept. 11, according to Michael Gelfand, an architect who worked in the building for Gruzen Samton Associates.

Heather McCracken, Landmarks spokesperson, said Landmarks Chairperson Sherida Paulsen has been consulting with the owner. "They are considering options for restoration and cleaning and whether to rebuild the interior," McCracken said. Still to be decided is whether the building will be restored for commercial use or converted into a residential tower.

The Gruzen firm, with 130 employees, had moved into the third and fourth floors of 90 West St. about nine months before the World Trade Center attack, Gelfand said. "Of course the architecture and history of the building was one of the attractions for us," he said, adding that the firm spent more than $1 million building out its space at 90 West St.

"My office was on the south side and when the north tower was hit, I thought a scaffold had collapsed," said Gelfand, noting that the facade of the building was undergoing restoration at the time. But from the West St. window, he said he saw body parts on the street and a car that appeared to be cut in half. When he got to the north side of the office, Gelfand noticed what turned out to be a section of the north tower's skin with an airplane wheel embedded in it had been projected across both the Trade Center site and the parking lot, landing just in front of the Cedar St. entrance to 90 West St.

Gruzen employees evacuated the building after the second plane struck the south tower. The firm lost almost everything except for some drawings preserved in a fireproof safe and some digital data, Gelfand said. The building began burning after the towers collapsed. The upper floors and the bottom suffered the most damage, Gelfand said. Gruzen is now located at 330 W. 13th St. on a 14-year lease.

The building at 90 West St. between Albany and Cedar Sts. was designed by Gilbert shortly before he designed the Woolworth Building on Broadway. The AIA Guide to New York City says 90 West St. is "increasingly interesting and complex the higher you raise your eyes," It was designed to be seen from the harbor or from the upper floors of adjacent skyscrapers. The colonnaded and mansard-roofed top floors were opened in 1907 as Garret's Restaurant and billed as the "world's highest restaurant," a forerunner of Windows on the World, says the Guide, the latest version of which was published two years ago.

Gilbert, who moved his architectural practice from St. Paul, Minn., to New York City in 1898 designed the U.S. Custom House on Bowling Green, the Broadway Chambers building at 277 Broadway and the U.S. Courthouse at 40 Centre St., which was completed by his son, Cass Gilbert, Jr.

Attorneys & Law Firms Occupying the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001

Sorry, I don't have pictures yet.

ANTAO & CHUANG
1 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0185

BEREL & MULLEN
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2967
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2967
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0900

R P BRODEGRARD & CO
2 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0203
TELEPHONE: 212-912-768


BROWN & WOOD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 58
NEW YORK, NY 10048-5899
TELEPHONE: 212-839-5300

JOSEPH G CANEPA
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2565
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2599
TELEPHONE: 212-466-3333

CHINA PATENT & TRADEMARK
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2957
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2999
TELEPHONE: 212-912-1870

EVANS OSBORNE & KREIZMAN
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 7967
NEW YORK, NY 10048-7999
TELEPHONE: 212-466-1207

GEIGER & GEIGER
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2565
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2599
TELEPHONE: 212-466-1190

HAYES & RYAN
2 WORLD TRADE CTR # 3721
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0203
TELEPHONE: 212-912-3350

HILL BETTS & NASH
1 WRA # 5215
NEW YORK, NY 10048-5299
TELEPHONE: 212-839-7000

H TAUFIG CHOUDHURY
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2565
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2599
TELEPHONE: 212-488-6990

KEENAN POWERS & ANDREWS
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 5361
NEW YORK, NY 10048-5399
TELEPHONE: 212-432-5650

KIRTON & PETTUS
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 7967
NEW YORK, NY 10048-7999
TELEPHONE: 212-432-1906

KIRSCH GARTENBERG & HOWARD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 7967
NEW YORK, NY 10048-7999
TELEPHONE: 212-248-2936

ANGELO GIORDANO LAW OFFICES
2 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 26
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2698
TELEPHONE: 212-839-6950

MARTIN L FEINBERG
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 5361
NEW YORK, NY 10048-5399
TELEPHONE: 212-432-0873

