New York Twin Towers
The Twin Towers of New York, designed by Minoru Yamasaki , were part of the World Trade Center, a complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Manhattan. These steel monoliths with 110 stories and 417 meters high, although one measured 415, changed the skyline of the city and were the highest in Manhattan at the time of building completion and the fourth in the world rankings , behind of the Petronas Towers in Malaysia ( 452 m), the Sears Tower in Chicago ( 443m ) and Jin Mao Tower in China ( 421m ) .
Begun on August 5, 1966 , the Towers were completed and officially opened on April 4, 1973 , although the work does not really end until 1975.
The September 11, 2001 , the Twin Towers were destroyed by a terrorist attack that crashed a plane 767 in each of the buildings. The tower one, two and seven complex collapsed and the rest was demolished after being damaged beyond repair
History
The World Trade Center was conceived in early 1969 by the Association of Lower Manhattan Development , aiming to revitalize the seedy area occupied primarily by electronic stores. The chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, David Rockefeller , founder of the development association , and his brother , New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, pushed for carrying out the project , insisting it would benefit the entire city.
In 1962 , the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began plans to build the center.
