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/... 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.***Please note "Fact 11" is disputed - YT member "opusbeme" claims it should read Battery Park City !!***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 complexThe 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.

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: 911veritas

Length: 09:24
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teshiki (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It was. lol. :(

koolcarz333 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

my uncle died in them buildings =[

shadowmark7 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yea man i wish i could have just gone inside of them. but i was too young

Sammeyk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

all that hard work so some assholes could blow it up 30 years later.thats a real shame!

Tombothebomb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

god i wish those buildings were still there 20 years aint good enough

legodude4627 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

dude how was building 7 having 2 do anything wit the planes wat i think is that it was controlled >_>

foradordem (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

they building wtc to collapse. twin towers and wtc7 collapsed completely with two airplanes and ten seconds, hitting bottom with an estimated speed of 200 km/h, who believes

kennysdead500 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

rebuild TTTTTHHHHHEEEEEYYRRRREEEEEEEEE GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRREEEEAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT

TigerHunter401 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Politician played and will keep playing their nasty games they need money they do not care about ppl they created Billah Din and they used his team member to do such these things so they can make a cause to attack anywhere in the world and get money out of it. see they do not need to go in the war field :) fuck'n politicians. lets fuck them all. "AMIN" God will not find any hell for them who are playing these nasty game... lets fuck them all! do not vote for anyother monkey

IronLion27 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It is a shame that some people forgot about 9/11. But two wrongs don't make a right. And for those people who say Iraq was a mistake, you probably don't even know why we went in. There are still soldiers stationed all over the world, not just Iraq. There in Kosovo, Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, etc. So that if they were to be sent to a country under investigation, such as Afghanistan. They would be closer to that country. If anyone has any questions I'd be glad to answer. I'm running out of room.

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