Main entry:

Gillespie, Angus K., 1942-

Title & Author:

Twin towers : the life of New York City's World Trade Center / Angus Kress Gillespie.

Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1999.

Description:

xvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253) and index.
Political Background: The Uneasy Alliance Between New York and New Jersey -- It Can't Be Done: Overcoming Obstacles in Building Tall Towers -- Erecting the Towers: It's One Story After Another -- Winning Acceptance: How a White Elephant Became Prime Real Estate -- Architecture: Beloved By All Except the Experts -- The World Trade Center Concept: Not Just Another Office Building -- A City Within a City; Or, a Day in the Life.

Summary:

Examines the World Trade Center as an American icon, describing the conception, design, and construction of the Twin Towers and relating the activities that take place there during a normal twenty-four hour day.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0813527422 (alk. paper)
9780813527420 (alk. paper)

Subject:

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.).
Skyscrapers New York (State) New York.
City planning New York (State) New York History 20th century.
City planning New York (State) New York.
Gratte-ciel New York (État) New York.
Urbanisme New York (État) New York.
Buildings.
City planning.
Skyscrapers.
Architektur
Wolkenkrabbers.
World Trade Center.
City planning New York (State) New York History.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.) Constructions.
New York (State) New York.
New York <NY> World Trade Center.

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207477
Call No.: NA44.Y20.25 W6 1999
Status: Available