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 World Trade Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and leased by Larry Silverstein from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district.
That same source claims that when the World Trade Center was destroyed, the amount of gold "far exceed[ed] the 1993 levels." The gold was finally recovered in its entirety in late 2001.
The World Trade Center is slated to be rebuilt as a new mixed-use complex of buildings called Memory Foundations, including the 1776 ft (541 m) Freedom Tower.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Trade_Center   (3331 words)

  
 World Trade Center - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of several buildings around a central plaza, near the foot of Manhattan; three of the original buildings were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Excavation of about 1 million cubic yards (760,000 m³) of earth and rock created a $90 million real estate asset for the project owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which helped offset the enormous loss in revenues which came from the tax breaks given to the Trade Center itself.
The World Trade Center is slated to be rebuilt as the 1776 ft (541 m) Freedom Tower and the Memory Foundations complex of buildings.
open-encyclopedia.com /World_Trade_Center   (1514 words)

  
 World trade center -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For the World Trade Center complex in New York City, see (Twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001) World Trade Center.
A world trade center puts together under one roof all the services associated with global commerce, a kind of shopping mall providing networking access between corporations and governments.
In foreign languages, the "WTC" expression is sometimes mistranslated as the world's "center of the trade", especially in relation to the NYC WTC.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wo/world_trade_center.htm   (207 words)

  
 Steve Moss' Cheap Homepage - World Trade Center Hoax Photograph
The fellow in this photo is standing on the observation deck of the World Trade Center, wearing glasses, a fl knit fisherman's-style Winter hat, a navy blue nylon parka with brown corduroy trim at the collar and wrists, a fl shirt with yellow print, and a tan backpack.
The World Trade Center complex consisted of seven buildings, the most notable being the "Twin Towers," 1 World Trade Center (the north tower) and 2 World Trade Center (the south tower), each of which stood 110 stories tall.
The airplane that did collide with 2 World Trade Center, a United Airlines 767, neither shares coloration with the aircraft in this photo, nor approached 2 WTC from the direction this photograph shows; United Flight 175 approached from the south - the photographer has their back to that side of the building.
memlo.net /wtchoax   (2017 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: World Trade Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
World trade centers arose in the United States and Japan in the 1970s, spearheaded by New York City's World Trade Center.
The World Trade Centers Association founded in 1970 and based in New York City, is an organization of nearly 300 world trade centers in almost 100 countries.
In addition there are other buildings around the world known by the title, such as in Hong Kong (see World Trade Centre) and in Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore World Trade Center).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/World-Trade-Center   (491 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - World Trade Center (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
World Trade Center, former building complex in lower Manhattan, New York City, consisting of seven buildings and a shopping concourse; it was destroyed by a terrorist attack in Sept., 2001.
Designed by Minoru Yamasaki and Emery Roth, the towers and concourse portion of the center were completed in 1973 at a cost of $750 million.
For a brief period (until the completion of the Sears Tower in Chicago in 1974), the towers were the tallest buildings in the world.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WorldTrd.html   (568 words)

  
 About NPR: The Place
The remaining tower of New York's World Trade Center dissolves in a cloud of dust and debris about a half hour after the first tower collapsed.
The Trade Center rested on a foundation containing a six-level basement, which required excavation of 1.2 million cubic yards of earth and rock, according to a building history published by the Engineering News-Record.
It was a popular destination for both tourists and locals: atop 2 World Center was the enclosed Top of the World observation deck offering panoramic views on all sides; and at the top of 1 World Trade Center was Windows on the World, one of the city's most popular restaurants.
www.npr.org /news/specials/tradecenter/091101.tradecenterhistory.html   (504 words)

  
 World Trade Center - Minoru Yamasaki - Great Buildings Online
World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York...
The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace...
Two World Trade Center, the south tower, was hit by a similar hijacked jet 18 minutes later at 9:03am.
www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/World_Trade_Center.html   (2070 words)

