Building the World Trade Center and Twin Towers - 1 of 2

This documentary was made in 1983 by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Part 1 of 2).

It contains footage of when the twin towers were constructed from the mid 60's through early 70's.

20 World Trade Center Facts at 01-Apr-2002 - Courtesy of Carl Taylor, more at...

http://www.theharrowgroup.com/articles/20020401/WTC_facts.htm


1. The WTC opened in 1970 after 8 years of construction.

2. The WTC was the dream of David Rockefeller, chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank, and Nelson Rockefeller, former Governor of New York.

3. The Rockefellers wanted to name the towers after themselves, but the mayor of NY, John Lindsay, insisted on the World Trade Center.

4. The City chose to build the WTC instead of building a new tunnel and large bridge over the Hudson River.

5. The World Trade Center was designed by architect Minoura Yamasaki.

6. According to Yamasaki, downtown Manhattan was the perfect place to erect the towers because there wasn't "a single building worth saving in the neighborhood."

7. Owners of nearby buildings disagreed, and delayed demolition by three weeks with their protests.

8. Sixteen blocks were cleared to house the completed WTC.

9. More than 10,000 workers involved in building the complex.

10. More than 60 of them died during construction.

11. The excavation work displaced enough soil to create Liberty Park, where four 60-floor towers and four apartment buildings were constructed.

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Please note "Fact 11" is disputed - YT member "opusbeme" claims it should read Battery Park City !!
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12. The WTC's foundations were laid at 60 feet below ground level.

13. The complex covered 16 acres when finished.

14. In addition to the towers, five other office buildings made up the WTC complex
The WTC had 12 million square feet of space.

15. Each floor was 50,000 square feet.

16. The buildings had their own ZIP codes - 10047 and 10048.

17. The towers were designed to look like a futuristic sculpture.

18. The structure was revolutionary. Its main supports were external, lining the four corners of each tower.

19. Critics condemned the completed buildings as "boring."

20. Completed, the buildings were 100 feet taller then the Empire State building.

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[kanekul]

R.I.P !!!!!!

[White6th]

Imagine that they did all of this for nothing. Just for terrorists to blow this up.. So sad

[chillerized]

@Miercolini Have you seen the video of building 7 collapse the same day?. It was a 47 floor structure and it fell at free fall speed just as the twin towers did.

NOW THAT'S SOME DODGY SHIT

[TheLopez313]

and it took a day to knock it down crazy



[74pbg]

@playboe89 Non damaged? Part's of the cor collapsed from the impact, according to Jim Gartenberg ( Gartenberg interview)who was in the building at this time(north tower)! Unfortunately, he does not mention how much (exact) of the core!?!

[playboe89]

@likespie1001 In that case the part above would maybe fall of to one side of the building, not in the middle where the non-damaged part was.... The water in a river runs the way with least resistance doesn't it?

[jdawg211able]

if I was the owner I would be mad and sad on 911

[Thecravenation25]

God bless America..I was in 5th grade when 9/11 happened. At my school in gales ferry, ct (2.5 hours away from NYC) At first I had no idea what the twin towers were. We were let out of school and all the teachers were crying. I got home and my mom n dad were glued to the tv. (Dad came home from work). I realized then that it was a big deal. Ever since then 9/11 has been a touchy subject. I am now 20 and joining the military. GET SOME.

[peaceguy1ful]

:c

[Miercolini]

@CharlieBorrows Did you not here the man say that the skin was what supported the building and made it possible. When the planes hit the buildings, it made a giant hole. The undamaged portions had to support more load to compensate, and with the fire weakening the steel, it eventually failed, and that's when gravity takes over.

[CharlieBorrows]

@Austerers yea sure ok