<Tr> <Th> Structural engineer </Th> <Td> Leslie E. Robertson Associates </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Main contractor </Th> <Td> Tishman Construction </Td> </Tr> <P> The Marriott World Trade Center was a 22 - story steel - framed hotel building with 825 rooms . It opened in July 1981 as the Vista International Hotel and was located at 3 World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City, with the World Trade Center complex having its own zip code of 10048 . The hotel no longer operates and was destroyed beyond repair as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, after the collapse of the Twin Towers . The hotel will not be replaced as part of the new World Trade Center complex, but will rather share its name with the new office tower . </P> <P> The Vista International was the first hotel to open in Lower Manhattan since 1836 . The building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and was originally owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and KUO Hotels of Korea, with Hilton International acting as management agent . It was sold in 1995 to Host Marriott Corporation . </P>

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