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The World Trade Center The World Trade Center is the center point of most of America’s trading. The World Trade Center is more than their signature twin towers it is actually made up of about seven buildings. They are located in New York, New York. September 11, 2001, dawned bright and clear on the east coast of the United States. However, on that day HHHhhnm,nf the twin towers were hit by airplanes as an act of terrorism (Anderson). The idea of having a world trade center had been under consideration ever since the end World War Two. The construction of the twin towers began in 1960 and the cost of construction was 1.5 million. The height of the two towers was 1368 feet and 1362 feet, as you can see they were very tall. The total cost of the project was 400 million dollars. The history of the world trade center is less than 40 years- from conception in 1996 to realization in 1973 to destruction in 2001. In a city that boasts the Pieter Clasen Wyckoff house, circa in 1652, as its oldest building, the existence of the world trade centers was relatively short. The buildings were conceived as the result of a massive urban renewal project in lower Manhattan sponsored by the port authority of New York and New Jersey. Architect Minoru Yamasaki was chosen to head the project and Leslie E. Robertson was the structural engineer who designed the towers Interior. The projects had its critics, since it required the demolition of over one hundred buildings in the area, and caused a dramatic shift in traffic patterns. Many New Yorkers criticized the “Lego like” design of the towers. . The towers look like to Lego towers in the middle of New York. The towers design incorporated some cool features. One of the unique designs was the twin towers were a transportation hub with two direct connections to rail transportation. Both PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson) trains from New Jersey and the MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) subway had stops under the twin towers. The trade center also provided open space in lower Manhattan, valuable commodity in an urban setting. Yamasaki left five acres open in his designs for an outdoor plaza, describing it as an oasis where people can spend a few moments to relieve the tensions and monotonies of the usual working day. Tower one, the north tower was completed in 1972 and tower two, the south tower was completed the following year. At 110 stories each, tower one measured 1,368 feet and tower two measured, 1,362 feet. The twin towers were the tallest building in the world until 1975, when sears tower in Chicago captured the title and held it until 1998, when it was usurped by Malaysia’s 1,483 foot tall Petronas towers. The world trade centers have been the victim of terrorism more than once. One world trade center was the site of a terrorist bombing on February 26, 1993. A truck bomb loaded with 1,100 pounds of explosives exploded in the underground parking garage, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000. Eight years later, on September 11, 2001, the towers were struck again. In a coordinated effort, terrorists attacked both the towers of the world trade center and the pentagon in Washington, DC with hijacked passenger jets. A forth hijacked jet crashed in Pennsylvania (Susan Anderson). For those who were fortunate enough to see the World Trade Center towers before their demise such descriptions would be magnificent, spectacular, awesome, breathtaking, and unbelievable! Their absence on the skyline of New York City is immense. Anyone old enough to remember the circumstances surrounding the tragedy of September 11, 2001 will tell you the images of what took place that day are vivid in their minds. The massive loss of innocent lives affected multitudes of people from all walks of life. It is a day in history that no one will ever forget. When the two towers were hit they called the site Ground Zero. Where Ground Zero is located they plan to put a memorial there honoring all who lost their lives. This is scheduled to be completed in 2010. Works Cited Anderson, Susan. “World Trade Center.” // Our States: Geographic Treasures //, 2010. Anderson, Dale. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Milwaukee, WIS World Almanac library, 2001 Author not available The world trade center http://www.skyscraper.org