WALTER MURAWINSKI LAW OFFICES
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 7967
NEW YORK, NY 10048-7999
TELEPHONE: 212-488-7394

MC CARTER & ENGLISH
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 1519
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0136
TELEPHONE: 212-466-9018

PACHECO & LUGO
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2961
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2999
TELEPHONE: 212-432-9200

ROMAN V POPIK LAW OFFICES
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2111
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2199
TELEPHONE: 212-246-5100

NATHANIEL RUVELL
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 5215
NEW YORK, NY 10048-5215
TELEPHONE: 212-432-0606

SHANLEY & FISHER
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8961
NEW YORK, NY 10048-8999
TELEPHONE: 212-321-1753

SERKO & SERKO # 3371
1 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0202
TELEPHONE: 212-839-9102

STRYKER TAMS & DILL
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 7967
NEW YORK, NY 10048-7999
TELEPHONE: 212-432-9180

THACHER PROFFITT & WOOD
2 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 40
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0203
TELEPHONE: 212-912-7400

VENTURA RIBEIRO LANDGREBE
1 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0202
TELEPHONE: 212-912-0688

RICHARD A ZIMMERMAN
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 5209
NEW YORK, NY 10048-5209
TELEPHONE: 212-321-3240

National Commercial Banks with Offices in the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001

CHUGOKU BANK LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 9007
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0202
TELEPHONE: 212-321-3111

BANCO SUD AMERICANO
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8947
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0152
TELEPHONE: 212-938-5896

FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK
2 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0203
TELEPHONE: 212-432-6590

BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2947
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2947
TELEPHONE: 212-912-1700

BANGKOK METROPOLITAN BANK LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 4747
NEW YORK, NY 10048-4799
TELEPHONE: 212-432-9470

BANK OF KINKI LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8711
NEW YORK, NY 10048-8799
TELEPHONE: 212-466-3100

HACHIJUNI BANK LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8697
NEW YORK, NY 10048-8699
TELEPHONE: 212-466-0882

REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 431
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0499
TELEPHONE: 212-938-0924

AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK
7 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-1102
TELEPHONE: 212-306-9000

HYAKUGO BANK
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8501
NEW YORK, NY 10048-8599
TELEPHONE: 212-488-7000

SHIZUOKA BANK LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8025
NEW YORK, NY 10048-8025
TELEPHONE: 212-466-0082

SHIGA BANK
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 9165
NEW YORK, NY 10048-1004
TELEPHONE: 212-432-5000

CENTRAL TRUST OF CHINA
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 3857
NEW YORK, NY 10048-3855
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1055

CHANG HWA COMMERCIAL BANK
1 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 32
NEW YORK, NY 10048-3299
TELEPHONE: 212-390-7040

IYO BANK LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 7923
NEW YORK, NY 10048-7923
TELEPHONE: 212-466-1400

ZENSHINREN BANK NEW YORK
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8023
NEW YORK, NY 10048-8099
TELEPHONE: 212-524-6811

SUMITOMO BANK SECURITIES INC
1 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0202
TELEPHONE: 212-224-4000

ASAHI BANK LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 6011
NEW YORK, NY 10048-6099
TELEPHONE: 212-432-6400

DAI-ICHI KANGYO TRUST CO
1 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0202
TELEPHONE: 212-466-5200

NISHI NIPPON BANK LTD
102-27 1 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048
TELEPHONE: 212-432-7100

DAI-ICHI BANK LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 4811
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0040
TELEPHONE: 212-466-0127

ASHIKAGA BANK
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8151
NEW YORK, NY 10048-8151
TELEPHONE: 212-432-3400

BANK AMERICA TRUST CO
1 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0202
TELEPHONE: 212-390-2000

THAI FARMERS BANK LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8373
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0589
TELEPHONE: 212-432-0890

DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 4811
NEW YORK, NY 10048-4899
TELEPHONE: 212-466-5200

TAI PEI BANK
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2911
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2911
TELEPHONE: 212-775-8080

OVERSEAS UNION BANK LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 3955
NEW YORK, NY 10048-3999
TELEPHONE: 212-432-9482

