Twin Towers Frame Woolworth Building 1913, The Cathedral of Commerce

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Twin Towers Frame Woolworth Building (1913), The
Cathedral of Commerce
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Lower Manhattan skyline as seen through Brooklyn
Bridge.
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15 acre WTC site in mid 60s
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In 1968 critics warn that the towers are so large
that a plane might crash into them.
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Who is afraid of the big, bad building?
Everyone, because there is something about
gigantism that we just dont know. The gamble -
demands an extraordinary payoff. The
trade-center could be the start of a new
skyscraper age or the biggest tombstones in the
world,--Ada Louise Huxtable, Architecture
Critic, New York Times
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Architect Minoru Yamasaki and large scale model
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Depth of Foundations of WTC
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View of Construction in late 60s
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The Towers are complete, the year is 1973
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General Motors Gothic?
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Potential Designs for WTC
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what is needed Is a visual experience, not
additional buildings, a museum, a list of names
or proposals for a freedom monumentthese are
distractions from a spiritual vision for the
site a vision for the future. Ellsworth
Kelly
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