  
 Information Page 1 - The World Trade Center
The World Trade Center is more than its signature twin towers: it is a complex of seven buildings on 16-acres, constructed and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).
One World Trade Center was ready for its first tenants in late 1970, though the upper stories were not completed until 1972; Two World Trade Center was finished in 1973.
The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses in a plume of ash and debris.
911.winchesterbayoregon.org /info.html   (1089 words)

  
 world trade center destroyed 9/11/2001
The World Trade Center was built from 1969 to 1973 at a cost of $750 million.
The World Trade Center was the world's largest commercial complex, once occupied by many businesses, government agencies and international trade organizations.
1 World Trade Center tower was 1,368 feet tall and 2 World Trade Center was 1,362 feet tall.
www.geocities.com /weseektoknow/wtc/index2.html   (894 words)

  
 World Trade Center : WTC
Initially conceived (as the name suggests) as a complex dedicated to companies and organizations directly involved in "world trade," they failed to attract the anticipated clientele; over time, various governmental organizations became key tenants.
The twin towers and 7 World Trade Center, an adjacent 47-storey building, collapsed in a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, when two commercial jetliners were deliberately crashed into the twin towers.
Since the World Trade Center's destruction, the Empire State Building is again the tallest building in New York, after spending almost 30 years as the third-tallest.
www.fastload.org /wt/WTC.html   (995 words)

  
 WORLD TRADE CENTER 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
First, the lobby of 2 World Trade Center to pick up some theatre tickets from the TKTS booth.
With the support columns in the very center and the outer walls, each floor had a very large area of open space.
Viewing the North Tower (1 World Trade Center) from the Observation Deck on the South Tower (2 World Trade Center).
www.angelfire.com /electronic/binda/wtc99.html   (289 words)

  
 BUILDING BIG: Databank: World Trade Center
Constructed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in the early 1970s, the World Trade Center towers were, for their time, the best known examples of tube buildings.
At the time of their completion in 1973, the World Trade Center towers were the two tallest buildings in the world.
One World Trade Center featured Windows on the World, an elegant restaurant with a magnificent view of New York City.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/world_trade.html   (453 words)

  
 NEW YORK SCRAPERS - INTERNATIONAL STYLE III
Not only was this the most destructive terrorist act ever, but the 1 and 2 WTC also got the questionable honour of being the tallest buildings that have ever been demolished (structures and the attack).
The towers started to rise off the ground in March 1969 and the still-incomplete northern 1 WTC received its first tenants in December 1970, the same month that it was topped-out and took the title of world's tallest from the Empire State Building, keeper of the title for 40 years.
The buildings in the World Trade Center (excluding the 7 World Trade Center) housed a total of 930,000 m² of office space, seven times that of the Empire State Building.
www.greatgridlock.net /NYC/nyc3b.html   (8075 words)

  
 World Trade Center, Observatory
We want to let people around this country and around the world see what it was or remember their visit here.
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center have been making their presence felt over many parts of NYC since 1973.
1 WTC (the one with the antenna) is home to the elegant restaurant Windows on the World while 2 WTC contains the indoor and outdoor observation decks.
www.nyctourist.com /wtc_new1.htm   (290 words)

  
 WTC "FALLING MAN" Photo #1 (World Trade Center)
Windows on the World, the restaurant at the top of the North Tower, lost seventy-nine of its employees on September 11, as well as ninety-one of its patrons.
In the most photographed and videotaped day in the history of the world, the images of people jumping were the only images that became, by consensus, taboo—the only images from which Americans were proud to avert their eyes.
All over the world, people saw the human stream debouch from the top of the North Tower, but here in the United States, we saw these images only until the networks decided not to allow such a harrowing view, out of respect for the families of those so publicly dying.
www.skfriends.com /wtc-person-falling-photo.htm   (8672 words)

  
 Electrical industry workers missing at World Trade Center after plane crashes
Lowe was among a number of delivery drivers at the World Trade Center at the time of the attacks, dropping off materials to contractors at the multiple work sites.
Just 10 blocks from the World Trade Center site, employees of international distributor Argo International, New York, felt the force of the explosion, and when they went outside to see what happened, many saw the second plane hit.
The company mobilized $1 million in cash and emergency supplies, and is pooling emergency supplies from its 20 locations within 100 miles of Ground Zero.
ceenews.com /news/electric_electrical_industry_workers/index.html   (1395 words)