BANK OF TAIWAN
1 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-5323
TELEPHONE: 212-938-3470

HOKKAIDO TAKUSHOKU BANK LTD
2 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 99
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0996
TELEPHONE: 212-466-6060

HUA NAN COMMERCIAL BANK LTD
2 WORLD TRADE CTR # 2846
NEW YORK, NY 10048-2898
TELEPHONE: 212-488-2330

FIDUCIARY TRUST CO INTL
2 WORLD TRADE CTR # 9400
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0772
TELEPHONE: 212-466-4100

Commodity Contracts Brokers with Offices in the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001

www.onisland.com

6221 COMMODITY CONTRACTS BROKERS

HOWARD KLEIN
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-912-9140

TELIC TRADING CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1475

COURT SVC INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 7242
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1955

L L FRIEDMAN & CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-466-9077

KEITH COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0577

SINGER WENGER TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 9
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0999
TELEPHONE: 212-775-9142

HILLTOP TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-321-3294

STEPHEN J PLACE INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-938-1293

TRADE SPECIAL MANAGEMENT INC
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 4535
NEW YORK, NY 10048-4599
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0767

ENERGEX LTD
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-912-9009

AREA TRADING INTL
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-488-9037

MARENECK-MORMINO FLOOR BROKERS
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0523

JFM COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-466-1168

SICCO COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-7104

LAUREN A DAVIS
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-6337

UNITED ENERGY INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-466-0886

DUNAVANT COMMODITY CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1596

MICHAEL VARNER TRADING
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-466-0808

GREAT LAKES METAL INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1180

CUSTOM FLOOR BROKERS
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-524-9551

ALAN JAY ROSENBERG INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1990

MILLENIUM COOPER GROUP INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1950

CHRISTOPHER REHDERS
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1957

ACTION TRADING CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-5708

KEVIN SMITH TRADING
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-488-7120

J G COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-466-9233

EMGEE COMMODITY CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-6845

J WALSH INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-321-3610

ENERGY OPTIONS ASSOC INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-8911

COMMODITY FUTURES CLEARING
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0090

DAN COHEN
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-912-1401

WALTER HANSEN CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1715

STANMAR TRADING CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1815

ARB OIL INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-432-7496

WORLD TRADE FUTURES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-321-1222

F & G MANAGEMENT INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 9128
NEW YORK, NY 10048-9199
TELEPHONE: 212-938-2294

PELL TRADING CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-524-9006

JAMES NG & CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 7
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-4133

MOL COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-1019

JOHN A VASSILAROS & SON INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-839-0521

MINERVINI CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-938-5607

MEYER FLOOR BROKERAGE CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1548

BRUCKMANN TRADING GROUP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-466-1907

J DI LORENZO TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-938-5654

PAUL MAHLER
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-1826

B & B BROKERAGE SVC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-9388

NEIL ROSENFELD TRADING
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-488-7186

INTEG COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-524-9734

MEL SCHELL CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0269

MANNA TRADING GROUP INC
1 WORLD TRADE CTR # 3355
NEW YORK, NY 10048-3399
TELEPHONE: 212-432-0400

GTC FUTURES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0318

J D TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-7099

CORRCOM COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1747

PROVIDENCE COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-432-9232

INDEPENDENT BROKERS LTD
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-432-7600

GERALD COMMODITY SVC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-321-3251

L & I COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-938-8310

R J FUTURES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0443

MILLENIUM FUTURES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0728

REDEL TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1690

VANTAGE TRADING INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-321-3850

EMERALD OIL
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-488-8148

R & M FUTURES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0129

ELLO FUTURES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-466-0023

HOLLYWOOD COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-0508

BRIDGEWATER INTERNATIONAL
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-524-6800

CELTIC BROKERAGE SVC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 9510
NEW YORK, NY 10048-9599
TELEPHONE: 212-432-6868

THETA BROKERAGE INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-912-9298

KOTTKE ASSOC CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-912-9214

GLOBAL ENERGY
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-912-1730

TRADING COMMUNICATIONS INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-321-9230

