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The World Trade Center
The location of the Twin Towers was in New York City. They started building the towers in august 25, 1968. It was the tallest tower from 1971 to 1973. It was surpassed by the Willis tower. Opening day was April 4 1973 destroyed September 11, 2001. Both had 99 elevators.

What are they doing to the site of the twin towers? The 105 super tall Skyscrapers is being constructed in the northwest corner of the 16 acre world trade center site, occupying the location where the original 8 story 6 world trade center once stood. The building is bound to the west by West Street, to the north by Vesey Street, to the south by Fulton Street, and to the east by Washington Street (“One World Trade Center”). What was the September 11 attack? It was a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and Washington D.C. area on 9-11-2001. On 9/11 morning, 19 terrorists from the Lslamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets, they crashed two planes flight 11 and flight 175 in the twin towers. And flight 77 into the Pentagon. The four jets crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania (“September 11 Attack”).

What is the construction project? The construction of the world trade center was conceived as urban renewal project. They hired architect Minoru Yamasaki who came up with the specific idea for twin. The towers were designed as framed tube structures, which provided tenants with open floor plans, uninterrupted by columns or walls (“Construction of the World Trade Center”).

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