  
 USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Leonard Castrianno, 30, who managed a trading desk for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of the north tower, will be remembered for his wit, computer skill and his "cat-that-ate-the-canary" smile, said his friend, Scott Bowles, an account supervisor who worked 50 blocks away from the World Trade Center.
The last time he was seen, he was near the 55th floor of the World Trade Center's south tower, helping someone down the stairs.
She was working on the 104th floor of 1 World Trade Center for Cantor Fitzgerald, a major bond brokerage.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2001/09/25/wtc-remembrance.htm   (2925 words)

  
 World Trade Center Bathtub   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
One of the greatest "heroes" of the day has been the "bathtub" of the World Trade Center, being able to resist the tremendous forces generated by the destruction while holding back the Hudson river from entering the New York City tunnel system.
The "bathtub", is actually a 3 ft thick (0.91 m) structural slurry wall that keeps water and soil out of the excavation.
The World Trade Center (Saxena, 1974), New York, is one of the deepest early diaphragm wall projects in the US.
www.deepexcavation.com /casestudies4.html   (533 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com
Following are the businesses that had offices in the two 110-story towers of the World Trade Center that collapsed after terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Emergency contact information to obtain the status of company employees is listed where available.
Information for business and commerce purposes is also available for the World Trade Center firms.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/nation/articles/tower1.html   (94 words)

  
 CBS News | World Trade Center Burn Victim Released | January 31, 2002 08:43:23
Manu Dhingra was led to safety by co-workers after he suffered severe burns during the World Trade Center attack on September 11.
One week after the attack CBS-2 visited Manu's bedside as he described the horror of becoming a human fireball following an explosion on the 83rd floor of 1 World Trade Center which engulfed him, inflicting second- and third-degree burns on his arms, back, ankles, face, and chest.
Today Manu thanked his co-workers at Andover Brokerage for both leading the way out of burning tower 1 and for intentionally misleading him about the challenge ahead so he'd have enough strength to escape.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/01/31/health/main327424.shtml   (557 words)

  
 World Trade Center
World Trade Center, former building complex in lower Manhattan, New York City, consisting of seven buildings and a shopping concourse on a 16-acre (6.5-hectare) site; it was destroyed by a terrorist attack in Sept., 2001.
and Emery Roth, the towers and concourse portion of the center were completed in 1973 at a cost of $750 million.
World Trade Center stair design to be scrutinized (Reuters Business Report)
www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0852740.html   (597 words)

  
 WTC / World Trade Center list of companies and business offices in the Twin Towers in New York destroyed by terrorist ...
WTC / World Trade Center list of companies and business offices in the Twin Towers in New York destroyed by terrorist attacks
Searching the web, we find many companies related to the World Trade Center.
Preliminary research suggests as many as 60 more firms maintained a business presence within the Trade Center complex.
www.tbtf.com /unblinking/arc/2001-09a.htm   (811 words)

  
 The World Trade Center Demolition and the So-Called War on Terrorism
The World Trade Center Demolition and the So-Called War on Terrorism
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." — Hermann Goering, Nazi leader, at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II The World Trade Center Demolition
www.serendipity.li /wtc.htm   (354 words)

  
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A World Trade Center is a recognizable symbol of locally focused economic strength in world commerce.
Anchored by a unique combination of tenants and visitors, a World Trade Center is a bustling hub of export activity.
Membership requirements and cost vary according to the World Trade Center.
world.wtca.org /portal/site/wtcaonline   (234 words)

  
 Images of the World Trade Center, New York City by Yamasaki. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images of European ...
Images of the World Trade Center, New York City by Yamasaki.
The 110-story towers are 1353 feet high, for a time the highest skyscrapers in the world, now surpassed by the Sears Tower (the second highest) and the Petrona Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
He owns the copyright and should be contacted directly if you are interested in the use of his photographs: Bob Byrne.
www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/yamasaki/wtc.html   (291 words)

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