BRITO COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0050

EAST COAST OPTIONS SVC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-1921

YORK COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-7904

GULFSTAR INTERNATIONAL INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1962

D R SILVER INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1517

WCL COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0508

MORMINO FUTURES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-912-1920

CLARK INTERNATIONAL
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-524-6941

RUSS PAPARO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0689

GAMMA ENERGY & TRADING CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-466-0902

DAVID J PETTY
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-524-0116

PARAMOUNT OPTIONS INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-321-9701

VINCENT CIGNA COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0160

B & J COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-9116

MERRICK TRADING
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-466-1833

B AND J
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0275

GELDERMAN INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 7160
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0888
TELEPHONE: 212-938-1600

THOMAS HANSON
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-488-4636

FLORIN FUTURES GROUP INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 6176
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0137
TELEPHONE: 212-912-1934

EURO BROKERS INC
2 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8400
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0697
TELEPHONE: 212-748-7000

JOHN S RUFFINO INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0343


SMR FUTURES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-912-1841

KENNETH J REHDERS
P O BOX 422
NEW YORK, NY 10048
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1434

CSR COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-466-1339

JOHN BARCH COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0538

IECO COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-9132

HYCTN TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1161

L P TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-938-7811

B & B COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1745

GENTILE COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-7752

EASTERN PETROLEUM FUTURES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-524-0779

PARIS SECURITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0851
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0268

F & T COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 812
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-938-7537

JEAN CLAUDE HEILBERG TRADING
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1599

BARUCH GLAUBACH
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 6182
NEW YORK, NY 10048-6198
TELEPHONE: 212-432-9810

FALCONWOOD CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 5
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0857
TELEPHONE: 212-504-7400

S & P TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-839-8280

M SOLAZZO TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-938-1132

SCHOBEL COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-466-1915

FORTUNE COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1626

STEFBRO TRADING CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-524-9343

ESPOSITO & CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1494

EDWARD KAPLAN COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-466-6970

MARC COMMODITIES CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1927

TAFARO'S
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-321-2404

LETO & CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1535

STEPHEN P WILLNER INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-488-0047

COMMODITY PARTNERS & ASSOC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-524-9286

JAG TRADING CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-432-7695

R-COR COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-912-1503

PROMO-FONE
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 5132
NEW YORK, NY 10048-5198
TELEPHONE: 212-504-7555

COMMODITY CLEARING CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 7300C
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0190

J G TRADING CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-938-5720

POS BROKERAGE GROUP PLA POS
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-912-0151

GARY HOFFMAN
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1561

ALPINE OIL CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0847
TELEPHONE: 212-432-3430

STAR FUTURES CORP
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-488-1130

4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-839-8242

METRO COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-466-6510

K C'S FUTURES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-839-0827

TYSPEC COMMODITIES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-524-0753

F & D FUTURES INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-839-0683

KEITH W HOCHSTIN INC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-2110

GINEL TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0656

GRACE & WEISS
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-9231

MICHAEL BELMONT & CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-7224

PAUL J DE MARCO & CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1786

ESP COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-488-8065

K D BROKER ASSOC
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-938-5577

TOWER TRADING
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-0940

ADACHI GOLD CO LTD
1 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0202
TELEPHONE: 212-938-5870

T PUMA & CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1885

C L BROKERAGE
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1937

G & H COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1724

B & D COMMODITIES
4 WORLD TRADE CTR # 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1546

GREAT AMERICAN TRADING CO
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-775-1318

BRUCE R CLEARY
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-432-3444

CCT
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-466-6358

SILVERMAN
4 WORLD TRADE CTR FL 8
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0899
TELEPHONE: 212-466-0800

NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
4 WORLD TRADE CTR
NEW YORK, NY 10048-0204
TELEPHONE: 212-938-2000

"Marsh Vows to Resume Business, But 313 Are Missing After Attacks,"

