Main entry:

Gillespie, Angus K., 1942-

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publication:

New York : New American Library, ©2002.

Description:

xvi, 300 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-290) and index.
1 Political Background: The Uneasy Alliance Between New York and New Jersey 22 -- 2 It Can't Be Done: Overcoming Obstacles in Building Tall Towers 60 -- 3 Erecting the Towers: It's One Story After Another 92 -- 4 Winning Acceptance: How a White Elephant Became Prime Real Estate 130 -- 5 Architecture: Beloved by All Except the Experts 166 -- 6 The World Trade Center Concept: Not Just Another Office Building 186 -- 7 A City within a City; Or, A Day in the Life ... 208 -- 8 Destruction: The Terrorist Attack and Its Aftermath 240.

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 took place there during a normal twenty-four-hour day.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0451206843 (trade paper ; alk. paper)
9780451206848 (trade paper ; alk. paper)

Subject:

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
Skyscrapers New York (State) New York.
City planning New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Gratte-ciel New York (État) New York.
Buildings.
City planning.
Skyscrapers.
Geschichte
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (State) New York.
New York (N.Y.) World Trade Center.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224972
Call No.: NA44.Y20.25 W6 2002
Status: Available