Marsh Vows to Resume Business, But 313 Are Missing After Attacks

BY CHRISTOPHER OSTER STAFF REPORTER OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Jeffrey W. Greenberg, chairman and chief executive of Marsh & McLennan Cos., had just arrived at his midtown Manhattan office Tuesday when the first attack hit. One of his colleagues ran to his office and told him, "You need to come around and see this."
From the midtown offices of the world's biggest insurance broker, Mr. Greenberg had an unobstructed view of the towers and the unfolding horror that has affected few big companies as personally as this one.
Marsh & McLennan, which also has large consulting and money-management businesses, occupied floors 93 to 100 in the north tower, 1

WSJ: 254 employees are confirmed dead. 23 others are reported missing. Company is directing business from offices at 1166 Ave. of the Americas.

April 23, 1993, New York Times, "BankAmerica Signs A Lease for 8 Floors At the Trade Center," by Thomas J. Lueck,

The BankAmerica Corporation announced yesterday that it had signed a 15-year lease to move 1,100 workers to eight floors of Tower One of the World Trade Center.

The move by the nation's second largest bank holding company was portrayed by bank executives and government officials as a vote of confidence in the Twin Towers after the terrorist bombing of Feb. 26. In the wake of the explosion in lower Manhattan, fears surfaced that security concerns would prompt many companies to move out when their leases were up and others to decide not to move in.

It was clear yesterday that the Port Authority, which owns the trade center, was forced to offer extraordinary incentives. Officials close to the negotiations said BankAmerica would receive two years' free rent, effectively giving it a square-foot rental lower than many other tenants in the towers pay.

The bank's decision to move workers from at least 10 other buildings in Manhattan followed weeks of rumors that it had changed its mind about moving into the tower after the bombing. Bank officials said at a news conference that it had looked at alternative buildings in New Jersey, Phoenix and California, and had, in fact, postponed any decision after the bombing.

But Dan Costello, the corporation's executive vice president in charge of real estate, said that after bank officials reviewed security systems in the World Trade Center, including improvements made since the bombing, they were convinced that the complex was "the safest building in New York, and perhaps even in the country."

BankAmerica executives announced their decision at a news conference attended by Mayor David N. Dinkins, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and other officials, who described it as a major expression of confidence in the troubled complex. "BankAmerica is sending an important message to the world that the World Trade Center is back," Governor Cuomo said.

Although not all details of the deal were disclosed, it was clear that the city, the state and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had mounted an aggressive campaign for at least nine months to lure the company to the World Trade Center and prevent it from leaving Manhattan.

Sales-Tax Breaks

The bank holding company, second in size to Citicorp, is to receive sales-tax breaks and other incentives from the city and state worth $15.5 million over the 15 years. The package includes a promise by New York City to buy some machinery and equipment to be used by BankAmerica.

BankAmerica, based in San Francisco, also said yesterday that it had signed a new 20-year lease and will retain 360 employees at the Bank of America Building at 335 Madison Avenue, near 46th Street. It will also retain 240 employees at 40 East 52d Street, the former Security Pacific Building. Its 1,700 Manhattan employees are in international banking, foreign exchange trading, stock trade processing and other operations.

Financial incentives have become all but routine in government efforts to attract and retain big business. In an example last year, Morgan Stanley & Company, which had threatened to move 4,100 employees to Stamford, Conn., received a tax-incentive package worth $39.6 million over a 10-year Manhattan lease.

But, according to people close to the negotiations, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, it was deep concessions offered by the Port Authority that were most critical in attracting BankAmerica. The effort almost certainly created political conflicts for the agency since it is accountable to both New Jersey and New York and was courting a large tenant that might otherwise have selected a New Jersey office building.

After BankAmerica begins paying rent, authority officials said, it will pay between $25 and $35 a square foot. Though they declined to be more specific, they said the Tower One space would have brought 20 percent more in the robust years for Manhattan real estate in the mid-1980's.

It was unclear yesterday whether the Port Authority had offered the free rent before the Feb. 26 explosion, or whether BankAmerica used the uncertainty after the bombing to extract the further concessions.

BankAmerica had made a verbal pledge to lease its World Trade Center space by December, several officials said. But by the February blast, they said, that oral promise had not been made formal in a legally binding contract, and a legion of economic development officials set out on a fresh campaign to persuade the bank holding company to sign its lease.

With BankAmerica occupying eight floors of Tower One, authority officials said the complex would be 92 percent occupied. The rate is higher than before the explosion, when 88 percent of the complex was filled.

BankAmerica's committment to the complex comes at a time when most tenants in the buildings say life has returned almost to normal.

No large tenants have left the complex since the bombing. But because all are required to meet legal requirements of their leases and would lose money if they left before the leases expire, it is not known whether some will elect to leave when they have the option in coming months and years.

Not Back in Offices Yet

One of the last remaining World Trade Center tenants that has not yet returned to its offices in the complex is Deloitte & Touche, the accounting firm, which has seven floors in Tower Two and moved 1,200 workers to other buildings in Manhattan. Because of the pressures of the government's April 15 deadline for filing income tax returns, the firm had said it had not plans to return to its trade center offices until after that deadline.

Yesterday, Paul Higgins, a Deloitte & Touche spokesman, said the firm had still not returned. The reason, he said, is that cleaning the firm's Twin Tower offices -- the Port Authority's responsibility -- had not been completed. He declined to say when the firm would return.

But other companies said their return to the trade center complex was accomplished without any snags.

"There are no lingering problems," said George Mullen, executive vice president of Fiduciary Trust International, an investment management concern, which returned with 500 employees to five floors of Tower Two on March 25. Since then, it has signed a lease for an additional floor for 45 employees.

The World Trade Center Register

Business Directory (by sic)

• 8721 ACCOUNTING AUDITING BOOKKEEP
• 9441 ADMIN-SOCIAL HUMAN RESOURCE
• 9611 ADMINISTRATION OF GEN ECONOMIC
• 7999 AMUSEMENT RECREATION SERVICE
• 8712 ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
• 4729 ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRANS
• 4731 ARRANGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION-
• 5599 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS NEC
• 7231 BEAUTY SHOPS
• 5942 BOOK STORES
• 5192 BOOKS PERIODICALS NEWSPAPERS
• 6081 BRANCHES AGENCIES OF FOREIGN
• 7349 BUILDING CLEANING/MAINTENANCE
• 8611 BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
• 8748 BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICES N
• 7389 BUSINESS SERVICES NEC
• 5441 CANDY NUT CONFECTIONERY STOR
• 5169 CHEMICALS ALLIED PRODUCTS NE
• 8351 CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES
• 2066 CHOCOLATE COCOA PRODUCTS
• 6221 COMMODITY CONTRACTS BROKERS
• 5734 COMPUTER COMPUTER SOFTWARE S
• 7378 COMPUTER MAINTENANCE REPAIR
• 7371 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES
• 7379 COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES NEC
• 5045 COMPUTERS COMPUTER PERIPHERA
• 9211 COURTS
• 6061 CREDIT UNIONS-FEDERALLY CHARTE
• 5143 DAIRY PRODUCTS EXCEPT DRIED OR
• 5311 DEPARTMENT STORES
• 7381 DETECTIVE GUARD ARMORED CAR
• 5912 DRUG STORES PROPRIETARY STOR
• 5099 DURABLE GOODS NEC
• 5812 EATING PLACES
• 5065 ELECTRONIC PARTS EQUIPMENT N
• 8211 ELEMENTARY SECONDARY SCHOOLS
• 7361 EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
• 8711 ENGINEERING SERVICES
• 7359 EQUIPMENT RENTAL LEASING NEC
• 6111 FEDERAL CREDIT AGENCIES
• 6331 FIRE MARINE CASUALTY INSURAN
• 5992 FLORISTS
• 6082 FOREIGN TRADE INTERNATIONAL
• 6099 FUNCTIONS RELATED TO DEPOSIT B
• 1541 GENERAL CONTRACTORS-INDUSTRIAL
• 1521 GENERAL CONTRS-SINlistFAMILY H
• 5947 GIFT NOVELTY SOUVENIR SHOPS
• 5149 GROCERIES RELATED PRODUCTS N
• 8099 HEALTH ALLIED SERVICES NEC
• 7363 HELP SUPPLY SERVICES
• 7011 HOTELS MOTELS
• 8322 INDIVIDUAL FAMILY SOCIAL SER
• 5085 INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES
• 1796 INSTALLATION OF BUILDING EQUIP
• 6411 INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS SER
• 4131 INTERCITY RURAL BUS TRANSPOR
• 9721 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
• 6282 INVESTMENT ADVICE
• 6799 INVESTORS NEC
• 5944 JEWELRY STORES
• 5094 JEWELRY WATCHES PRECIOUS STO
• 8222 JUNIOR COLLEGES TECHNICAL IN
• 8111 LEGAL SERVICES
• 9121 LEGISLATIVE BODIES
• 5921 LIQUOR STORES
• 4214 LOCAL TRUCKING WITH STORAGE
• 5948 LUGGAGE LEATHER GOODS STORES
• 5211 LUMBER OTHER BUILDING MATERI
• 8742 MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
• 8741 MANAGEMENT SERVICES
• 8071 MEDICAL LABORATORIES
• 5136 MENS BOYS CLOTHING FURNISH
• 5611 MENS BOYS CLOTHING STORES
• 5699 MISC APPAREL ACCESSORY STORE
• 6159 MISC BUSINESS CREDIT INSTITUTI
• 5499 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD STORES
• 5719 MISCELLANEOUS HOMEFURNISHINGS
• 2741 MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHING
• 5999 MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL STORES NE
• 8999 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES NEC
• 6162 MORTGAGE BANKERS CORRESPONDE
• 7812 MOTION PICTURE VIDEO PRODUCT
• 5013 MOTOR VEHICLE SUPPLIES NEW P
• 6021 NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS
• 9711 NATIONAL SECURITY
• 5994 NEWS DEALERS NEWSSTANDS
• 7383 NEWS SYNDICATES
• 2711 NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHING PRINTI
• 8733 NONCOMMERCIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZ
• 5199 NONDURABLE GOODS NEC
• 8021 OFFICES CLINICS OF DENTISTS
• 8042 OFFICES CLINICS OF OPTOMETRI
• 8011 OFFICES OF DOCTORS OF MEDICINE
• 5995 OPTICAL GOODS STORES
• 2721 PERIODICALS PUBLISHING PRINT
• 6141 PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS
• 7384 PHOTOFINISHING LABORATORIES
• 7991 PHYSICAL FITNESS FACILITIES
• 9221 POLICE PROTECTION
• 9311 PUBLIC FINANCE TAXATION POLI
• 4832 RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS
• 4812 RADIOTELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS
• 6531 REAL ESTATE AGENTS MANAGERS
• 5735 RECORD PRERECORDED TAPE STOR
• 9621 REGULATION ADMIN OF TRANSPOR
• 9641 REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL MAR
• 8661 RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
• 7699 REPAIR SHOPS RELATED SERVICE
• 5461 RETAIL BAKERIES
• 6035 SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS-FEDERAL C
• 5093 SCRAP WASTE MATERIALS
• 6231 SECURITY COMMODITY EXCHANGES
• 6211 SECURITY BROKERS DEALERS
• 5087 SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT EQUIPMEN
• 7819 SERVICES ALLIED TO MOTION PICT
• 7251 SHOE REPAIR SHOPS SHOESHINE
• 5661 SHOE STORES
• 6153 SHORT-TERM BUSINESS CREDIT INS
• 8399 SOCIAL SERVICES NEC
• 1799 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS NEC
• 5941 SPORTING GOODS BICYCLE SHOPS
• 4822 TELEGRAPH OTHER COMMUNICATIO
• 4813 TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS EXCEP
• 5088 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT SUP
• 4724 TRAVEL AGENCIES
• 9999 UNCLASSIFIED ESTABLISHMENTS
• list UNCLASSIFIED ESTABLISHMENTS
• 4489 WATER TRANSPORTATION OF PASSEN
• 4499 WATER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
• 5621 WOMENS CLOTHING STORES